Hi from France with my new Legacy 3.0 Spec B New Pics!!!

[CEVENN]

:smt006
Hi!!!
I'm french (sorry for mistakes with english...), loving Subaru cars: this is my 5th, after 4 Impreza: 1998 gt saloon grey, 2000 gt saloon blue, 2003 wrx saloon blue, 2006 wrx sedan blue, and now, 2004 sedan Legacy Spec B 3.0r 6 speed BLE.
This car is very rare in France, and comes with ez30 engine, 3.0r, 18" wheels, Bilstein shocks, black leather interior, 6 speed STI gearbox.

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88.000kms, and I'm looking for parts to upgrade it: brakes (pads, rotors and lines, as every Subaru I've drived...poor brakes: I'm living in mountains :roll: ), rear wing (small one, of course, it's not an Impreza... :lol: )

I'm firefighter :blob6: , 42 years old, living in the south of France, and glad to find this forum!!! :smt023
Fred

[KAG]

wowwwwwwwww......I am JEALOUS! :eek:

Welcome to the forums, Fred.

[CEVENN]

Thank you!!!
Very hard to find car here, but because of gas price (1.5$/liter today, 2$/liter this summer :smt010 ), it loose a lot of value, because nobody (except me :smt026 ) wants to own such a car in France today: more than 60000$ for a new one, I have it for about 18000$... :grin:
And in my mountains, she drinks more than me!!! :occasion5:

[99SUS SFD]

Beautiful car, welcome! I, too, am a firefighter but I do it for our volunteer department.

[T_F_E]

Awesome car and welcome your english is great!

[Huffer]

Welcome Fred!

This site might give you some ideas:
http://www.fastwrx.com/legacyshop.html

[Grafton]

bonjour mon ami,

I have a good bit of native french in me :D

good to have you aboard

welcome

[scubydu]

bienvenue. I took four years of french and that's about all I know :smt017
Love you car

[CEVENN]

Thank you all!!! :smt006
I'll try to do my best with english, I'm training with bidding or buying manythings in U.S.A. ($ is great for us, €!!!) and in G.B. for Subaru parts (many parts, even if they are not cheap!!!)...

Some pics from a trip I organize every year with friends on the Rallye Monte-Carlo roads, all around my house.
This year, I still had my WRX, the blue one with STI rear wing:

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The bridge on pictures is near a great little exhaust factory :smt020 , MADAC-SAS, 45mn from home, where I use to buy products for each of my subies: I have to go there soon to look for a hand-made (overmeasure?) exhaust for my legacy (they don't have it on their catalogue), they are friends, so it's not so expensive: one day work. :smt023
Here in France, every Sub owner change it's exhaust: flat 4 or 6 sound is so great!!! :love4:

[Huffer]

I love the little Porsche buried in amongst the Subarus!

[CEVENN]

Just for fun, some pics from my other car: Peugeot P4, 1987, 65.000kms, based on a Mercedes G, under licence, it's made for french army by Peugeot for the engine (65 hp diesel... :smt005 ), the gear box and military equipment:

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To come back with legacy, in France, there's no more turbo on gas engine, only on diesel:
2.0r gas 150 hp 198 Nm automatic 4 speed
2.0 d 150 hp 350 Nm automatic 4 speed
3.0r 245 hp 297 Nm automatic 5 speed
3.0 SpecB 245 hp 297 Nm manual 6 speed (seems to be out of 2009 catalogue... :smt009 )

So, I wish you a Merry Christmas, and as I worked this night, it's 4 pm here, and I need to sleep one hour to be ready for the dinner who seems to be fantastic tonight!!! :smt027 :smt027 :smt027 :smt026 :smt026 :wink: :smt006

[T_F_E]

That suv is amazing I would love something like that ;)

[SilentRacer]

No one seemed to mention that in the US the 3.0r never came in a spec b version. Interesting french variation.

[chuckthefuk]

Welcome to SL-i hope you enjoy our community.

-Chuck

[CEVENN]

Here are some new pics.
Searching parts, I realise that this body was imported earlier in France, 2004, than in U.S., 2005.
It exist too in G.B. with the 3.0 in Spec B, not sure with the mt6.

Specs:
Performance, emissions & economy

Top speed (mph): 151
0-62 mph (seconds): 6.9
Urban mpg: 16.0
Extra urban mpg: 31.7
Combined mpg: 23.3
CO2 (g/km): 286

Dimensions & weights
Length (mm): 4665
Height (mm): 1435
Width (mm): 1730
Wheelbase (mm): 2670
Front track (mm): 1495
Rear track (mm): 1490
Cargo volume (litres): 433
Gross weight (kg): 2030
Kerb weight (kg): 1515
Max. braked trailer weight (kg): 2000
Max. unbraked trailer weight (kg): 750
Fuel tank capacity (litres): 64

Engine & transmission
Engine: Horizontally opposed boxer six-cylinder, mounted fore and aft; light alloy cylinder block and heads.
Cubic capacity (cc): 3000
Compression ratio: 10.70:1
Bore x stroke (mm): 89.20 x 80.00
Valve gear: Four valves per cylinder. Double overhead camshafts per bank. Active Valve Control System.
Max. power (bhp): 241 at 6600 rpm
Max. torque (lb.ft): 219 at 4200 rpm

Transmission: Six-speed manual driving through asymmetric four-wheel drive.
Gear ratios:
1st: 3.636:1
2nd: 2.375:1
3rd: 1.761:1
4th: 1.346:1
5th: 0.971:1
6th: 0.756:1
Reverse: 3.545:1
Final drive: 3.900:1

Chassis & running gear:

Front: Coil spring, MacPherson strut with multiple-layer valves, anti-roll bar.

Rear: ‘Boomerang-Arm’ multi-link comprising one upper curved link, two curved lower links, two curved ‘side performance arms’ and a radius arm. Coil springs mounted over shock absorbers. Anti-roll bar.

Steering: Rack and pinion, speed-sensitive power assistance with anti kick-back damper valve.

Turning circle diameter (m): 10.80

Brakes: Dual circuit diagonally split hydraulic system with pressure limiting valve and 9 ins diameter vacuum servo. Ventilated 12.4 ins (316mm) front discs, 11.5 ins (290mm) ventilated rear discs with 4-sensor, 4-channel ABS with EBD.

Wheels: 8JJ x 18-inch alloys.

Tyres: 215/45 R18.


Here in front of my house:

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Enjoy gas!!! :smt016

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H6 :smt007 :smt007 :smt007

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At work, today: some cars might be exotics for you!!! :smt005

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[henryq89]

STi 6 speed tranny
3.0L 6 cylinder engine
Spec B model.... :razz:
damn u guys have it good over there....all we get is a 3.0 with no m/t :smt021 :smt022

love the car and the cleared corner ...jealous of it lol...and ur previous cars looked amazing also ! hope you stick around and welcome! :smt004

[CEVENN]

Thanks!!!
P.S.: the house was bild in....1709!!! :wink:

[kevbot]

NO Turbo on Gas engines!?! too bad, The new Legacy Gt 2.5t Looks like it has almost as much power as the 3.0R...huh. SOMETIMES, I am proud to be an American, we burn gasoline like idiots! Gas hit $4.03/ gallon this summer and every one freaked out, like it was the end of the world or sumthing...huh! Subie Didn't care! Gas is back down to $1.63/ gallon (THAT'S LOW!!!)
I'm more of a bike guy anyways...
NICE RIDE
Kev-Bot

[CEVENN]

Sure it be better with turbo(s)!!! :smt026
But it not a bad engine, I like it (not much as my GT or WRX one's, but not so bad!!!)

[kevbot]

pretty nice really...