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  1. TurboTJ

    Low Mileage Maintenance Schedule

    From a handling perspective. I found that both the S4 (with the sport differential) and the Evo beat the STI. I tested by coming to a complete stop on snow, cranking the steering wheel all the way to one side and flooring it. The STI just plowed mostly forward with significant understeer...
  2. TurboTJ

    Low Mileage Maintenance Schedule

    Nothing against it more than any other crappy design but it does bother me when STI drivers (with their flat billed baseball caps, vape pen and monster energy stickers/shirts) can’t tell me why the car is good besides how much they like the sound, kind of like Harley riders. I guess I don’t...
  3. TurboTJ

    Low Mileage Maintenance Schedule

    I love how the only things you bring up are Subaru marketing propaganda and no substantive facts. If they had a fast car, they should have raced it where it could be compared with many other cars as a benchmark. Cars are normally faster than bikes... don’t know why Subaru wasn’t. But we know...
  4. TurboTJ

    Low Mileage Maintenance Schedule

    I think they just have a bad rap because they are driven by high school kids and people that care more about the sound of the engine than the performance of the engine. A boxer in a front engine/AWD turbo application is a really bad idea from an engineering perspective but Subaru marketing...
  5. TurboTJ

    Low Mileage Maintenance Schedule

    That’s an interesting way to live. I guess I word prefer to get a car that doesn’t need that level of support for defective parts (Maybe an Evo or S3/S4?) but to each his own.
  6. TurboTJ

    Low Mileage Maintenance Schedule

    So your logic is keep a defective engine that struggles to make stock HP because you might be able to have Subaru fix it when compression is lost? No judgment, just curious?
  7. TurboTJ

    TRX throwing shade at the Raptor

    Good god! That’s more pressure than my air compressor builds! That doesn’t look like a production car. Weird! Let’s start comparing to tractors and other vehicles that don’t have to worry about driving characteristics, packaging Or the fact that they take the engine apart constantly (I know a...
  8. TurboTJ

    Low Mileage Maintenance Schedule

    I had a WRX STI for a while. Then I graduated high school. Gold rims and loud mufflers are fun at this point in your life. You lose compression on #3 yet?
  9. TurboTJ

    TRX throwing shade at the Raptor

    V6’s are not good high performance engines?? Where the hell did you get that? I’m a much bigger fan of I6’s and I4’s but you can’t argue with results! Over 3,000 HP with less than 4L of displacement. Not sure any other engine is even in that ballpark besides maybe an Evo IX
  10. TurboTJ

    TRX throwing shade at the Raptor

    Maybe I’m late to the show but I’m a little bit lost by this? I thought the 3.5 had a lower peak torque RPM AND a higher peak torque? Are you referring to the area between idle and 2k RPM’s as being a reason the V8 is better? I.e. the area where the V8 makes more torque?
  11. TurboTJ

    GEN 2 Who's got the bed cap?

    Where were these pictures taken? I will be adding that spot to my bucket list..
  12. TurboTJ

    So, where does your Gen2 live? Lets see your garage!

    Are they airtight? I am looking for something that can keep spiders out...
  13. TurboTJ

    TRX throwing shade at the Raptor

    I have zero loyalty to Ford, especially after some of the reliability issues I’ve had within the first year of ownership. However, I can’t imagine it will be as well rounded. I have this truck because I can fit all my friends (with gear) in it going up into the mountains at over 10k ft altitude...
  14. TurboTJ

    RAPTOR ASSAULT INSURANCE?

    The thing that sucks (and it’s designed specifically this way), is that even if you do take insurance, you will still be naturally cautious so you don’t have to cover the deductible. The only thing I can think of happening is you rear end someone in the dust cloud out in the Baja area. If...
  15. TurboTJ

    RAPTOR ASSAULT INSURANCE?

    The insurance has a $5k deductible. I couldn’t justify paying for that when I would still be liable for the first $5,000.00! I chose not to. If you aren’t driving it differently and more dangerously than they instruct you, I think it’s a waste of money.
  16. TurboTJ

    Things You DIscovered About Your Raptor

    I have it in my 19 so I’d guess so
  17. TurboTJ

    Things You DIscovered About Your Raptor

    It’s under settings > vehicle > ambient lights I believe. As others have mentioned, one color only
  18. TurboTJ

    Things You DIscovered About Your Raptor

    I just found this too. Had no idea the truck had ambient and cup holder lights. Unfortunately mine shut off every 2-4 days when the clock incorrectly auto adjust back 1 hour. Ford cannot be trusted for their software engineering What do you expect from high school students?
  19. TurboTJ

    GEN 2 What else is in your garage?

    Lots of great cars in this thread!
  20. TurboTJ

    Heated seat temperature not as hot

    I was about to switch to Groove Ford after issues at Phil Long... Who do you go to now? Sorry for the off topic.
  21. TurboTJ

    So long, Raptor. Hello Tremor!

    That makes sense. I have zero experience with anything larger than a Raptor. I frequently drive at high altitudes so forced induction is almost mandatory but a power stroke is probably overkill.
  22. TurboTJ

    So long, Raptor. Hello Tremor!

    I’ve been considering the same thing due to Raptor issues and as far as I can tell, it’s short enough to fit in my garage, by 2 inches... I would probably go with the diesel but some reviews said it was too heavy to off-road. My favorite thing in my Raptor is not slowing down for speed bumps...
  23. TurboTJ

    Recaro seats vs Regular leather seats

    I didn’t like the cloth showing. I am messy and as much as I try, that pretty blue fabric will have various color dots before it’s a year old. And probably some chocolate melted into it. I sat in one and couldn’t tell the difference with side bolstering but maybe I’m used to Recaro race seats...
  24. TurboTJ

    Isn’t relocating intercooler in front of radiator an issue?

    I do like to take my truck into the dunes where I’m at high load for extended periods in high temperatures. The other part is just personal preference. I’ve had vehicles where I’ve had to limit where I drive them due to lack of sufficient cooling (on a DSM with stacked intercooler/PS...
  25. TurboTJ

    Isn’t relocating intercooler in front of radiator an issue?

    interesting. Have you taken it into the dunes or done towing while watching the temp or was this just under normal conditions?

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