Re: What Did You Do With Your Kizashi Today?
Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 8:03 am
My friend had it in Washington, DC for about a year and a half. I was working in the city then too so I saw it often. It was quite amazing during the 2010 "Snowmageddon" largely because it was an AWD vehicle and the only one around with chains. I had carried the chains all along in the trunk as they were required on the California mountains, where I previously lived, in heavy snow conditions. I sold the car with the chains and during Snowmageddon, we put them on and it was epic. I later learned the reason why no one else had chains: they are technically illegal in the DC area but we got through snowmageddon with no trouble from the law. Not like the RWD Crown Vics could keep up anyway.KlutzNinja wrote: ↑Sat Mar 13, 2021 10:15 am Kuro, what happened to that Impreza after you sold it? Do you know how many miles your friend put on it? I’m guessing it’s been “retired,” but if not, that would be remarkable.
The last I saw the Impreza was the day my friend set off from DC on a solo cross-country trip to Idaho. He ended his internship in DC and was moving back there where he came from. I later met up with him and he told me that shortly after he got back to Idaho, he sold it there. He no longer needed it as it was his DC car and he had a truck back in Idaho. He actually sold it for more than he bought it for given I gave him a bargain "friend's deal" and the Subaru AWD was a hotter commodity in Idaho. The 15 year-old Impreza made it cross-country with over 230,000 miles on it on the original engine and transmission. It was definitely one of the better Subarus ever made with the rock-solid EJ22 engine and the 4EAT automatic transmission. It largely ran on maintenance until about 200,000 miles and the main reason I sold it was because I wanted to get a manual transmission vehicle. I replaced the Impreza with a 2005 Mazda3 with a 5 speed manual; the car I had before the Kizashi. I can say the Impreza and the Kizashi were more alike with higher build quality and a more surefooted and planted feel on the road. The Mazda3 was the lighter, nimble-feeling vehicle that had an excellent engine and transmission pairing but in an otherwise chintzy shell of a car. It was fun to drive but not very comfortable for my long commutes at the time. The Kizashi was a luxurious upgrade in comfort and refinement in comparison and just an overall better car.
We shall see. Incredible...no noises, no pulling, no vibrating, no problems. 3/32nds all around last year, so logic would say they've dropped below that in the last year which would be a fail.
Unbelievable. 94,638 on the original Akebono equipment and still going. Was told for the 4th year in a row, "it'll need them replaced all around next year." I say "maybe ". (brakes are over-rated). Might have to give her a treat and do them this summer at my leisure. And, for the 11th year in a row the K hasn't cost me anything to pass annual inspection and emissions testing. In true Suzuki fashion,...bulbs, wiper blades, filters, fluids , oils, a set of plugs, and tires is all its ever needed in its life. Another season of 
the nicest car I've ever owned.