mthornton Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Looks to be an active board! Hello all. I am a new Subaru owner. Well, actually I will be a Subaru owner tomorrow at 10:30 when I pick up my Forester. I just bought a used 2005 Forester 2.5 X with 13K miles. The car was a rental, but I feel ok with this because the rental company is owned and operated by the dealer. The vehicle is very clean and besides, I got the 6 year 100,000 mile gold "Added Secutiry" warrenty. I did my research and did not budge on my offer - I am convinced I got a great deal. Here is how I recently became a Subaru owner: Until about a month ago I was an Audi driver. I had a 2000 A4 1.8t Quattro. I loved that car and never dreamed I would not buy another Audi. In early November I was sitting in a red light and got rear ended so hard I was thrown into the car infront of me. It totaled my Audi. Since I was not planning on buying a new car this year, I was not prepaired to spend the $30k plus to get a new Audi so I started looking at other vehicles. I am very glad I did. I went to the dealer to test drive a base model Impreza. It is an nice car, but comming from an A4 it was not inspiring, but it was in my price range. In the end I decided against it not for performance reasons or styling, but because of size. The car just did not have enough room inside. I did not bother test driving a WRX. I am sure I would have liked it better, but the size would still be a problem. Next, I took a big step up and drove a Legacy GT. Wow. I fell in love with the car. No doubt Subaru has a winner with this car. It definatlly compaires favorably with Audis and BMWs. But, I just could not convince myself (or my wife) that this is the time in my life to spend over $30k on a car again. So I started looking at more family friendly vehicles and ended up with the Forester. I can't say I am in love with the Forester, but I think it will grow on me. It is definatly the right car for me and my family right now. We have a Toyota van for carting kids around, but the van does terrible in snow and ice. From what I can tell from the test drive and what I have read, the Forester could drive through an entire ice age without breaking a sweat. Anyhow, I am now a Subaru driver and glad of it! Since this is my first Subaru, is there any advice you can offer me on properly maintaining the vehicle, things to watch for, suggested upgrades, etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 lube the door and hood hinges and follow your owners manual for service. Keep the oil changed and you will find there are many opinions on the right oil and mileage here. Watch your brake pads on a former rental until you are sure what your wear patterns are. Wayyyyyyy down the road you will need to do some work but for now watch the board to get intervals and enjoy driving it. I have a 99 Forester as my haul stuff car and enjoy it as a driver more when the conditions are bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lytnin88 Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Greetings, I have an '03 Forester with 67K mi on it. Haven't had any problems with it. Handles well. Probably would appreciate it more if we had a lot of bad weather here in SoCal. The only complaint I have is the less than great mileage. I guess that's the price you pay for AWD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnuman Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 My Subaru is not a Forester, buty I would be willing to bet that you will fall in love with your Subaru in fairly short order. My Subaru is one of those that are examples of why you will come to love your Subaru. I got the car just over a year ago with only 136K on the odometer. Look below for the current reading. . . In all that time, I have done very little in actual repair costs, compared to the upgrades I've done. Most of the maint/repair has been oil changes, in fact, because I use a 3K interval. IIRC, your owner's manual calls for more than twice that. With that little in the way of service done to the car, it still gets 27MPG on the highway (with the cruise set at 85MPH), and tops out wh3en the ECU cuts fuel at 115MPH (it is also rock stable at that speed. Feels like most cars at 90). Add to that the offroad capability, and general hualing. What you have at the end of all this is a car with so much raw capability that you don't dare try and say what it cannot do. You will find that as soon as you do, someone will do just that with the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger83 Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 What tires on on it? The Bridgestone Re92's on the new OB's have a poor reputation for bad weather traction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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