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A testament to Subaru and Thule quality.

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Billek
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I rolled my 2003 Subaru Forester into a culvert, back in December.

I just got it back from the shop where it had the bare minimum done to it to get it back on the road.

I am honestly surprised that it can run.  It front filpped down into a cowshit-filled pond outlet so the entire front end sat in about 1.5 feet of shitty water.  5 oil changes, $2k, and a month later, the thing is running like it did before I crashed.

The same goes for the Thule I had on top.  Both of the aluminum racks held up, with only the plastic feet snapping on the bottom.  The front load bar was bent, but the shop bent it back with no problem.

Basically, you get what you pay for with quality brands.


Jan 16 2010 1:32PM
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yellav
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subiez for life
Jan 16 2010 1:37PM
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Inbred_Redneck
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So you pretty much had the engine flooded and sitting in shit water?

My buddy did that with his old Silverado, he tried to go through a mud hole and it ended up being too deep, sucked water right in and killed it. Towed it out and drained the oil and pumped the mud water out and it ran fine.

Its a fairly common occurance, nothing to do with their quality.
Jan 16 2010 1:41PM
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Style+eeze
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damn, that's scary... yet good at the same time. haha
Jan 16 2010 1:47PM
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Inbred_Redneck
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Did you flip it or roll it? Either way thatd be fucking scary.

Pics?
Jan 16 2010 1:50PM
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I_Am_Mod
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lincoln or frontflip?

or rodeo? that'd be awesome !
Jan 16 2010 2:44PM
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chicken
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2000 forester w/ 256 000 KM reppin THULE hard. You have no idea what shit I have put that car through with minimal maintenance needed.


THULE FOR LIFE the only other brand i would even consider is INNO
Jan 16 2010 2:50PM
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Goku
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i did that on my old dirtbike, i fell in a 3 ft deep mud puddle and the thing sat in there for probably 3 mins, water in went in through the airbox and head, afer 6.5 hours and 14 oil changes it was good as new
Jan 16 2010 3:34PM
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J-Evs
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SUBARU
kills it
Jan 16 2010 3:36PM
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ECski
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Subaru and toyota for life, both cars will run forever.
Jan 16 2010 4:18PM
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chicken
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Yup, car before it. 83 celica. fucking still runs with over 300k

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Jan 16 2010 4:30PM
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unchyll
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subbies are deff legit, ive spent the night in my friends subbie cus we crashed into a snow drift and got totally engulfed, rolled in one, drove into a 6 foot ditch, and jumped one and they always keep on trucking. I like my jeep tho
Jan 16 2010 4:36PM
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Billek
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I did half a front flip off of an 8 foot ledge into a ton of shit water.

The car was so beat to shit on the outside that it would have been totaled if we had collision insurance on it.

Not exactly a common occurrence.
Jan 16 2010 5:19PM
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Inbred_Redneck
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I mentioned the flooded engine as a common occurence, the crash...not so much. Glad you didnt fuck yourself up though, sounded pretty gnarly.
Jan 16 2010 6:42PM
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Billek
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Yeah, my dad did the engine work on it and needless to say it wasnt his first flooded engine.  Doing it with a blowtorch during the winter made it quite the challenge, and Im proud that he was able to do it.

The crash was pretty crazy too, I had the sunroof cover open and I got to watch the crash through it.  I don't even remember letting my belt go, and let me tell you, listening to Rush Limbaw, looking at my upside-down gps, and rolling the window 'up' all while the car was flooding are not things that you see very often haha.
Jan 16 2010 7:18PM
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charmander
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cant have been a very violent roll.

the explorer i rolled needs over 5k in body work to be legal... fuck that, its in a field right now haha
Jan 16 2010 7:53PM
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Drail
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I totaled a Subaru Legacy Brighton in October this year... hit a patch of ice, slammed hood first into a rock wall... luckily though, I found the exact same year and milage for the exact price I got from ICBC for the other one. only difference is instead of it being blue, it's green. lucky me.

Going to try and not destroy this one.
Jan 16 2010 8:31PM
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pianoman
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haha my little piece of shit honda civic survived having an SUV back up right onto the hood today. scary, but i don't think it's cuz of the quality that it's only got a small dent on it.
Jan 17 2010 12:02AM
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