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@ Last
I'm back from Ottawa; got in about 6am after 13 hours on the road. Now I'm the proud owner of a 92 LSL Touring in Liquid Silver and Black.
It has 94,000 miles on it, leather still looks good, fake suede mostly good (driver's door a little rough). It's not perfect but what do you want for a '92 that was stolen and recovered? The niggles: CD player is busted, trunk release lever is broken off, needs all four wheels balanced and a full alignment job, interior dome light is burnt out, clear coat on the paint on the front end is cracked in places, transmission occasionally misses 2nd gear, and there is some paint overspray on the headlight assembly and hood ornament (repainted front end from the minor damage received while being stolen). I guess the most major issue is the tranny missing 2nd gear... I'm going to take it to a tranny shop before my aftermarket warranty is up so I can get it fixed for cheap-if-not-free. If it's toast, I may swap in the 5-speed. Next will be the vibration at certain speeds, which I assume is caused by the rims being improperly balanced and the car being possibly out of alignment. Anyone have any thoughts on the matter? I'm sure that it will need all the usual service which was no doubt not done or at best, done incorrectly. |
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I hope everything works out for you and your SVX
The rims may not be round and worth checking it out. Take care
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May your transmission live forever. SuperbVehicleXtraordinary Proud sponsor of a 1992 SVX. |
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Congrats on the SVX (especially on the tranny warranty).
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You know what I think is cool? Not only people still looking for and buying SVXs, but people who are still so geeked about owning one that they'll adopt an SVX with known problems.
I hope your SVX provides you with many happy years of service. I sure love mine, and I hope that you are as happy as I am after four years.
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2005 RX-8 Grand Touring 2005 Outback 2002 Mercedes-Benz E320 wagon END OF LINE |
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Thanks. What can I say, this car has character, and the desire to own a car with character like this defies logic (in a good way). I test-drove a 93 about 5 years ago and was instantly bitten by the SVX bug; I knew that someday I needed to own one, and now I do.
Plus, I felt bad for this car... I think it just needs some love. Besides that, the clearcoat is no biggie, and neither is the trunk release. The guy I bought this car from had about 4 junked ones in the back (all green, curiously), so I can get parts easily enough. As for the CD player, I would like to replace it with a "car-puter" running WinAMP anyway, so that shouldn't be a problem. I had my trusted mechanic look at it today and he said that the car is in fine shape mechanically (tranny issues aside), but that it probably just needs a new filter and a flush. I guess that would be a good time to add an inline auxilliary filter and... better/larger/additional tranny cooler? |
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Yay another liquid silver Welcome!
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Tim 92 Liquid Silver SVX 5MT 2009 BMW Z4 (Gone) 2012 Camry V6 SE |
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Ottawa SVX
Hey that's great. You made a trip to my backyard from the Soo for an SVX. Apparently Ottawa and Montreal are big SVX regions so anybody that locates one in this area and wants a quick heads up before they make a trip here just PM me and I might be able to be of service in some way.
I'm 16 minutes outside of Ottawa, I've got a Teal 92 and I would be interested to know more about this guy who has other SVX's (parts). because ... I knew it was inevitable but my tranny slipped/slammed into 2nd last night for the first time. And ... Nope I didn't like it, didn't like it one little bit, and now am considering the options - whatever they might be. |
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I just got one of those laser alignments after the rack install and I can't say enough good things about it. I had some issues with (for example) the price and time the work took, but a couple days of driving and a whole bunch of concerns I had related to ride and steering had magically cleared up - issues that I thought had nothing to do with power steering. Now I'm eggstatic about the ride and look for any excuse to go for a drive. Get that alignment and you'll REALLY be impressed. |
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The drive from Ottawa and the Soo is enough to throw the alignment out on any car. Maybe even bend a couple wheels...
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Whats the name or number of that highway into the Hull. 86 or something. I stopped into a bakery and the sign on the wall said "Pray for me I drive highway 86"
Tom
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92 LSL Black/Pearl 100.000 kilometers 62.000 miles That's a Subaru |
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~Phil Teal 1992 Subaru SVX Turbo - Sold in May 2011 to peace-frog. |
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So that and a tranny flush and filter replacement and I'm all set mechanically. I was thinking I'd better get an auxilliary cooler mounted while I'm at it and make sure the auxilliary inline filter was installed also. Does anyone have any thoughts for me to consider on this? |
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