Tim O

Thank you again, stants. I ordered a wing mirror from Grade A and it arrived this morning - pretty impressive! It's being sprayed this afternoon and put on tomorrow. Would never have been possible without you pointing me in the right direction. That's forums working at their best! Cheers mate.

Thank you so much for that. Grade A looks very promising - I've left them a message. I didn't know about them so that is really helpful not just for the mirror but in the future too. Cheers!

Hello All, I have destroyed my driver's side wing mirror - my fault: unlit skip, unfamiliar one way street. My local garage (who look after me superbly) are unable to find a replacement from anywhere. That includes Subaru who said they didn't keep stocks of mirrors for Subarus over 10 years old (apparently it was made in 2005). The problem is that the mirrors are electric and have indicators in them. I won't pass an MOT if one side has an indicator and the other doesn't. My question is this: do any of you see any problems with me getting a new set of mirrors which do not have indicators in them? I have seen some on ebay. In other words, would another set of plain wing mirrors for an 06 fit the hole for mirrors with indicators in them? Cheers, Tim.

Hello all from the Isle of Wight! I had two Subarus (a saloon and an estate) back in the late seventies / eighties when they were comparatively unknown. Got great pleasure from surprising people in the snow (I lived in Gloucestershire then) when they thought they were "ordinary" cars and few knew about the 4 WD capability of these marvellous beasts. Then worked in Africa and Asia for a long time where my organisation provided Toyota pick-ups. Now back in the UK and retired and live at the end of a long farm track so I picked up a lovely 51 plate Forester with low mileage. Had it for 15 months and it goes like a dream and no problems. I've put on 15,000 miles. That's the introduction now the question. We all know about the floods. I can't afford to get into snorkels etc so I was just wanting to ask all you experts what the deepest water is that you would safely take a 2001 Forester through? Standard suspension, no lifts. I'm asking because there's a section of road just outside our lane which got flooded every time it rained. There were "Road Closed" signs everywhere and, unless I went through it, it involved a very long detour. I reckon, from checking it out, that it's about 15" deep. Too deep or no problem? Cheers everyone. Nice to have discovered such an informative site and many thanks.