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Old 07-01-2013, 08:49 PM   #15
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Let's face it. We should all know better than that. Changes are continuous in the auto industry.
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The less they change the better........Then us people that bought first wont be as mad!
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Old 07-01-2013, 08:58 PM   #16
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Hmm I doubt it. They already corrected the mechanical errors like chirping and tail light condensation if I'm right.
These mechanical/design fixes would never be advertised in press materials by a carmaker...that's like saying the 2014 model, a lot like the 2013 but with 20% less suckiness...
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Old 07-02-2013, 04:38 AM   #17
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I presume the "knee pads" are simply more of the stitched leather down the side of the center console or on the door.

The very next page of the Subaru magazine has a feature on Aha, and it shows the same headunit the BRZ features with just an Aha tab added to the list on the left. I too presume this could easily be done with a software upgrade.

I have no problem with the current badging and probably will have no problem with the new badging. It's just badging.
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Old 07-03-2013, 12:18 AM   #18
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revised badging....FML!
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Old 07-03-2013, 12:31 AM   #19
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Can somebody please kill all these threads?
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I'm pretty sure they are the JDM knee pads. What else would they be describing? Why would they go out of their way to make something different?

What they are listing here are feature changes/additions of parts that are already available in other markets. What they aren't listing is the official changes that Subaru of Japan might make to the next model year.
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My wife just got the new 2014 limited Forester and it has our same stock nav unit but with the AHA features. It's a different model # I believe. Looks a little smoother too.
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What they are listing here are feature changes/additions of parts that are already available in other markets. What they aren't listing is the official changes that Subaru of Japan might make to the next model year.
I'd love you to be right about this, but I'm very doubtful given the high demand for the current model.
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I believe the knee pad they are talking about is the one on the side of the center console that you rest your knee on when you're driving. It should be a plug and play feature or possibly an easy fabrication of one from your local fabric store. What they really needed for 2014 is just an armrest.
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Armrest, seat belt guide replacement, better HU, plus torque hole fix and an acoustical retune for a sweeter cockpit sound, and they are there.
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I hope there's a thread somewhere that compiles the yearly changes, once the new MY's come out
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Armrest, seat belt guide replacement, better HU, plus torque hole fix and an acoustical retune for a sweeter cockpit sound, and they are there.
That and relocate the third brake light into the deck lid and I would be a player.
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Anyone else notice that the steering wheel in this video has cruise AND RADIO controls built in???



http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/11/a...ands-on-video/
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Anyone else notice that the steering wheel in this video has cruise AND RADIO controls built in???



http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/11/a...ands-on-video/
Look at the date. This was before the official release of the car, and this is most likely just a prototype car using the stock Subaru wheel from an Impreza.
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