What do you get like when they call it a Subaru?

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Dryfry
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Re: What do you get like when they call it a Subaru?

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I say Its a Toyota.
Here in Oz We also call Toyotas "Toe-Joes" Especially people in the bush when referring to the old FJ40 Landcruiser.
For example " The Toe Joe should pull that "Bits are missing" (Mistubishi) out of that bog.
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Re: What do you get like when they call it a Subaru?

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My newest come back is "Subaru? Haha, No. I have a solid axle in back." If they know much about subarus/toyotas they'll get it.
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Re: What do you get like when they call it a Subaru?

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And politely inform them that two heads are NOT better than one. ;)
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Re: What do you get like when they call it a Subaru?

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Dryfry wrote:I say Its a Toyota.
Here in Oz We also call Toyotas "Toe-Joes"
Gotta love that.
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Re: What do you get like when they call it a Subaru?

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Here in Tibet the Mistubishi is called the Mootshibootshi.
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Re: What do you get like when they call it a Subaru?

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My dad used to call them "mit-si-vichi" which in Greek means something like "don't pinch me". A good name for it. He also called the Subaru a "su-vu-ta" which means something like "slob" or "trashy" in Greek.
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Re: What do you get like when they call it a Subaru?

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Here in Tibet the Mistubishi is called the Mootshibootshi.
LMAO! :D That one is hilarious! :) Ima fan o' dat ish! :)

With me, no one ever called mine nothing yet but one of my Toyota Tech school friends mentioned that our car is very resemblant to the Honda Civic 4WD Wagon... hahahaha..
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Re: What do you get like when they call it a Subaru?

Post by emmahumpfritter »

I'm yet to have mine called a Subaru, but it's often called an SR5. I've had a few people ask "is that really a 4wd?" yeap...and it's the REAL 4wd, not AWD. Hands down the best car ever built, followed by the festiva.
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