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Old Jan 20, 2011 | 02:06 PM
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Enjoyed the video, thanks.
Old Jan 20, 2011 | 02:27 PM
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awesome video. I'd like to see a GC STi go from stamped pieces to the show room floor. I think that would be cool. Or any STi for that matter.
Old Jan 20, 2011 | 02:46 PM
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nice find!
Old Jan 20, 2011 | 03:00 PM
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LOL!!! at 1:38 on first vid.
Why does it have landing gear? Pussies.
Old Jan 20, 2011 | 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by pho_shizzle
Yea but the 6 sister Pleiades star cluster also has meaning.
Still doesn't mean it looks as cool as the rabbit hahaha
Old Jan 20, 2011 | 04:35 PM
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great vids!!! A+++
Old Jan 20, 2011 | 04:36 PM
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I always wondered, why does subaru use 6 stars if there are actually 7 in the 7 sisters constellation?
Old Jan 20, 2011 | 04:41 PM
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Old Jan 20, 2011 | 05:14 PM
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Check your VIN. If it starts with "JF1" then your car was made in Japan. My '09 2.5i was made in Japan .
QFT. Easiest way to tell is to look at the VIN.
Old Jan 20, 2011 | 06:02 PM
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I always wondered, why does subaru use 6 stars if there are actually 7 in the 7 sisters constellation?
Six companies merged together to create FHI. Each star represents each company.

http://www.subaru-global.com/origin_name.html

Subaru is the name of a star cluster in the Taurus constellation. Six of its stars are visible to the naked eye, but about 250 bluish stars can be seen if one uses a telescope.

In the West the cluster is called Pleiades, in China, Mao, and in Japan, Subaru ("to govern" or gather together"). In Japan, it also goes by the name Mutsuraboshi ("Six Stars"), under which title it appears frequently in very old Japanese documents such as Kojiki and Manyosyu and literature such as Makura-no-soshi. Clearly, this is one of the clusters much loved by the Japanese from ancient times. Interestingly enough, FHI was created by the merger of six companies, so you can see what a truly evocative name Subaru is.
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