What have you done to your car today?

troyXT said:
The radio is under the passengers seat. Its a GME TX3440 which has all the controlls on the mic.
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Thanks Troy,

I saw that same model on Adrian's Wrangler. I might put one in mine, since it has all the controls in the mic, and I can hide it neatly in the car. Plus the hand-held was quite limiting through the mountains today I found.

Regards,

Joel
 
aware said:
Sounds good :ebiggrin:


I started both Foresters, reversed them out of the garage, swept the garage and drove them back inside. Not an exctitng day at all.


Now I really need to get serious and get the '05 Off road.
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Come for a run with the Subie club one day. We'll show you how to get serious and get your forester off road! You'll be surprised at how capable they are.

Regards,

Joel
 
joel_57 said:
Come for a run with the Subie club one day. We'll show you how to get serious and get your forester off road! You'll be surprised at how capable they are.

Regards,

Joel
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Definitely. Just need to organise myself.

Is there a problem with the Subie Club website or is it just me? (not loading, sorry if this has been posted before)

Cheers,

Alex

Edit: My apologies, it was just slow to load.
 
I installed HID headlights today ready for the night run on saturday

My old lights where hopeless when on the tracks at night

Jan
 
Barry said:
Removed the 'stuff' pocket and cover between the centre airvents in the dash, to fit my UHF CB.
Purchased aluminium strap to make mounting bracket.
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Bracket fabricated and CB /GPS mounted. Fits really well between the air vents, with mic cable in remaining 'slot' between radio and trip metre.

Pics will follow.

Now just need to work out where to link to power.

Anyone have any suggestions?
 
Today I bought a 2-second tent (and I got it back down into the bag easily too), plus I bought an equaliser strap for the Forester to add to the recovery kit. I also got some roo whistle things to help prevent the bouncy buggers from hopping into the bull bar (apparently 80% success rate according to the packet).

Regards,

Joel
 
I know two people who have hit roos with shooroos. Worth a try though, gotta be better then nothing.
Nothing can replace good lights!
 
2jz929 said:
I know two people who have hit roos with shooroos. Worth a try though, gotta be better then nothing.
Nothing can replace good lights!
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Agree that good lights, and driving a bit slower, will help heaps. Best idea, if you are able, is to keep off the road until after dawn and be off it again well before dusk. When touring I find this a good rule of thumb anyway. [No fun making camp and cooking in the dark.]
 
joel_57 said:
Today I bought a 2-second tent (and I got it back down into the bag easily too), plus I bought an equaliser strap for the Forester to add to the recovery kit. I also got some roo whistle things to help prevent the bouncy buggers from hopping into the bull bar (apparently 80% success rate according to the packet).
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From my experience I found that the whistles do not repel them but made them stop and prick up their ears like "what the hell is that noise?". The whistles are not a replacement for good lights and careful driving but enough reason for me to permanently have them on my car
 
Yeah the plan is to keep the driving to daylight hours for sure. However, my last two trips have seen me driving after dark, with my new Lightforce 170s lighting up the road nicely ( I drive very cautiously after dark). They've (the lights) saved me from a few roos already. I thought that for 10 bucks, i'd give the whistle things a shot. Since i hate making up camp after dark, and I'm doing a trip for 2 weeks, with many a single night stop overs, I bought the 2 second tent, for ease of set up and break down, plus will come in handy for a night set up. I.E. pull tent from bag, slide off elastic, toss tent in the air, peg down. Done!

Regards,

Joel
 
lefty said:
From my experience I found that the whistles do not repel them but made them stop and prick up their ears like "what the hell is that noise?".
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If they stop even for just a couple of seconds, just to think "What the hell is that noise" it could be the difference to them jumping or not jumping onto the road in front of you.

But as you say, and I totally agree with you, nothing beats a good set of lights.

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
Woohoo...

Got my KYB struts and raised king springs fitted on the back today. It is SUCH an improvement. Not only was my old sagging arse ugly, but it was sloppy to drive and had demolished the bump stops.

Now it's higher, stiffer, handles better, rides better, looks better. Funnily enough I expected it to be rough and bumpy but the new gear seems to be of higher quality - giving a more refined and nicely damped ride.

Can't wait to try it in the rough stuff.

I'll try to post some pics in the offroad section soon (once I take some).
 
Now I can finally stick my ORS.com stickers on the car :-)

Hehe, I didn't quite feel worthy before, they have been on my desk for over a year.

Next on my list: Sump Guard
 
I placed the Fishing Kayak I'm building on the rack for the first time and placed my ORS logo sticker on the rear window.

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Nate
 
I took Fozzee Rascal off road for the first time! Out around Yallorn Nth and Moondara State Park.
Did everything I wanted to with ease.
 
Today I bought and fitted my new scangauge. So far it's great, tells me heaps of info that could be handy, and reports fault codes.

Regards,

Joel
 
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