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Old 02-01-2004, 12:31 PM
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BAck to the mpg point, do your no US cars have catalytics? My wife has rarely broken 19mpg, mainly around town, normally 15-16mpg and maybe 24-25 on the highway.
Could it be that a US gallon is 84% of a UK or Imperial gallon?- the standard fuel tank holds 70litres which is 18.2 US gallons or 15.4 UK gallons. But then don't US cars tend to be 2WD - my UK spec averages 24-25 mpg all the time over 25,000 miles, which would be just over 20 mpUSg- or do you have US miles that are shorter too? Seems unlikely in the US of Large.....
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Lets stay at metric system please!
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Old 02-01-2004, 02:57 PM
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Nobody .... or whatever.. -Is'nt life simple with the metric system

I mean, those "gallon" and "miles" and "inches" and "feet" guys.....how do they count that crap

umm...lets see 98miles highway on ½ inch fuel hose with approx. 1 feet above ground + a ****load of gallon fuel ...ummm. has to be 16/64 inch sparkplug gap there...and 11/16 lbs...ummm...psi I mean..ummmm...has to be..at least 16 squarefoot of cubic-inches..ummm....AARRGGHH
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Hi Tone, as for central console, it is the same like mine. It depends on weather it is LH or RH model (Monzta check user manual :-)). Tone, is the color of your car original? I have never seen yellow SVX and have not knew that yellow was in option.
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Hi Peter,

The color is original from Subaru.
I don't know if it was an option but I guess not.
They just tried their best at the end of the production to call atention.
Mine is from July 1997 and therefore very close to the end...

As far as I know there are a lot of yellows both in Germany and Switzerland.
You can see one at Kusi's website: http://www.subarusvx.ch.vu/
Also at the German SVX Club meet photos gallery: http://www.svx-club.de/Unsere_Treffe...ffen_2001.html

Mine is amongst one of those yellows...

Tone
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Monzta check user manual :-)
Wish I had one.
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Could it be that a US gallon is 84% of a UK or Imperial gallon?- the standard fuel tank holds 70litres which is 18.2 US gallons or 15.4 UK gallons. But then don't US cars tend to be 2WD - my UK spec averages 24-25 mpg all the time over 25,000 miles, which would be just over 20 mpUSg- or do you have US miles that are shorter too? Seems unlikely in the US of Large.....
Even adding 16% would put us at less than 20mpg/Imperial. We mainly have awd's in the US as the fwd's were a low cost attractant for Sube after the svx flopped here.
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OK so you lot don't do miles and gallons but the Yanks still do (but have their own gallons) and the Brits can do either - 10 litres per 100km=28.24miles per gallon, 11 = 25.67, 12 = 23.53 and 14 = 20.17. Will that stop the metric moaning?

3000 rpm=142/3 kph, 4000rpm=190kph,
4500rpm=210kph/131mph as of yesterday, traffic permitting.
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No, there should be law that everybody has to count in metric system :-)
Than I will be satisfied :-)
Sure I am using unit converter but ...
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Hi Tone, you are very lucky, I wish I have one too. When I realized I want SVX I wanted it in yellow (even thought to paint my Burgundy to yellow one). There is no way (or too complicated)to import car over 6 yrs old here.
One can no have everything...:-)
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OK so you lot don't do miles and gallons but the Yanks still do (but have their own gallons) and the Brits can do either - 10 litres per 100km=28.24miles per gallon, 11 = 25.67, 12 = 23.53 and 14 = 20.17. Will that stop the metric moaning?

3000 rpm=142/3 kph, 4000rpm=190kph,
4500rpm=210kph/131mph as of yesterday, traffic permitting.
I'm afraid the whole metric thing leaves me cold. Give me good old inches, feet, gallons and miles.

If someone said to me walk a kilometre, I'd have no idea how far to go but I could probably walk a mile down to the nearest few yards.
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Old 02-02-2004, 06:24 AM
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Joe....now I have tested the "manual" button,
on my way to my work this morning.

And, I have stated this before, and I'm saying it again:

My SVX AT does NOT behave like the Legacy AT, and the Leagcy AT behaves EXACTLY as you describe that your SVX AT does...!!

In the SVX, I DO HAVE kickdown capability when in "Manual" and 3:rd selected.

The only difference between "Econ" and "Manual" is that in the "Manual" mode, the 1:st is canceled out.

Also, on the Legacy AT. I dont have any "kickdown" switch near the "end" of the pedal stroke.

In my SVX , the "kickdown" switch really feels as if the pedal has bottomed out, but a harder press would engage it.

With "Manual" mode, and selector in 3:rd or "D" it won't kick to a lower gear, unless I engage the "kickdown" switch!

I have found that the "Manual" mode is better to use than the "Econ" mode, in highway driving.

(I lack words to describe this in a better way, hopefully understandable anyway )

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