2012 9thcivic.com Tail of The Dragon I - Chat, Pics and Videos thread

[Nomar06]

Sucks to hear about the car Greg....I'm sure Sam will take care of you.

 

[greg porter]

Yeah, he's giving the VIN to his service writers tomorrow to clear it with Honda. Then I guess I'll take the car in for him to do a full diagnosis or whatever he has to do. If he can rebuild Mike's transmission 8,930,432,010,480 times then I think he can do a head gasket

 

[webby]

Certain subarus have the hg issue, or it's common among a lot of their cars?

 

[greg porter]

^Very common in Subaru's. Working at a dealer, I can't count the number of cars that came in per week for head gaskets. It was shocking when I first started working there but then I got used to it

 

[webby]

A lot under warranty, or high mileage,.. or? Caused by a bad design?

 

[death_roll]

A lot under warranty, or high mileage,.. or? Caused by a bad design?

All of the above.

 

[greg porter]

I think most Subaru owners have accepted that fate because a lot of them know about it before they actually schedule the appointment to get the head gaskets replaced. I guess they like the benefits of owning a Subaru and are willing to pay the maintenance costs

 

[webby]

I've never heard anyone with a subaru say this. Is there an aftermarket gasket that resolves the issue, or you just constantly drive around knowing the gasket is ready to go at all times?

 

[webby]

maybe we can convince the lodge to put something like this on the property before the next dragon meet

View: http://youtu.be/mePGNohvPgs

 

[greg porter]

And please, no one mention my car problems on Facebook for now. In a while we can joke about it but keep it on the forum for the time being

 

[K04GTI]

What's up with the exhaust video? I didn't understand why it would take so long..

 

[etf]

What's up with the exhaust video? I didn't understand why it would take so long..

Obviously, you don't understand the time it takes to edit a video of that nature. There were probably 30 or so video clips that were shot. That have to be cut down, sequenced, transitions added, titling added, soundtrack editing, etc. All in somebody's spare time for no pay.
Please be patient.

 

[k757]

I think most Subaru owners have accepted that fate because a lot of them know about it before they actually schedule the appointment to get the head gaskets replaced. I guess they like the benefits of owning a Subaru and are willing to pay the maintenance costs

I bought the extended warranty with a low to moderate co-pay. Performance cars break; I don't want to pay for it

 

[death_roll]

I've never heard anyone with a subaru say this. Is there an aftermarket gasket that resolves the issue, or you just constantly drive around knowing the gasket is ready to go at all times?

Just about all HG failures are in the non-turbo, non enthusiast older models thats why you don't hear much.


The exhaust video is coming nicely, I can't do the drivebys because my card reader is in PA and I'm going home to get it.

 

[k757]

Just about all HG failures are in the non-turbo, non enthusiast older models thats why you don't hear much.


The exhaust video is coming nicely, I can't do the drivebys because my card reader is in PA and I'm going home to get it.

too bad you can't race tomorrow. As of now, my competition in RTA (Road Tire AWD):
05 STI
06 STI - friend
08 Evo X - friend
10 Porsche c4s
(2) 11 WRX
10 Evo X

 

[death_roll]

too bad you can't race tomorrow. As of now, my competition in RTA (Road Tire AWD):
05 STI
06 STI - friend
08 Evo X - friend
10 Porsche c4s
(2) 11 WRX
10 Evo X

I do wanna try it out sometime, but this weekend I'm going home to see my sister and go to this huge state fair in PA, hopefully soon I can try it, I don't expect to be anywhere near slightly quick lol

 

[bootyluvr]

I am with death_roll... bootyluvr got some advice from k757 on how to be a better driver and it helped him out a lot..

Yes it did

But Jeff posts like a normal person though.

Yes i do

Yes, but was a slow driver till Keith gave him some advice...

I wouldn't say slow.. I'm more of a pussy and dont trust the car or myself quite yet.

PS: Why so mean to the new guy? He hasn't posted since you called him out... :-(

 

[death_roll]

PS: Why so mean to the new guy? He hasn't posted since you called him out... :-(

I wouldn't say it was mean, sometimes some honest truth goes a long way, I would hope he would attend next year but if he talks like that in real life and drives like a total douche then things won't work out well for him, we've all been to the dragon too many times to put up with that.

 

[bootyluvr]

I wouldn't say it was mean, sometimes some honest truth goes a long way, I would hope he would attend next year but if he talks like that in real life and drives like a total douche then things won't work out well for him, we've all been to the dragon too many times to put up with that.

Yah true dat homie! U ma dog! I gots ur bak!

 

[death_roll]

Yah true dat homie! U ma dog! I gots ur bak!

u mah nga bro













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