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What year is this REALLY?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=31871
Its listed as a 1992, but I dont think so... my main reason for this is that it has the center console door unlock switch, which wasnt implimented untill 1993... anyone here know the VINs well enough??? It also has teh SVX side badging which wasnt in 92 either...
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It's a 93. But left the factory in 92.
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Lwin M. Maung (Member # 147) Current SVX: • NONE Previous SVXes: •1994 LE Barcelona Red 107k • 1992 LS-L Pearl White 143k • 1994 LSi Bordeaux Pearl 220k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 184k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 145k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 102k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 123k Other current cars:•2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Black If at first you don't succeed, CHEAT!
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Re: What year is this REALLY?
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I have a center console (thanks Harry!) that has the center lock switch, that could easily be fitted to my '92. I also have rims from a '95 ("silver" instead of "grey"). IF (which I'm probably not), I installed the console from the 94 (or just cut the hole and intsalled the switch in my '92) and had the 95 rims on, my car could easily be mistaken for a '94 Pearl. It's possible the person just switched consoles and the switch is a dummy or he hooked it up himself. Just a thought.
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no passenger airbag either, so it HAS to be a 92 or 93... I am soo lost here...
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Chris SVX World Network Administrator -1993 Subaru SVX LS-L, Barcelona Red, #46, 160,000+ Miles (Sold to SomethingElse) -2011 Toyota Sienna SE, Black, 30,000+ Miles (Swagger Wagon ) -2002 BMW R 1150R ABS, Black, 26,000+ Miles (Daily Driver ) SVX Owner from February 1997 to March 2008 SVX Online Community Member since February 1998 SVX World Network Member since February 2002, Member #520 Life is a game. Play to win. The world belongs to those who can laugh at it. |
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what year is it?
Well the seats are cloth so that was 94-96 right? The color looks to be brilliant red not barcelona but thats tough to tell. The wheels as well look like the lighter variety. Now the interior is hard to see but it doens't look like a standard grey L interior. I tried to run the vin in the decoder at work but it came back invalid. I'd say 94 or 95. What makes you think its a 93 Lwin?
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What year is it?
Ah the airbag! Didn't look up there. I though the switch was in 94.5 so it could still be an L. They didn't make L's in 93 did they?
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Re: What year is it?
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Let me get my VIN decoder here: JF1CX323XRK101362 This is what Chilton's manual has to say about this VIN. Remember we are talking all Subarus from 1990-1996 JF -- Maker ID [Japanese / FHI] 1- Type of vehicle [1= passenger, 2= Miltipurpose pass.] C - Line [Subaru C line] X - Body type [D=4dr, K=Station Wagon, X = Coupe] 3 - Vehicle Attribute / Engine type [3.3L] 2 - Model [2= Base, 3= L, L+, 5= LS, LSi] 3 - Weight class and restraint type -- w/o passive rest. and airbag 4 - Check digit ???? R - Year Model Year [ N=2,P=3,R=4,NA=5,T=6] K - Plant of manu -- Tranny type [K=FWD 4AT, X=Full time AWD 4AT] I love the ebay sellers.
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Lwin M. Maung (Member # 147) Current SVX: • NONE Previous SVXes: •1994 LE Barcelona Red 107k • 1992 LS-L Pearl White 143k • 1994 LSi Bordeaux Pearl 220k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 184k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 145k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 102k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 123k Other current cars:•2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Black If at first you don't succeed, CHEAT!
Last edited by Seraph; 04-17-2003 at 10:02 AM. |
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look at all the busy bees scurrying around, a Dilemma that grabbed attention SWEET!
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Chris SVX World Network Administrator -1993 Subaru SVX LS-L, Barcelona Red, #46, 160,000+ Miles (Sold to SomethingElse) -2011 Toyota Sienna SE, Black, 30,000+ Miles (Swagger Wagon ) -2002 BMW R 1150R ABS, Black, 26,000+ Miles (Daily Driver ) SVX Owner from February 1997 to March 2008 SVX Online Community Member since February 1998 SVX World Network Member since February 2002, Member #520 Life is a game. Play to win. The world belongs to those who can laugh at it. |
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Tenth digit is R, therefore it's a '94 MY vehicle. Simple as that.
Edit: I see that Lwin already caught that. Last edited by BradT; 04-17-2003 at 10:10 AM. |
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There are a lot of misleading things in the ad. First, I suspect the VIN to be wrong, since it doesn't register as a valid SVX VIN. But I think it's only off by one number - I think it should read X33 instead of X32.
I suspect that this is really a 94 SVX L, and that it's not really AWD as the seller states. That's the closest match I can find to this car, since you could get a '94 L in Barcelona Red with only one airbag. Edit: I totally forgot about the 'LE' trim, and I went by Joe Spitz's site. Thanks for the successful decoding, Lwin. Man, and I even have a Chilton's manual here at work.
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If you look at my previous post, you will see that this is the LE model 94. I did not believe in LEs either but my money pit(x33) was a L model. Since then I have seen SVXes with X32 as well and they are the ultimate base, causing me to belive that they are LEs. L
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Lwin M. Maung (Member # 147) Current SVX: • NONE Previous SVXes: •1994 LE Barcelona Red 107k • 1992 LS-L Pearl White 143k • 1994 LSi Bordeaux Pearl 220k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 184k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 145k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 102k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 123k Other current cars:•2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Black If at first you don't succeed, CHEAT!
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I LOVE that edit feature
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Lwin M. Maung (Member # 147) Current SVX: • NONE Previous SVXes: •1994 LE Barcelona Red 107k • 1992 LS-L Pearl White 143k • 1994 LSi Bordeaux Pearl 220k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 184k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 145k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 102k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 123k Other current cars:•2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Black If at first you don't succeed, CHEAT!
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I sent the guy an "official" e-mail with concerns of misrepresentation. We'll see what happens.
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Randy Johnson 3rd Registered Member 02-21-2001 First Member to Reach 10,000 Posts First to arrive at the very first Reading Meet Subaru Ambassador 1992 SVX PPG Pace Car Replica 110+k 1993 White Impreza L 240+K miles 2001 Legacy Outback Limited Sedan 250+K miles 2013 Deep Indigo Pearl Legacy 3.6R 49+K miles "Reading is my favorite Holiday" Mike Davis -- at Reading VI |
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Carfax agrees with everyone; it's a 94 SVX LE... and it looks like the mileage is right (last reported 3/26 of this year when it had 185K miles).
Only one known owner since new... been in New Jersey its entire life. |
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