Port Townsend - Subaru country?

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. Username munged by FixNews

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)

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

Fuzzy Logic wrote: | 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've heard that they are the getaway vehicle of choice when the crime is committed in a town with only dirt road access.

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

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

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.

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

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