"Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678)
02/10/2019 at 19:35 • Filed to: None
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"Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678)
02/10/2019 at 19:35 • Filed to: None | 4
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Took this picture on my last day in Salt Lake City before heading home to Los Angeles. Seeing as I bought the car with 136k on it in late 2017 , I have definitely driven the car quite a bit. Made it home and the car is now sitting around 161k and faced zero issues over the 4000 miles driven on the trip. I’ve added two quarts of oil throughout the trip in total and my shocks have definitely gotten worse but nothing unexpected has broken. Oil change, tire rotation, and changing out those shocks are on my short list to do ASAP.
Quite the practical ski trip machine and was enjoyable to cruise around the mountain roads everywhere that I went. No amount of snow was an issue and even panic stopping on sheer ice proved effective/safe, albeit with a bit of butt clenching ABS action. The car has never been dirtier in its life, but at least I think I’ve gotten most of the salt off with some quick washing at the local coin op.
Only unfortunate thing to happen to the car was a rock cracking my windshield on the way to Montana. I’ll try a DIY solution to see if it will stop the spread since it’s not in my view anyways. But it’s “ too big to be repaired” according to Safelite and my insurance only covers repairs. So no point in paying for a replacement before trying a cheap Walmart kit or just ignoring it.
Yeah this windshield is pretty much a gonner but I’ve seen people driving around with worse... Stupid rocks!
Anyways, glad to have made it home safely with minimal problems. Never once had to take out any tools or attempt to fix anything. The car started every day, even when the weather was -17F! It was certainly angry that the oil was made out of molasses on the colder days but aside from extra noise, nothing was amiss. I can’t imagine subjecting the car to that kind of weather all the time would be very good though so I’m happy that a “cold” day at home is something just under 50.
Ugh, never again with this weather!
Full trip report to follow soon! Time for sleeping and being lazy for a while. I need a vacation from the vacation.
Boxer_4
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
02/10/2019 at 21:43 |
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The cracked windshield sucks! The Forester is on its 3rd windshield in 10 years and 106K miles (
knocks on every available wooden surface
). To be fair, the 2nd windshield (
PGW, formerly PPG
) failed in under a year due to a manufacturing
defect. The Fuyao replacement has been good so far (
nearly 4 years and ~40k miles
).
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> Boxer_4
02/10/2019 at 22:17 |
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I’ve never had a windshield replaced surprisingly. 5 years and 80k miles in the Honda, 4 years and 80k miles in the Miata, and then a little over 1 year and 25k miles in the Subaru. Been a good run I guess haha.
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
02/10/2019 at 22:47 |
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Generally when your car knows it’s going to Montana it starts to attract rocks to the windshield. We usually loose one windshield a year between the two cars. The Subaru one has been done twice. The Mazda one is getting really bad. I’m waiting for a big stone to take it out.
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> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
02/11/2019 at 15:46 |
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That's wild. I've never had a windshield get broken. Granted I've only been driving for like 10 years but still. I guess it's a factor of road maintenance up there. I know that crossing the state line between Idaho and Montana was a drastic difference in how much ice was on the road way. I'm wondering if DIY windshield replacement is a thing..
SPAMBot - Horse Doctor
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
02/12/2019 at 12:13 |
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Don’t feel bad about the windshield. Mine looks worse but it’s on the top passenger side and heading in a good direction. It looks janky, but very far out of my line of sight.
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> SPAMBot - Horse Doctor
02/13/2019 at 23:23 |
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Haha yeah that's why I'm not replacing it yet. I'm gonna try the Walmart fix though, can't exactly make it worse. For $10 it's worth trying.
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SPAMBot - Horse Doctor
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
02/14/2019 at 12:14 |
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Can’t hurt!! If it stops it from spreading, that is a win.