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This was almost a terrible terrible night
So yea obviously were getting pounded with snow pretty hard. The roads here are TERRIBLE to say the least. Not even plowed. My friend lives about 10 miles from my house in yonkers so I had to drop him off at home after we hung out at another friends house. We jumped on the road and we were off. The SVX was doing pretty well....skidded a tiny bit but nothing too drastic. Even some STi's that were on the road were sliding as they turned corners. I was coming around a corner very very slowly and i tapped the brake for a split second and then the ABS kicked in and sent the car skidding sideways into the curb...luckily i turned the wheel all the way and avoided the wheel hitting the curb. I got out of the car to check and see if any damage happened and there is non visable as of now. So were about to enter the highway and then boom check engine light comes on. I'm like WTF!!...it stayed on for about 10 seconds and then went away so i was like cool.
We got on the highway and cruied safley at 40 MPH...lots of cars on the side of the road. Highway wasn't even plowed . Made it safley to my friends house and then I turned the SVX around and started my journey home. Again before I got on the highway the check engine light came on again and stayed on for about 10 seconds and went away. I think the car was telling me to stay off the highway . I got on the highway and thought to myself " dayum these roads are worse than when i was coming here!!"....car was stable on the highway but there was certain times it felt like it was gonna go one way or go the other. I kept it straight and had no issues. AWD doesnt make anyone invinceable (sp?). I got off at my exit and started my 2 mile road downhill ...i literally thought i was going to die at this point. I had it in 3 and pressed the manual switch to avoid the car sliding and skidding when i braked. Can I just say how freakin awesome the manual switch is...helps so much in deep snow. The biggest challenge I thought was going to be getting up my steep hill so i slowly made my right turn and faced the beast. Gave the SVX some gas and off she went up the hill with no problems whatsoever....i was so impressed . Got to my street and made the left turn...i had to go around a little corner while making my left turn and the car wanted to slide and even thudded once...i think my solenoid C is acting up or something. This thud doesn't happen all the time but it happens sometimes. It only happens in the snow...if i floor it in the rain the car won't skid at all it will fly right off the line with ease. This only happens in the snow for some reason. Anyway I got to my house and thanked God i made it home alive .
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Wow! Glad you made it home ok. Our cars are just amazing.....
And I'm glad that I live in the part of Colorado where it doesn't really snow much. In fact, we've been really warm lately, moreso than normal.
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I'm glad you are ok as well as your SVX. They are a great car and they keep showing us that every time we drive them.
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Sounds scary. Glad ya made it OK. A CEL during that kind of weather is not a welcome sight.
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do you have snowtires, n00b?
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Alan 1987 928 S4 (Black) SOLD! 1997 SVX LSi (Ebony) SOLD! 2005 Legacy GT (Silver) [Cobb Stg 2+] SOLD! 1987 928 S4 (Black) SOLD! 2005 Forester XT Premium (Crystal Gray Metallic) SOLD! 2008 Lancer Evolution X MR (Apex Silver) [Cobb Stg 1+] 2015 Outlander Sport 2.4GT AWD (Mercury Gray) 2013 G37xS (Obsidian Black) |
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Tom,
Pull your codes. Even though the CEL was intermittent, there'll still be a code stored. I've heard of Subarus throwing a code if water splashes up onto certain parts of the exhaust system or egr tube. Driving in deep snow also seems like a plausible way of throwing a similar code... I'm glad you made it home safely. -Chike
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I haven't experienced any CEL light came on yet even I drove on the snow like 8" more.
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Glad you made it home okay.
I had some very adventures with my yellow svx as well. It's quite some snow here tonight and very icy. On a downhill, my car was kept sliding and almost hit a pole to my driver's side door. I think I went a lil bit too fast but I am glad I gained my control back. My 4 all season tires are bad!!! ( I can do alot of better with my ultra-performance all season on my teal one ). 4.44 tranny has alot of more engine braking but on certain conditions...I even need to put my tranny to "2" or "1" and was slowly sliding down the very steep hill tonight.
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CEL could be a loose gas cap.
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Yeah, it can be.
Maybe not on my case with the teal one....I always make sure I heard the "few clicks" ...to make sure my gas cap tight. Could it be the seal on the gas gap not good??? If it keeps coming back occasionly....it happened on Sentra a couple times.
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Glad you are safe, the both of you
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Landshark, I have all season tires on my car. I would love to have snow tires though. I have Sumitomo all season tires on there as of the moment. They have been decent in the snow but nothing special. I should have taken the legacy last night but the SVX took care of me like it always does. Has never left me stranded and always makes it through a tough situation . The thud in the snow concerns me a little though. On dry pavement my car handles very well and even in very wet slippery roads from rain it handles extremley well but it thuds sometimes in the snow. I've yet to chirp the front wheels on dry or wet pavement. Just a little in the snow though.
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1993 25th Anniversary Edition # 156 of 301 ~ 121, 488 miles ( SOLD TO svxfiles 8/6/06) 2006 Subaru Impreza 2.5i....5spd - My daily driver 2006 Subaru Legacy 2.5i -7k miles..Mom's daily driver 2,543 Member of the SVX World Network |
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n00b. even a cheap set of snows will make a BIG difference. living in *White Plains* NY, you should go and grap yourself some.
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Alan 1987 928 S4 (Black) SOLD! 1997 SVX LSi (Ebony) SOLD! 2005 Legacy GT (Silver) [Cobb Stg 2+] SOLD! 1987 928 S4 (Black) SOLD! 2005 Forester XT Premium (Crystal Gray Metallic) SOLD! 2008 Lancer Evolution X MR (Apex Silver) [Cobb Stg 1+] 2015 Outlander Sport 2.4GT AWD (Mercury Gray) 2013 G37xS (Obsidian Black) |
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Tom, that thud is probobly the trans mount that was been shot since summer time. Bout that time to get a new one eh??
Tom P.S. Yeah yeah Keep it in drive |
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How much for a new trans mount t00l? Keep it in drive...yea keep it in drive.
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1993 25th Anniversary Edition # 156 of 301 ~ 121, 488 miles ( SOLD TO svxfiles 8/6/06) 2006 Subaru Impreza 2.5i....5spd - My daily driver 2006 Subaru Legacy 2.5i -7k miles..Mom's daily driver 2,543 Member of the SVX World Network |
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