The Green Team: Throwing a Party




Last month, as we were preparing for our 10th Anniversary Celebrations we realized that we had to be a bit more aware of our purchases. Serving food every day in the showroom from our favorite local restaurants plus inviting the community for lunch on the weekend would mean using more disposable items than ever before.

Fortunately for us, there are plenty of durable and attractive disposable items that are also compostable and biodegradable.

We started…
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“National Parks Adventure”




Subaru of America, Inc. and Brand USA, the destination-marketing organization for the United States, have announced a global partnership in support of the new giant-screen, 3-D documentary, "National Parks Adventure," which will be released in IMAX® and giant screen theaters worldwide in February 2016. The film celebrates America's Great Outdoors and the centennial of the National Park Service and is produced by Academy Award®-nominated filmmakers MacGillivray Freeman Films. As part of the partnership…
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Meet Our Service Advisors: Krista Pounders

Meet Our Service Advisors



Krista Pounders

Krista's love of cars began as a little girl while following her dad around with a wrench in her hand. Her dad has been a big influence in her life, having been, for many years, a service technician of various brands of cars including Subaru at one point and is now a Training Director at AutoNation. Krista took a bit of a detour, getting her degree in Video…
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Walktober Adventure: Wolf Den Friesians




The Last Green Valley, the 35-town National Heritage Corridor in eastern Connecticut and south-central Massachusetts, celebrated 25 years of Walktober adventures this year.

Along with about 50 others, we took advantage of the opportunity they provided to visit Wolf Den Friesians in Brooklyn, CT. The walk was hosted by owner, Doris, who greeted all her many guests alongside her two beautiful Friesian mares Cora and Gracie. While waiting for everyone to gather, we were torn…


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Important Tips for Winterizing Your Vehicle


IMPORTANT TIPS FOR WINTERIZING YOUR VEHICLE

Winter magnifies existing problems.  Taking a few simple steps now can save you the headaches and cost of an emergency breakdown later.  Here is a checklist of important tips for winterizing your vehicle!

  • Have the battery and charging system checked for optimum performance. Cold weather is hard on batteries.

  • Clean, flush and put new antifreeze in the cooling system. As a general rule of thumb, this should be done…
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How to shop at a Farmers or Artisans Market





It's no secret that we at Long Subaru love our local community. Most of our employees live and shop in the area and love to hear about new places and businesses to check out. It must be 'a Subaru thing' because we find the best information comes from our customers. That's why, when planning our 10th Anniversary Celebration, we decided to include many of the local artisans we love.

Shopping at a farmers…

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Meet the Maker: Aspinock Spring Pottery





In 2009 after 30 years of working in pharmaceutical research, Amy Jakowski retired and decided to take a class in pottery.    Richard, her husband, by his own admission, made fun of this new interest of Amy’s saying “It is so simple, how could you be interested in that?” Amy patiently and wisely endured this ridicule and at Christmastime in 2010, after Richard …


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A History of All-Wheel Drive





Enjoy the history of all-wheel drive with Subaru WOW! For over forty years, Subaru has been devoted to all-wheel drive (AWD) and remain the world's largest AWD manufacturer, producing 10 million AWD vehicles thus far.


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Meet the Maker: Couët Farm and Fromagerie




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Recently we took a very pleasant local trip to Couët (pronounced Coo- eh pronounced as the e in bet) Farm and Fromagerie in Dudley Massachusetts where we were treated to a tour of the Cheese Room and The Cave by the cheese maker herself, Marie-Laure Couët.

Marie-Laure's passion for her cheesemaking was evident in the way she described this part scientific, part artistic endeavor.  She explained that every cheese has the same…

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Ask Dave: "Why are repairs more expensive at a Dealership?"

A common question that comes up is, 

That is a common question, but not always true. We shop local repair shops so we can be competitive for things like: oil and filter changes, alignments, tire rotations, tune ups, etc.

Sometimes, people compare prices, but they are not comparing apples to apples, for example, a local shop might advertise brakes installed for one price, say, $99.00 - but…


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