Hi all! My wife and I just purchased a 4-cyl. Outback (last day of the big sale, so why not?) and so far we are loving the car! Looking forward to checking out the boards and getting info from everyone here. The car is for my wife. I own a BMW 325xi and have been going to http://www.roadfly.org, which has a great BMW message board. The information has been invaluable. I think her Subaru is on par with my AWD BMW in a lot of ways (not bad since it was $9,000 less!)

 

One funny thing is my wife asked the finance guy at Subaru if the dealers really made all that much money (since we got a pretty good deal on the car) and he said the dealers used to make a lot more money, but now with the Internet and all the info that is available it is tougher for the dealers. I guess that's true.

 

In fact, the sales manager at our dealer made fun of me for knowing all the tricks of buying a car, which he said I got off the Internet, and which I told him was exactly right! We had a good laugh, mostly over the other buyers who were getting all nutso over $300 or $400 differences between the price at this dealer and another dealer 50 miles away.

 

Anyway, I learned a lot today. Didn't get the all-time best deal of the century, but did okay. The 1.9% financing made the deal really attractive though. Anyway, I'll be scoping the boards and trying to learn as much as I can. looking forward to owning this car for a long time.

Welcome to the world of Subarus and this board. Subarus are a great value for the money. It should be on par with your BMW as Subaru is a leader in all wheel drive. I can't speak about an Outback but our 2003 Legacy has been great so far.