Should I bother with Classic?

I live in Sandy Springs and I really dont have the time to go to SoK, is Classic a bad 2nd choice?

 

what are you getting done?

If you go ask for Tom

 

+1 for Tom...good guy

 

All pro

 

I dont think that will work since its a warranty job. I doubt All Pro can handle that?

Same with Six Stars Im guessing?

 

Some sort of transmission issue Im hoping will be covered under factory extended warranty.

 

gotcha. yea, if you go to classic ask for Tom, he will do you rite

 

Thanks guys, I will make sure Tom is the one working on my car.

 

I would say yes. But, maybe that's just me.

 

Heading over tomorrow at 8am, sounds like they're going to start off with a tech riding with me. Lets hope they play nice.

 

Thanks. Hopefully they realize Im not a punk kid and I dont beat on my car.

 

Had Tom ride with me this morning. They have the car now. Hopefully its good news, Tom is def. a good guy.

 

The CVT in the 2010 Legacy is amazing. Rest of the car, not so much.

 

Yeah, I almost got a 2010 Outback 4cyl CVT. Nice ride.

 

How is the manual shifting(if it allows it)?

 

Its not bad. Simulated 6spd. Its about on par in shift speed compared to a typical auto trans.

The engine braking is awesome when you downshift via the paddles in 'manual' mode.


The CVT def. helps you get better mileage. As soon as it senses you start to cruise it drops the revs down to like 1500-1700.

 

Haha ok. So dropped the car off Tuesday morning. Talk to Jerry the next day, he says the trans needs to come out (duh). Tells me he'll call Thursday. No call Thurs-Sat, so I leave a message this morning.

Get a call back saying Tom still hasnt figured it out. I figured with a noise as loud as it was, that it would be pretty obvious what was wrong. Oh well..

 

So it looks like it was the center diff.

Well, Jerry called it a viscous coupling. Im assuming that means its the center diff since my front diff is open...

 

Yes, that would be the center diff.

 

So it really isnt the diff. Its just one of the bearings that supports the diff inside the case.

 

Has this been resolved? ...hope you're back on the road!

I bought my 05 STI from Classic, and they did a few suspension mods for me. Jason Porter really hooked me up back then (sharing knowledge more than anything)...

these days, SOG is my new subbie home...

 

Yep, got the car back Thursday afternoon and promptly drove it up to VA. Transmission is great now.

Now its time to diagnose a clunking noise, but Im thinking its just my endlinks.

 

make sure you checkout the bushings on your anti-sway bars... I got a strange clunk in my 05 and it was the rear swaybar moving around... just throwing that out there as something to check, fwiw...