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Old 11-17-2013, 11:09 PM   #1 (permalink)
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66 MPG Subaru..errr.umm...SOO-ba-ru

SOO-ba-ru 66 mpg

Are We Mispronouncing Subaru?





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Old 11-18-2013, 10:20 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Soo BAH roo!

What a marketing line: "The little Subaru is cheap and ugly."
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Old 11-18-2013, 11:10 AM   #3 (permalink)
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And here all this time I've been calling them Sioux-ba-rooz.
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Old 11-18-2013, 10:40 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I guess if you look at one and squint a little a burro comes to mind.
Not too pretty, but economical, slow, always there.

Yes, not exactly winsome patting on the back advertising.... but:

How many handicap parking spaces could be eliminated if more cars this size were
around today where people could practically drive to their desk at work place??
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I actually like the Subaru 360, altough it looks too small I have even considered to try to build a replica with a single-cylinder motorcycle engine powering the rear wheels and an electric motor at the front initially to provide reversibility but lately I could also consider it to work as a full hybrid...


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How many handicap parking spaces could be eliminated if more cars this size were
around today where people could practically drive to their desk at work place??
The "political correctness" patrol would get mad at that

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