Anyone tried rallying or autocrossing with their Forester?

Imprezard · 12-09-2001, 08:52 PM

I am tempted to try, but I'd like to hear some experiences first

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PKduck · 12-10-2001, 06:50 PM

me me me~

But I was just playing at the constrution area with mud...dirt.......
and deep dirty 'pond'.......hee hee
I might take a little video on coming Wednesday (if there are not dry yet)
sorry, poor english

Imprezard · 12-10-2001, 07:53 PM

Cool, please post it.

Did you do any suspension mods?

AWMIII · 12-10-2001, 09:31 PM

I drove mine to a lodge in Maine that was 75 miles down a dirt road. Yes that is seventy-five miles each way! The instructions looked like rally instructions. I had a full load on the roof (3 feet high) 4 people and a dog in the car, and still maintained 50-60 mph on the good roads and about 25-40 on the crappy ones. The only mishap was a flat from a sharp piece of gravel. It was insane. I had to maintain those speeds because it was so far. Several times, I came around a sharp corner and was presented with a narrow wooden bridge with no sides. It was as close to a prorally as I would go with a Forrester.

Imprezard · 12-11-2001, 02:09 AM

Cool story AWMIII!!

lakepop · 12-11-2001, 06:44 AM

AWMIII ? this computer lingo is getting to be like military acronyms.

AWMIII · 12-11-2001, 09:10 AM

AWMIII is my initials

Archibald William McMichael III

or Bill if you please

lakepop · 12-11-2001, 09:38 AM

Thanks ..Bill!

Imprezard · 12-11-2001, 12:13 PM

That's an awsome name Bill

AWMIII · 12-11-2001, 04:06 PM

I catch a lot of crap for it. Thats why I use Bill. or My business name is A. William McMichael III

Mike Smith · 12-12-2001, 02:13 PM

I'm thinkin' this one does pretty well at auto-Xs

lakepop · 12-12-2001, 04:52 PM

Probably do OK..but way too pretty to abuse.

Very nice and right hand drive to boot.....

toerag · 12-12-2001, 05:56 PM

/smug mode on/
all the best forester's are RHD

/smug mode off/

ForesterPerformance · 12-13-2001, 09:50 AM

That may be true, for the time being, 'cause you all get those wonderful turbos. The only drawback is that you have to drive on the WRONG side of the road as punishment.

toerag · 12-13-2001, 09:57 AM

No,no,no, It's you that drives on the wrong side!!
Actually it makes no difference, I've spent a month in the states and a month in europe, and as long as you're in the correct car for the country then there isn't a problem. Driving a RHD car on the right means that you can't see to overtake though. At least our motorway rules make sense, yours are just plain daft, no fast /medium and slow lanes like ours.

lark6 · 12-13-2001, 11:56 AM

There ARE fast, medium, and slow lanes here in the States, it's just that nobody obeys them and the laws are almost never enforced.

Ed

toerag · 12-14-2001, 03:55 AM

Yeah, it was pretty disconcerting with people 'overtaking' on both sides! At least some authorities in the US have got the balls to have car-sharing lanes, they made life a lot easier on my roadtrip.

12-09-2001, 08:52 PM	#1
Imprezard Scooby Specialist Member#: 3016 Join Date: Nov 2000 Chapter/Region: VIC Location: Tokyo, Japan Vehicle: CBA GH8 WR Blue	Anyone tried rallying or autocrossing with their Forester? I am tempted to try, but I'd like to hear some experiences first * Registered users of the site do not see these ads.

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12-10-2001, 06:50 PM	#2
PKduck Visiting NASIOC Timeout Member#: 6563 Join Date: May 2001 Location: San Francisco Vehicle: 2001 Forester S black diamond pearl	me me me~ But I was just playing at the constrution area with mud...dirt....... and deep dirty 'pond'.......hee hee I might take a little video on coming Wednesday (if there are not dry yet) sorry, poor english

12-10-2001, 07:53 PM	#3
Imprezard Scooby Specialist Member#: 3016 Join Date: Nov 2000 Chapter/Region: VIC Location: Tokyo, Japan Vehicle: CBA GH8 WR Blue	Cool, please post it. Did you do any suspension mods?

12-10-2001, 09:31 PM	#4
AWMIII Scooby Specialist Member#: 3980 Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bryn Mawr, PA USA Vehicle: 2004 SVT Focus Screaming Yellow!	I drove mine to a lodge in Maine that was 75 miles down a dirt road. Yes that is seventy-five miles each way! The instructions looked like rally instructions. I had a full load on the roof (3 feet high) 4 people and a dog in the car, and still maintained 50-60 mph on the good roads and about 25-40 on the crappy ones. The only mishap was a flat from a sharp piece of gravel. It was insane. I had to maintain those speeds because it was so far. Several times, I came around a sharp corner and was presented with a narrow wooden bridge with no sides. It was as close to a prorally as I would go with a Forrester.

12-11-2001, 02:09 AM	#5
Imprezard Scooby Specialist Member#: 3016 Join Date: Nov 2000 Chapter/Region: VIC Location: Tokyo, Japan Vehicle: CBA GH8 WR Blue	Cool story AWMIII!!

12-11-2001, 06:44 AM	#6
lakepop Scooby Specialist Member#: 3851 Join Date: Jan 2001 Chapter/Region: MAIC Location: WNY/NVA Vehicle: 2007 Outback Ltd. Champagne Gold	AWMIII ? this computer lingo is getting to be like military acronyms.

12-11-2001, 09:10 AM	#7
AWMIII Scooby Specialist Member#: 3980 Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bryn Mawr, PA USA Vehicle: 2004 SVT Focus Screaming Yellow!	AWMIII is my initials Archibald William McMichael III or Bill if you please

12-11-2001, 09:38 AM	#8
lakepop Scooby Specialist Member#: 3851 Join Date: Jan 2001 Chapter/Region: MAIC Location: WNY/NVA Vehicle: 2007 Outback Ltd. Champagne Gold	Thanks ..Bill!

12-11-2001, 12:13 PM	#9
Imprezard Scooby Specialist Member#: 3016 Join Date: Nov 2000 Chapter/Region: VIC Location: Tokyo, Japan Vehicle: CBA GH8 WR Blue	That's an awsome name Bill

12-11-2001, 04:06 PM	#10
AWMIII Scooby Specialist Member#: 3980 Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bryn Mawr, PA USA Vehicle: 2004 SVT Focus Screaming Yellow!	I catch a lot of crap for it. Thats why I use Bill. or My business name is A. William McMichael III

12-12-2001, 02:13 PM	#11
Mike Smith Scooby Specialist Member#: 744 Join Date: Jan 2000 Chapter/Region: Tri-State Location: Middlesex, NY USA Vehicle: 00 BRP RS Coupe 02 Forester, 00 S-10,	I'm thinkin' this one does pretty well at auto-Xs

12-12-2001, 04:52 PM	#12
lakepop Scooby Specialist Member#: 3851 Join Date: Jan 2001 Chapter/Region: MAIC Location: WNY/NVA Vehicle: 2007 Outback Ltd. Champagne Gold	Probably do OK..but way too pretty to abuse. Very nice and right hand drive to boot.....

12-12-2001, 05:56 PM	#13
toerag Scooby Newbie Member#: 8167 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Guernsey, British Channel Islands Vehicle: 2001 ForesterS-Turbo Premium Silver	/smug mode on/ all the best forester's are RHD /smug mode off/

12-13-2001, 09:50 AM	#14
ForesterPerformance Scooby Specialist Member#: 5424 Join Date: Apr 2001 Chapter/Region: South East Location: not where you are... Vehicle: BRP STi Version 3 Type RA V-Ltd RHD	That may be true, for the time being, 'cause you all get those wonderful turbos. The only drawback is that you have to drive on the WRONG side of the road as punishment.

12-13-2001, 09:57 AM	#15
toerag Scooby Newbie Member#: 8167 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Guernsey, British Channel Islands Vehicle: 2001 ForesterS-Turbo Premium Silver	No,no,no, It's you that drives on the wrong side!! Actually it makes no difference, I've spent a month in the states and a month in europe, and as long as you're in the correct car for the country then there isn't a problem. Driving a RHD car on the right means that you can't see to overtake though. At least our motorway rules make sense, yours are just plain daft, no fast /medium and slow lanes like ours.

12-13-2001, 11:56 AM	#16
lark6 Scooby Specialist Member#: 2715 Join Date: Oct 2000 Chapter/Region: Tri-State Location: where GW crossed the Delaware Vehicle: 05 FXT 70 911T	There ARE fast, medium, and slow lanes here in the States, it's just that nobody obeys them and the laws are almost never enforced. Ed

12-14-2001, 03:55 AM	#17
toerag Scooby Newbie Member#: 8167 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Guernsey, British Channel Islands Vehicle: 2001 ForesterS-Turbo Premium Silver	Yeah, it was pretty disconcerting with people 'overtaking' on both sides! At least some authorities in the US have got the balls to have car-sharing lanes, they made life a lot easier on my roadtrip.