DaveXV42

Has anyone taken their XV on the beach? My Dad & Stepmother own an Outback & have taken it on the beaches in the Outer Banks, so I know it's a possibility, but I haven't heard about anyone taking a Crosstrek on the sand. Beyond snow use, that's where mine is going to be getting a workout. My family owns a rental unit near Hatteras, so the wife & I spend considerable time down there & I'd love to be able to still access the remote beaches we used to go to in my old Jeep.

edit: never mind, I figured it out.

thanks. i'll have a look under there when the weather clears up a bit here. raining sideways at the moment...

Thanks! I hope I can keep mine going that long! Mine has about 14,500 on it. Reading some XV threads here & on other forums, that seems to be just enough to break it in & get the glitches/bugs worked out. Hopped in it & immediately the avg. MPGs shot up to 29 combined city/highway...of course, I learned to be *really* gentle w/ the accelerator in the WK, but I've been trying to really put her through the paces, pushing it around corners & such. Just out of curiosity, how much work (above & beyond normal matienence) have you had to put into your Impreza to keep it running for this long? Before my WK, I had a '02 Nissan Altima that was just a moneysink...seemed like every week or every other week something big &/or expensive was failing or breaking. Got rid of it just shy of 110K...it's hard for me to accept that when I had a Ford Explorer in high school that made it to 190K (before I killed it w/ a deer).

Anyone stashing a hide-a-key on their car? I used to keep one up in a wheel well on my WK Grand Cherokee, but since the wells on the XV are plastic, that's obviously not going to work. I spend a lot of time in & on the water for both work & recreation & really don't want to have to worry about losing my key &/or getting locked out of the car. I haven't yet been able to find a suitable home for it yet. This is my only "issue" w/ the XV so far...really don't think I could be any happier w/ the way this vehicle is working out for me.

Just wanted to say hi. My parents had a Subaru (I don't remember the model...I want to say Legacy, but I'm prob. wrong) when I was growing up, but I've never owned one myself till a few days ago. I traded my 2008 WK Grand Cherokee for a 2013 Crosstrek & I really couldn't be happier. The main thing I wanted was better fuel economy (which really isn't that hard to achieve if you're comparing to a WK), but the Crosstrek has already exceeded my expectations...it's the right combination of sporty & practical. My Jeep was fun to drive off-road or in crappy road conditions (snowy, slushy, etc...), but was otherwise kind of "blah". This Subaru promises to be fun ANYWHERE (I already know it's fun on-road)! Here's my new baby sitting curbside out front of my home: