Port Townsend - Subaru country?

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Fuzzy Logic

We were recently in Port Townsend Washington and it seemed like every 4th
vehicle was a Subaru. Certainly a higher ratio of Subie's to other cars than
I see locally.
 
Fuzzy said:
We were recently in Port Townsend Washington and it seemed like every 4th
vehicle was a Subaru. Certainly a higher ratio of Subie's to other cars than
I see locally.

Come on over to Coeur d'Alene, ID and see about the same ratio. Makes me wonder if Lance Armstrong lives over here. ;-) I've even see a couple of old Brats running around town.
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We were recently in Port Townsend Washington and it seemed like every 4th
vehicle was a Subaru. Certainly a higher ratio of Subie's to other cars than
I see locally.

The whole Pacific Northwest coast, west of the Cascade mountains, is Subaru
country. Subarus handle wet, icy road conditions better than anything but a
truck, in my experience, so they're well suited to that area.



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Catherine Hampton said:
The whole Pacific Northwest coast, west of the Cascade mountains, is Subaru
country. Subarus handle wet, icy road conditions better than anything but a
truck, in my experience, so they're well suited to that area.

Part of why I have owned one since 1981, although I have several
friends the prefer Quatro Audi's

Ralph (not too far from Port Townsend)

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Ralph said:
Part of why I have owned one since 1981, although I have several
friends the prefer Quatro Audi's

Ralph (not too far from Port Townsend)
Nice seeing an old RORT poster here.

I'm down in the Portland Salem area & you see Subarus all over the
place. On the freeway I've been in a group of 4 Subies on several
occasions and even in the small town I live in I've been grouped with
two others. Mom lives in a small apartment complex and there are 3
Subarus there. They are popular in the PNW.

But their popularity doesn't make finding parts/service items as easy
as a lot of other makes.

Mickey
 
| We were recently in Port Townsend Washington and it seemed like every 4th
| vehicle was a Subaru. Certainly a higher ratio of Subie's to other cars than
| I see locally.

My wife and I were shocked to see so many Subies around
Taos,NM and environs. Similar ratio: 25-30% of cars were Subarus.
 
I'd like to be in a town full of Subaru's...my town in southern Illinois
(USA), has maybe 5-10 Subaru's. Tonight on the news, it showed a maroon
outback (just like mine) that was involved in a hit and run accident, where
the driver of the outback was arrested...great...I'm sure all of the people
that know me, think it was me that did it!....jim
 
jimuntch said:
I'd like to be in a town full of Subaru's...my town in southern Illinois
(USA), has maybe 5-10 Subaru's. Tonight on the news, it showed a maroon
outback (just like mine) that was involved in a hit and run accident, where
the driver of the outback was arrested...great...I'm sure all of the people
that know me, think it was me that did it!....jim

I've heard that they are the getaway vehicle of
choice when the crime is committed in a town with
only dirt road access.
 
Mickey said:
I'm down in the Portland Salem area & you see Subarus all over the
place. On the freeway I've been in a group of 4 Subies on several
occasions and even in the small town I live in I've been grouped with
two others. Mom lives in a small apartment complex and there are 3
Subarus there. They are popular in the PNW.

That's about what it's like here in New Zealand, too.

Subaru only have something like 3% of the new car sales in NZ, but:

- more than 50% of "new to NZ" car sales are used cars from Japan

- Subarus make up 20%+ of the used imports


I'm sure Subaru NZ would like to sell more new cars, but they're pretty
good about making sure spares are available for the used imports (which
are private, or done by dealers, not by Subaru), and they're probably
going to get more new sales in future from people who can't afford new
car prices right now but get a taste from a good used Subaru.

-- Bruce
 
Bruce said:
That's about what it's like here in New Zealand, too.

Subaru only have something like 3% of the new car sales in NZ, but:

- more than 50% of "new to NZ" car sales are used cars from Japan

- Subarus make up 20%+ of the used imports


I'm sure Subaru NZ would like to sell more new cars, but they're pretty
good about making sure spares are available for the used imports (which
are private, or done by dealers, not by Subaru), and they're probably
going to get more new sales in future from people who can't afford new
car prices right now but get a taste from a good used Subaru.

Heh, slowing for a turn-off from the Raumati straight earlier tonight, I
had three mid 90s shaped Legacy wagons sweep past - a Grandwagon, then a
GT, and I think the last was a 250T.

I never noticed until we started looking at Subarus, then found they
were everywhere.

As an aside, can anyone recommend a good garage for Subaru servicing,
somewhere in/near the WLG cbd, or the northern suburbs?

We picked up an imported Impreza HX at the start of the year which is
due for a service.

Thanks
 
cobs said:
Heh, slowing for a turn-off from the Raumati straight earlier tonight, I
had three mid 90s shaped Legacy wagons sweep past - a Grandwagon, then a
GT, and I think the last was a 250T.

Translation for those not familiar with Japanese Domestic Market models:
Grandwagon = 2.5l Legacy outback wagon, GT = 2.0l turbo Legacy, 250T =
hi trim spec 2.5l Legacy.

I never noticed until we started looking at Subarus, then found they
were everywhere.

Yeah, although to be fair I think that happens to some extent whenever
you buy a car. You keep seeing "your" car everywhere.

As an aside, can anyone recommend a good garage for Subaru servicing,
somewhere in/near the WLG cbd, or the northern suburbs?

I've been using Kelly Motors in Tawa (attached to the Caltex) for 7 or 8
years, for everything from $1000 clunkers to our current 250T. There
are two very very experienced guys there, one of whom (Noel) used to
have a 250T and now has a GT wagon. No complaints at all, and the first
time we went there they instantly identified and fixed a problem that
had baffled three other places despite repeat trys (a handbrake that
wouldn't stay adjusted on a mid 80's 323 wagon).

-- Bruce
 

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