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Old 07-23-2003, 10:21 AM
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The Answer to the $10,000 Question

The question, of course is "If there were ~15,000 SVX's sold in the US alone, why aren't there more active contributors on the board???

granted, we have a pretty healthy membership, most of whom drive one or more SVX's, but i've always been a little curious who's driving the other 14,000 SVX's?????

the answer? EARL!!

no, just kidding, I think that the answer for the most part is "Old People."

no offence to our more "geriatrically-inclined" members, but based on what i've heard from friends around the country, most SVX sightings seem to involve elderly people at the wheel. I can think of about two reasons for the seemingly sizeable number of old people behind the wheel of SVX's:

1) these people have no idea what's going on. they wandered into a dealership and bought the first car that they bumped their walker into

or, more realistically..

2) they've driven a LOT of cars in their lifetime and they realize just how good a car the SVX is.. affordable, reliable and comfortable, all provided you keep them properly maintained.

My grandmother has a good friend, 80+ years old who drives a '92 Claret/Black SVX. He tells me that out of the 25 cars he's owned in his lifetime, the SVX is by far the best he's ever had. That's coming from a guy whose "other car" is a Jaguar convertible..

I think these people know EXACTLY what's going on in life.. they just don't let it on to the rest of us

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Old 07-23-2003, 10:27 AM
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same theory holds for our 'other' suby

I've had the same theory going for our Forester. It seemed for while all I saw where old people driving this nice 'small' family vehicle.

Lately though, I think the advertising is finally working because all I see driving the thousands of Foresters I see (practially daily I'll see a dozen or so) are younger people.
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Old 07-23-2003, 10:50 AM
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Another observation that I have is - how many are now off of the road (wrecked)? Just looking at the membership here, the number that have been wrecked has surprised me. One by one, they start to decline in numbers.

I also think that there are a lot of people who really don't care about belonging to a Forum that discuss their car. They just take it to the dealership and have them do the work on it. Yes, older people in general have the money to do this, but not always.
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Old 07-23-2003, 01:05 PM
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I also think that there are a lot of people who really don't care about belonging to a Forum that discuss their car.
This is my experience. I've approached SVX's whose owners like their SVX well enough but are just not car nuts, are not "joiners" and are not enthusiastic participants. Every MG owner probably is owned by an enthusiast and probably every Camry is owned by someone whose only interest is that it start every time they turn the key. The SVX is probably somewhere in between these two polar opposites.
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Old 07-23-2003, 02:05 PM
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Re: The Answer to the $10,000 Question

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The question, of course is "If there were ~15,000 SVX's sold in the US alone, why aren't there more active contributors on the board???

granted, we have a pretty healthy membership, most of whom drive one or more SVX's, but i've always been a little curious who's driving the other 14,000 SVX's?????

the answer? EARL!!

no, just kidding, I think that the answer for the most part is "Old People."

no offence to our more "geriatrically-inclined" members, but based on what i've heard from friends around the country, most SVX sightings seem to involve elderly people at the wheel. I can think of about two reasons for the seemingly sizeable number of old people behind the wheel of SVX's:

1) these people have no idea what's going on. they wandered into a dealership and bought the first car that they bumped their walker into

or, more realistically..

2) they've driven a LOT of cars in their lifetime and they realize just how good a car the SVX is.. affordable, reliable and comfortable, all provided you keep them properly maintained.

My grandmother has a good friend, 80+ years old who drives a '92 Claret/Black SVX. He tells me that out of the 25 cars he's owned in his lifetime, the SVX is by far the best he's ever had. That's coming from a guy whose "other car" is a Jaguar convertible..

I think these people know EXACTLY what's going on in life.. they just don't let it on to the rest of us

-adam

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Old 07-23-2003, 02:34 PM
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I don't think a majority of SVX owners know how scarce their car really is...
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Old 07-23-2003, 03:22 PM
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This is my experience. I've approached SVX's whose owners like their SVX well enough but are just not car nuts, are not "joiners" and are not enthusiastic participants. Every MG owner probably is owned by an enthusiast and probably every Camry is owned by someone whose only interest is that it start every time they turn the key. The SVX is probably somewhere in between these two polar opposites.
I agree. My father owns a 95 Ebony Pearl LSi. He bought it new and wouldn't trade it for anything. I've told him about this site, and he seems interested but has never joined. He's had the droppy visor problem, the driver's window switch problem, etc. and just lived with them to avoid paying dealer costs--until I told him the free fixes on this site. Even then he hasn't joined. Oh, well...I'll keep trying.
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Old 07-23-2003, 03:42 PM
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I think this is true for Soobs in general. Everytime I see an older Subaru, about 98% of the time it's an older person. And then THAT'S where people like us get good deals...When they decide to sell them. Hasn't happened for me yet, though.
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Old 07-23-2003, 03:57 PM
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Old 07-23-2003, 03:59 PM
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C'mon now, the percentage of total SVX owners who are in this club is very high compared to other cars. There is also the Yahoo club to occupy some of them.
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Old 07-23-2003, 04:33 PM
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face it, no matter what subaru does or what the car looks like or drives like subaru will always have the image of a conservative, safe "sensable" car, they tried twice to get away from that image, the svx and you all do remember that ad for the xt, "but dad, this IS a subaru".
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Old 07-23-2003, 05:01 PM
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So answer or think about this..If this car wasn't technically a 'Subaru' you think participation and interest would be more than what it is now?
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Old 07-23-2003, 06:11 PM
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I'v always liked Suabrus of all kinds but lately they are becoming so mainstream that you see them everywhere driven by people that don't even care what it is.
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Old 07-23-2003, 08:27 PM
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"What happened to them all"

From what I seen at the Dlr a lot of SVX's fall victim to trans failure
especially the early yrs. Over 3k is a lot for a veh that 5+ yrs old
and for most of the tuner crowd the car simply isn't fast enough.
older imprezza's are a lot more desireable because of the aftermkt parts that aer availible.

I know where 2 are now, one has very little wrong with it and the
guy wants 3k. The other one needs the dredded trans.
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Old 07-23-2003, 08:46 PM
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Where would they be, I might be interested in a second. If it's cheap enough. I just got the one I'm in, so really cheap would be nice. Im thinkin parts car, if not a driver.
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