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The new subie
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:06 pm
by Ben
Traded the liberty on a model better suited to boat towing....
This is it....
and this is what runs it...
Interesting vehicle to drive, geared the same as the 2.0, which is bizzaro being a six. Power delivery is the same as the 2.0 ie nothing until 4k then hammers to red line.
Towing the boat the 6 pulls as hard as the 4 towing nothing though...
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:33 pm
by Outback bloke
Good move. What is the fuel economy like compared to the 4? Similar?
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 6:17 pm
by Ben
Towing the boat in the lib equalled 14L/100km, towing in the H6 equalled 15.2L/100km. That said, I was happy to pay that premium to not hear a squirming complaining EJ20 towing the boat in third gear for kilometres at a time.
Taking it for a good run this weekend not towing so will see what it is like in that scenario.
The EZ30 is silky smooth though... I want a big fat zorst, wifey didn't like it on the lib so not much chance on the H6
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:08 pm
by Suby Wan Kenobi
Sweet looking car Ben, so the Q now is whats it like off the black stuff?
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:44 pm
by cruzingbrumby
Mate that new job of yours is paying off, new boat new car, what's next ??
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:47 am
by seagull
I have a 03 and looking at moving it on very low ks 49ooo
can I ask the year & amount you payed
cheers seagull
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:36 pm
by Ben
Is an 03 also, 85k. I had been looking at H6's for a while and was happy to pay $29k for this one. To me, the cloth interior was worth more on the ticket price than leather too. Leather ones I had been looking at were all over $30k. If yours is a cloth 03 with 49k I'd imagine 32k or so... maybe less, redbook says about 28k is top of the range which isn't the same as the street as you would know.
Also had a look at a couple of 03 2.5's that were mid 20's too. H6 is waaay better.
Haven't had it off the tar yet, except for a couple of hundred metres on the beach - full throttle U turn on the beach gave lots of slidies and roosters....
No LSD though!!!! What's up with premium models not having lsd.....
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:47 am
by Wilbur
Nice one ben.....but where's the pic of the boat ?
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 6:05 pm
by Ben
Sorry Baz, spent more time fishing on it than taking pics of it
Will try and get something nice this weekend.... Might even drag the boat onto the beach and get a nice 'on the sand with the headland in the background' type photo
Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 6:30 am
by subiwidow
NIce one...Is it comming to the BBQ, for us to drool over.
I'm jealous....
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 11:57 am
by Wilbur
It........I think Megan means both the car and the boat.
Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 7:37 pm
by Ben
I can't afford the fuel to tow the boat
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 6:11 pm
by Ben
Ok, so after I came back in this arvo I did the photo thing.
Enjoy!
Pic taken on Boambee Beach
Pic taken on the South Wall Quarry
Went out today, was a little sloppy, made me feel sick, didn't catch anything...
Went yesterday morning and hard a good hard run on a live yellowtail, but didn't connect when I flicked the reel lever to strike.... Then hooked something on a yellowtail that bit me off, stupid sharks....
Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 1:46 pm
by Suby Wan Kenobi
I said it once ill say it again the first pic is truely art, put a BYB windscreen sticker on the front and it would be a sure thing for the photo comp.