How To Keep Your Car Running In The Australian Outback

Many people would look at a rusted out '62 Holden EJ wagon missing a bunch of parts and decide it would probably take a major restoration project to get the thing on the road again. Not the Bush Mechanics. Crappy beater or no, it's go time.

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Clever fellow sends text messages to start his car

Our pals over at Make posted this article about Will O'Brien, and how he took an old iPhone, an Arduino, and a handful of electronic crap and made a remote starter for his Subaru Outback that lets him start his car with a text message. The link to his site gives a full schematic of how it was done, and he's made the…

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Hackers remotely start Subarus via texting

Two security researchers at a Black Hat security conference demonstrated how they were able to break into a Subaru Outback using a technique they call "war texting" in just a few hours, a revelation sure to warrant a mention in the REI customer newsletter.

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Subaru Outback Detergent "Infomercial" Is Clever, Unexpected

We were busy tuning out just-another-cleaning-product infomercial on television when we noticed someone falling off a cliff and decided there was some funny business going on. Turns out it was a weird, funny, totally-off-the-wall Subaru Outback ad.

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Yes, That's A Subaru Outback On The Track!

Yes, That's A Subaru Outback On The Track!Can you get a running Subaru Outback for under 500 bucks? Having a team full of accountants means that you can do some Enron-style bookkeeping and put a smile on the LeMons Supreme Court Justices' faces with your very convincing documentation (however good that theory seemed, it didn't quite work out quite that way in… Discuss…
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Subaru Teams With Harman-Kardon For In-Car Audio

hk-subaru.JPGThe R1e official unveiling dominated Subaru's press event yesterday, but a minor announcement was made that definitely caused my ears to perk up. Subaru is partnering with audio accessory maker Harman-Kardon to outfit the Subaru Legacy and Outback vehicles with high-end sound systems.

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