Starting Discover my Subaru's potential part II

   This winter has not been easy, it's been below 30 degrees for longer than I can remember; and it's not over yet. The climate change around here can be tough for any vehicle let alone my Subaru. Despite the fluctuation in temperature, my car is doing well. I now have almost 9,000 miles on it and is almost due for its 10,000 mile service. A couple weeks ago my friend and I decided to go to Skiward for their sweet lift ticket deals. So I folded the seats  we packed both our gear and board in the back and away we went. No issues whatsoever, except it was all of 12 degrees outside. The car performed great like always. I feel safe and confident driving it. This car doesn't have winter tires on it yet (I will wait until the off season to purchase them dude to lower pricing.) it still handles respectively well, I have driven in wicked snow storms with whipping winds blowing snow across the roads, and I even went through the thanksgiving day storm on a 4 hour drive north to Vermont's Northeast Kingdom. Snow can't stop this thing, the cold sure doesn't. Let's see what happens during rain season. Mud Anyone?

Boston Winter snow storm Jan. 2, 2014

Rally Armor Mudflap install oversight

       I bought a set of Rally Armor mud flaps for my Subaru to protect the paint from road debris such as gravel and pebbles that are found on our highways here in the states. These mud flaps come with all the brackets and hardware you would need to put them on your vehicle, providing you order the ones that are application specific. Rally Armor also has some different logo color options as well to match the scheme of your vehicle. The Quality overall is a high grade polyurethane with a glossy finish, which I know some people have complained about and ordered a different brand because of it. To me however, it is not that big of a deal and actually prefer it as it just looks good with the color of the car and looks like it came that way straight from Subaru. Another great thing is that every vehicle specific set you buy will come with detailed instructions on how to mount them on to your vehicle and there will be no fuss or need for fabrication. The install only took me 45 minutes because of in house distractions and running in and out to grab the right sized sockets and different screw drivers. The price for a set of four is about $145.00 (USD) for the 2013+ XV Crosstrek models and will vary on what application you have. Each set is made at their factory in New York and all the materials they get are from inside the U.S.