Cold weather: Sedan owners beware!!

I don't have a cabin filter.

June

Our Impreza (OBS) has that, and I took it out last winter for maximum flow. Thanks for reminding me.

FWIW, I've been pretty impressed with the heater in this car. The engine gets up to operating temp the fastest of any we've had, and once all the metal and plastic gets thawed, it's a pretty cozy place to be, even on that windswept barren stretch of highway to Fargo.

Gee, take it easy. Out of the entire post, and my entire well-rounded wish list, that was the only thing warranting a reaction?

I stand by my suggestion.

Lots of decent people in rural areas have guns with them, perfectly legally. It's just a fact -- regardless of how anybody else *feels* about it, it's still a fact. A safe, invisible place to stow it would be a good thing.

I wouldn't trust the lock on the plastic glovebox with a gun. See? Gun owners are concerned with safety and discretion.

I'm thinking something set into the floor, maybe stamped right into the sheet metal, under the front passenger's floor mat. It could have a hinged steel lid and a remote release hidden somewhere else, like the cas cap does. A neat insert into the carpet, like the spare tire well in the back. Hey: the more I flesh out this idea, the more I like it.

It could be sold as a "hidden valuables compartment" -- so Subaru could avoid further ire from the same people who are trying to crucify them about reclassifying passenger cars as evil "SUV"s...