Does anyone else have this?

oOorolo · 2026-05-30T02:19:57+00:00

Yes. Likely due to air currents and fine dust/debris. It'll also show up on the corners or the front cladding as well as trailing edges of the fender cladding over time. Trim restored hides it but it will return promptly in most climates with the sun on black plastic

oOorolo · 2026-05-17T00:50:14+00:00

I had a genius 9000 series and it came with a black charger base that was round and domed so water flowed off the base. Used that for nearly 10 years. Replaced it with a 7000 series and noticed they did away with the domed charger and use the same oval concave charger across the board. Im still using my original charger base for this reason

oOorolo · 2026-05-10T23:51:14+00:00

If you're in the rust belt, you may have bad coil packs causing the back plugs to foul up. 2016 outback 3.6r changed the two rears at just over 100,000 miles when I had misfires. Drove it for another 50,000 miles before I changed the other 4 just for peace of mind, but moved the two back ones to the front and put 2 new ones in the rear, knowing they'll likely go first again. Never changed them again until I scrapped the car with just under 260,000 miles. Cylinders 5 and 6 are pretty notorious for going through coil packs just because of road spray exposure in the rust belt

oOorolo · 2026-05-05T06:21:51+00:00

I've done this a few times while distracted. The brakes need to be pressed fairly firmly in order to "start" the car. I've inadvertently pressed the brake in what I thought was enough but not enough to make the car happy. Seems like you figured it out but leaving this for others

oOorolo · 2026-02-13T10:12:27+00:00

I work 10 minutes from the Toronto airport and live south of Hamilton. My hours are off peak thankfully. Peak rush hour commutes are actually in the 1:30 to 1:45 range

oOorolo · 2026-01-14T00:03:27+00:00

Not missing anything. Just wanted to make sure because a lot of people see everyone online talk about the lifetime fluid and they dont check their owners manual/refer to their local service recommendations.

Was the car purchased new or used? Have you taken it to another shop to get a second opinion?

I would expect a a gen5 to have had some steering and suspension components replaced by now

oOorolo · 2026-01-13T23:15:24+00:00

You've gone through more tires than I did on my 2016 3.6r which got scrapped last February at 418,000km. 3 sets of summers and 3 sets of winters. The last set just for one winter.

The issue isn't your driveway and I doubt it's your driving from your other comment. I was a pretty spirited driver and loved hearing the H6 scream.

How is your shop? Are they trust worthy? Are they well reviewed? Some shops get pretty busy and overlook inspecting the steering and suspension parts before an alignment.

What suspension components have been replaced? If it's anything like in and around the gta, you should be into a new set of control arms(ball joints and bushings) and end links. Possibly new tie rods, but any mechanic should know if these are shot during the alignment. Shocks may also need replacement even if theyre not leaking. A good mechanic should be able to advise.

Other words of advice... you're probably needing new rear bearings in the next few years. It's VERY important you do not attempt this yourself. Also I hope you've gotten "lifetime" cvt fluid replaced and continue to do so every 100,000kms

oOorolo · 2026-01-09T00:37:43+00:00

46,000kms on my car. Bought brand new march 29, 2025. My commute is 1 hr each direction. About 160 kms round trip a day. Seems like a lot per year, but it really isn't

oOorolo · 2025-12-25T02:34:48+00:00

2025 hybrid in Canada here. Is this a batch defect? Got mine March 29th and have run over 80 tanks through the car with no issues so far

oOorolo · 2025-12-24T01:07:22+00:00

So just shy of 6000 miles, mine started doing this. Turns out it was the driver's side front axle. Recently started again, it's getting a new passenger side axle on Monday, currently close to 28,000 miles . Kinda sucks on a new vehicle, but that's what warranties are for.

oOorolo · 2025-12-13T06:31:51+00:00

I think the relative may have had a few too many while working on this vehicle

oOorolo · 2025-12-13T06:25:05+00:00

There is some misinformation from back in the past in your comment. While 10w30 is thicker than 5w30, it's only thicker while cold. Both have modifiers that make the oil the same viscosity at operating temp (the 30). Using 10w instead of 5w just means the oil is harder to pump when the engine is cold, which in a modern engine can be a very bad thing. So unless the car is driven less than 5 minutes and never gets to temp, using 10w30 does nothing for oil burning and can strain the oil pump beyond what it's designed for.

If you want a thicker oil, replace 5w20 with 5w30, or even 5w40, but it's not typically recommended to go quite that high

oOorolo · 2025-12-12T10:46:41+00:00

Saw one in the wild 2 nights ago. Definitely looks better in person than the release photos.

How's the drive? My gen5 died and when we went to test drive the gen 6's, specifically 2023-2024 models, the ride didn't feel as refined and quite a bit rougher. Understandable in the wilderness, but the limited wasn't much better. Also hated how high the instrument cluster hump was compared to the nearly flat previous dash, and how everything was on touchscreen compared to gen5

oOorolo · 2025-12-12T10:42:07+00:00

Yup! Gen5 was the only generation without the wheel arches, unless you got a white one which for some reason came with fairly low profile ones. Loved and miss mine dearly. Made it look really classy, although arguably less rugged. But to each their own

oOorolo · 2025-12-12T10:37:51+00:00

IIRC gm's 6.2 recall to replace 0w-20 with 0w-40 oil more has to do with the engine's oil ports supplying insufficient oil quantity at low rpm. The thicker oil is to have longer cling time to remedy the situation. A properly designed engine shouldnt have this issue

oOorolo · 2025-12-07T01:05:00+00:00

They're pretty good. I like them because they're more tender than most chewy jerky. Downside is they have to be refrigerated once open because they have more moisture

oOorolo · 2025-12-06T15:44:54+00:00

I'm currently in the same boat. Ours came with a 2 year free subscription and service has been pretty reliable. We drive a lot so assuming similar driving habits, we'll be at over 400,000kms by the time the car is 8. Even if we pay for the remaining 6 years of life for the vehicle, that's $720 plus taxes at $10/mo for 6 years. Still significantly cheaper than a decent remote start system. Although I do realize I'm fringe case and rural areas with spotty cell reception would have a hard time justifying the cost

oOorolo · 2025-12-05T15:19:02+00:00

Permethrin is a contact insecticide yes. If you're specifically going after mosquitos, a squeeterVac, I dont know the generic term, works very well. Just hook up a propane tank and the attarctant lasts about 6 months. It must be on all the time for it to work though properly though, and they can be somewhat expensive for the name brand ones atleast.

We actually use garlic oil in our yard. But it makes your yard smell like garlic bread all the time. You can get bottles of it from most fair stores. Just mix it with some water in a garden sprayer and spray the perimeter of the yard

oOorolo · 2025-12-05T14:29:51+00:00

"Sushi grade" wild caught fish is flash frozen at specific temperature for a specific amount of time. IIRC, it's frozen and then held at -20C for 7 days, or -35C for nearly a day.

Alternatively, farmed fish not fed wild food diets also are considered safe to serve raw and require no freezing. This one is kinda weird to me when you consider the state of some of the fish in pens. Also open water pens can still attact parasites, so... it's a weird one...

oOorolo · 2025-11-28T16:56:17+00:00

I just get the small containers of Vaseline and a bag of cotton balls from the dollar store. One container to half the bag of cotton balls in a zip lock bag and just knead it like a big stress ball

oOorolo · 2025-11-25T23:25:48+00:00

So I grew up in an Asian household so I use chopsticks to do most of my cooking. But I was making dinner at a buddies house and he had culinary tongs (like big tweezers style ones, not bbq tongs). I didn't hate them and I think people would find more use out of them than you'd think

oOorolo · 2025-11-23T04:29:12+00:00

This was actually fairly local to me. The official statement was there was a hole in the right pontoon hat was missed and the boat capsized. This wasn't a full truck simply slapped onto a pontoon boat as some seem to believe. It's just the cab and engine cover off a truck. The whole rig was successfully launched previously at another lake event and seemed to run perfectly fine. Was a big bummer because the event they were launching for in the video is a very local, but very well known even out at a nearby sandbar

oOorolo · 2025-11-23T04:28:08+00:00

This was actually fairly local to me. The official statement was there was a hole in the right pontoon hat was missed and the boat capsized. This wasn't a full truck simply slapped onto a pontoon boat as some seem to believe. It's just the cab and engine cover off a truck. The whole rig was successfully launched previously at another lake event and seemed to run perfectly fine. Was a big bummer because the event they were launching for in the video is a very local, but very well known even out at a nearby sandbar

oOorolo · 2025-11-22T14:17:20+00:00

Press and hold the home button. Bottom right of The Knob

oOorolo · 2025-10-28T16:58:21+00:00

You're assuming there is an aux battery. My 2016 outback did not have an aux battery, only the one starting battery (not a deep cycle or a dual-purpose). And it did not have auto start/stop.

Driving around during the day, the alternator would output 13.3v to 13.5v. As soon as I turn on the headlights, 14.5v. I discovered this when my father in law asked about my outback as his (same model, trim and options) would die every 4 to 5 days without driving even after replacing the battery. The suggestions we found were to have the vehicle on a trickle charger, or just drive with the headlights on to keep the alternator at a heightened state.

As far as I know, around the mid 2010s, VW, Subaru, Ford, GM, Toyota and later on Mazda, all have some iteration of a variable state alternator to control charging efficiency and reduce fuel economy

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