Phizinza Posted August 22, 2006 Author Share Posted August 22, 2006 I personally wouldnt ever offroad a forrester. Standard in the us is a auto tranny.. problem #1 problem #2 is the height of them. If I lifted a forrester as high as my GL wagon I'd be lookin at serious rollover issues. Problem #3 Cost.. why pay 10 grand for a car with an auto in it, and then more money to lift it. Not to mention you'd be running a interference engine. When I snap a timing belt, its nice to know I can put one on in 10 minutes and it will run. 2.5L blows a belt, plan on pullin the heads and puttin new valves in. Lol, I agree about your comment on the Auto, I have been flamed for bad talking autos on other forums, but as a personally preference I wouldn't ever buy an auto for myself. Even if it were better offroad like many on AUSubaru claim. Anyway, my verdict is I'd go a old gen for offroad any day of the week. But I think the outbacks are still cool, pitty there Auto standard here and have no low range as far as I know. But I can't afford to bash around in a $15K second hand car... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_postie Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 come on mate auto's are alright;)just wait till i get this vtd tt auto sorted out in my L and lock up that centre diff:burnout: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostamojen Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 come on mate auto's are alright;)just wait till i get this vtd tt auto sorted out in my L and lock up that centre diff:burnout: Now thats what im talkin about The VTD is pretty awesome for the loose stuff. It just needs a non-open front dif and it would rock. Anyway, autos were never standard on Foresters, its an option. 5mt's are standard. And you can get a 98 forester for ~6k now, possibly less if you find a deal or one with high mileage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezapar Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 And you can get a 98 forester for ~6k now, possibly less if you find a deal or one with high mileage. Indeed. But high mileage 2.5s made in 98 are like suicide. They all blew their first head gaskets at 50k miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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