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A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment
I feel like this joke would be a lot funnier without any of the bumper stickers, just playing on the Subaru meme. Or maybe just a single pride flag.
As it is, each bumper sticker seems like an additional layer of desperation from the artist to make sure you get their joke. Which isn't particularly clever or funny to begin with tbh...
OK but if were being real, no one can afford a Subaru anymore
I love/hate Subaru
They've never had a good diesel engine. The one they did have would split crankshafts IIRC.
Their petrol engines are pretty boring unless turbocharged... And in Europe they don't do a lot of turbos outside of the WRX and STI models
Oh and CVT longevity kinda sucks too
But on the other hand, the AWD is excellent, Outback as a taller but not too tall wagon was very comfy (now it's a crossover sadly), especially in the slightly tallet USDM version. Etc.
My ex got our Outback and I replaced it with the cheapest available A6 Allroad. Much better vehicle in all but reliability though in its defense it has twice the kilometers and is 6 years older (2007 vs 2013). Better driving dynamics, fuel economy, comfort, and ride height can be low or high. Also has a traditional autobox.
I hated my A6 Allroad, despite its great 230hp diesel engine. My Subaru Levorg while smaller is better in everything except for raw power and fuel economy.
And on the snow it's in another league completely.
Tbf the 230hp diesel isn't great. If I hadn't bought this thing for under 2000 EUR in a pinch, I would've preferred the 239 hp (176 kW) version. Better fuel economy, more torque, little bit more reliable chain tensioner. Or quite honestly, I would've preferred BMW or MB's inline 6 diesel engines.
But mine's still going strong at 400k km, original chains AFAIK. Transmission stopped working altogether 2 weeks ago. Opened it up and saw a 2007 date on the filter. NEVER changed before, fluid was probably original too. Changed the mechatronic seals (14€), transmission fluid and filter (~180€) and it behaves like new. I was very sure I'd have to rebuild the transmission. I've done about 20k km on it myself so far.
My only gripes: Would prefer the newer engine variant from the facelift; Would prefer a manual transmission.
As for snow - I don't know, I haven't been able to get it stuck. We've got a whole bunch of snow here in Estonia this winter, but the plows are working fine and the ability to raise it has been nice. I have exceptionally good studded winter tires fitted too.
I've also had a 4matic car which performed pretty decently in snow, but not as good as Quattro. But then I've done mild off roading in snow with FWD cars too lol, key is great winter tires, skill and (this is important) patience.
If I could have a Levorg with the turbo engine AND a manual transmission, I'd prefer it over the Audi any day of the week, fuel economy be damned. Unfortunately I don't see any turbo models on sale here and apparently they were never made with manual transmission :(
I guess for anyone buying the car new, the CVT likely wouldn't be an issue. I just don't have faith in them lasting long term. And I like to buy my cars used and depreciated.
230hp diesel isn’t great. If I hadn’t bought this thing for under 2000 EUR in a pinch, I would’ve preferred the 239 hp
I don't exactly remember which one it was, the restyling of the "round front" one. Had an A6 quattro sedan from the same model, pre-restyling too, same car really. It was many years ago. The tiptronic gearbox sucked, it was awfully slow even when changing gears manually. I remember spending about 1k€ to replace a headlight, then at around 250k km the gearbox started acting up, lots of stupid costs I luckily didn't have to pay for personally. Now I don't use the car as much, actually I barely use it at all, so the bad fuel economy of the Subaru doesn't matter much to me.
On the snow I didn't like the Audi, I've never skimped on tires and I used to be a 4x4 offroader myself, so honestly I don't know how to justify it sucking so bad.
As for the Levorg yeah, I don't think they sold a manual turbo in Europe, the best you can get is my same 1.6L turbo 170hp with CVT. CVT really sucks the power out of this engine, the feeling is not very sporty, but some things don't matter as much to me as when I was younger. For everything else the car is perfect, and the CVT does have its perks. Fuel economy is REALLY bad, like normally I can get 10km/l, but there are times where I drive a bit less carefully and then I get 8km/l.
If you had the facelift with the LED DRLs, that would've been the superior 239 hp one and if you had a pre-facelift 3.0 tdi, that would've been either 230 or 224 (ish) hp.
I can't say I'm a huge fan of the Tiptronic either, but I do like its longevity and relative simplicity if I need to rebuild it. In a BMW it would be possible to flash it for higher line pressure and faster shifts, but unfortunately not the case for Audi.
For my next car I'm looking to ideally get something with an 8HP or 9G-Tronic box. Aisin 8 speed as a backup option. Haven't actually driven either of those 8-speeds somehow, but I had a W205 C-class with 9G for over 2 years and it was sublime. Kicking down even 4 gears at once was quick as hell and outside of sport+ you couldn't ever feel any of the shifts, even though they were always quick
You need a specific car brand now out of all things?
People and their status symbols, huh..
So it's kinda an interesting story. We're a historically outdoorsy group. Subaru has long specialized in rugged vehicles that work in adverse conditions like dirt roads. In the 90s the company wanted to boost revenue by doing targeted ads so they did some research on who was buying their cars, and they found three standout groups (I only vaguely recall the first two): campers, medical workers, and lesbians. They were more than happy to openly advertise to the first two, your car will work off road when you go camping, and when you need to get to the hospital in a disaster your car will get you there type stuff. But they also put not so subtle nods to lesbians in their advertisements (stuff like a XENALVR license plate), making them one of the very first mainstream companies to adverse directly to the queer community. This led to some brand loyalty for a time and a stereotype of outdoorsy lesbians all have Subarus. It's definitely fallen off over the years as a stereotype though
There was also the hiring of spokes people like Martina Navratilova. I don't remember if she was 100% out at the time, but if not you had to be pretty dense not to realize.
I don't get the "horse denier" sticker. Otherwise yeah.
Also scissoring is more about mutual fun, not like actually cumming imo..
I caved and looked it up. Apparently some Swedish people in 2012/2013 started a FB group denying the existence of horses and saying they were a non-existent fruit. There was at one point a store selling Horses Don't Exist merch as well.
https://www.horsenation.com/2013/02/01/235000-swedes-cant-be-wrong-horses-do-not-exist/
It's probably a reference to this surreal meme: https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2904243-awesome-lesbian-couple-evil-and-intimidating-horse
No idea what the artists actual inspiration is so that is equally possible.
I'm also pretty sure it's this sticker https://www.frogmustardstickers.com/products/horse-denier-sticker
Well at least we know this wasn't made by a lesbian since Scissoring isn't real uuuugh
Hey, it's a common first form of tribidation before you realize it's inconvenient and awkward as all hell. But also it's definitely more commonly joked about than done
Thank you.
I hereby grant you the title of "Gaytekeeper"
Weird to "um acktually" gay sex.
Uh, what? It's just a specific form of tribbing, is it not?
It's "real" in that yes you can just rub your junk on stuff, including someone else's junk - it's not real in that it's not, like, something people actually do, or that feels particularly stimulating for both partners just because of the geometry (it's borderline impossible to get your bits to mutually line up). Basically as it's commonly depicted, it's not real. There's stuff you can do with mutual thighs that can be quite nice if it works anatomically for you and your partner, but I've never seen that done in porn (and believe me I've looked)
Not sure about this, seems like something a subset of people arbitrarily agreed applies to everyone. But I don't have a vulva, so I can't "for science" it.
There are financing options available...
The last thing I need are more holes, I can hardly take care of the ones I got.
You have not looked very hard.
No I... actually have, the lack of representation for sapphic-oriented pornography is sorta a passion subject with me.
Some stickers are partially obscuring the rear view while driving. Not totally safe.
Related video about Subaru stereotypes and funny enough, the lesbian part of the stereotypes wasn't really mentioned.
Scissor me timbers!
Business idea: Scissorerscossorlift. It's a regular scissor lift, but marketed towards lesbians. Maybe it comes with a bundled CD of Scissor Sisters, just for that extra pandering to a market I know nothing about.
Oh look another account a few hours old spamming a bunch of comics, usually with controversial inaccuracies or divisiveness.
There's been a huge influx of these accounts lately. Add this one to the pile.
Lol I wonder why it's always an outback? Like I've heard the jokes, but where'd that come from?
Marketing campaign in the 90s. The marketing campaign was launched because market research discovered that there was already a sizable customer base of lesbians though.
Subarus are a very practical vehicle for people who like city living but also go out to festivals or go on hiking trips, they're pretty reliable, they're fairly popular on the pretty gay west coast so they can be found used pretty commonly and they're one of the few common vehicles in the US that are comfortably sized for women to drive (Volvo is also popular for similar reasons, and it has a silly name)
Is supposed to be the Forester.
