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I have a 2018 Outback LTD I bought two years ago this month. It has 26k miles on it and is THE best car I've ever owned. I turn 69 this month and I really hope it will be the last car I need.
My wife has a 2018 Forrester Touring we bought at the same time and loves it.
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We looked at the Subaru's back in 2015 but the closest dealer was over an hour away, and his salesman left a very bad first impression. The next closest dealer is well over 2 hours away.
We stuck with the Mopar/Jeep brand for the wife, her last Dodge Caravan ran up to 167,000 trouble free miles before we swapped it. Her 2015 Jeep Patriot has over 100,000 miles and has been bulletproof. And is All Wheel Drive. I've driven 4X4 Ram trucks for years with very good service. We would consider Subaru again if there was a dealer near by. |
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I've got a 2018 Outback I got the week after Christmas almost 2 years ago. 43K miles on it already (roadtrips to Nova Scotia, Tennessee and Atlanta in the last 18 months).
This morning, with 9" of fresh snow, I just drove across the unplowed parking lot snow in font of me, no shoveling - YEAH! Dealer said tires are the replacement depth already - really? seems like pretty low mileage. Wondering about others' experiences with tires on Outbacks.
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Earlier models with automatic transmissions were not as sophisticated as the competition but my neighbor with the area's premier foreign car repair specialty place insists those were reliable. You started seeing Toyota electronics in the 3 generations old Outbacks that became well done mid-sized vehicles. My loyalist friends and local dealer confirm that generation of boxer engine has fewer head gasket issues. Same neighbor mentioned and an aircraft mechanic I know point out how the boxers are perfect imperfect all at once. You have more castings to achieve that flat smooth engine. My brother the private pilot will point out characteristics common with the Lycoming and Subaru engines. Some friends are frustrated about no more 6 cyl Outbacks but that engine didn't get the updates the 4s have. Now they have a thoroughly modern 4 with a turbo and more tow capacity with the CVT transmission. I smile with Flaggerphil's comments because a typical year of FL driving won't expose one of the reasons Subarus have become so popular where I live or where family and friends are in mountains. KevWind probably knows this. When Subarus started getting more popular I was spending up to a few months in the Tetons. Friends in Driggs had an Outback and 4x4 Dodge with a turbo diesel. It would be fun to watch Bob's wife in the Outback get ahead with every turn going up the pass. Comments on dealers are interesting too. Mine has become one of the biggest in the country. They had a reputation as crappiest dealer regardless of make and admit the Subaru sales growth has forced them to become much better. They're across from a huge Toyota dealer. They were saying all they needed to do to sell an Outback was have someone drive a RAV4 around the same curves first. My hope is no need to buy any new vehicle for 3-5 years. We'd like a BEV for the mostly short distance chasing we do and petrol powered vehicle for other trips. If you check out a Tesla you'll know the low center of gravity people like with a Subaru powertrain.
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Mountains of East TN / W NC here....and every other car is a Subaru, including the '07 Impreza in our driveway and the '18 CrossTrek in mom's.
Looking at adding an Outback shortly to replace our main vehicle, a 2013 Ford Escape that's about to hit 230K miles. Can't complain about the Ford but really like the Subaru AWD. |
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BTW, the best car I ever owned was actually a Chevy. I inherited it from my uncle who religiously changed the oil every 2500 miles. It was actually his old company car and it had no frills whatsoever. It was a 1988 Corsica (sedan) with a 2.0L 4 cyl with a 5 speed manual transaxle. It was lightweight (800 pounds soaking wet,) it had 13 inch tires and no tachometer - just a bright yellow SHIFT! light that he covered with a piece of duct tape because when it would come on to prompt you to work the clutch it was actually a distraction. When I moved to Pittsburgh every green light was an adventure. After spinning out on a stretch of black ice I opted to get rid of it. At the time it was about 10 years old and had 208,000 miles.
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Ah but the 'ru is the wife's car. I love my old Super Duty. Almost 20 years old... |
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...well not exactly...Toyota owns a stake in Subaru....I’ve heard figures between 8.7 and 16 percent...with plans to acquire up to 20 percent.....what’s true is that they are and have been collaborating on projects which I think is a plus for both companies and their customers....
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Jayhawk, lots of great memories in your Scooby Doo. I had a similar experience with a pair of Mitsubishi Galants that we purchased in 2002. Mine was driven every mile of both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and they were both driven cross-country, when we moved west in 2003.
Both cars required very few repairs (maintenance is the key!), and when work was required, we always measured it in terms of a car payment. $500 repair? One month, no problem. In 2015, we traded in both cars b/c the leather interior had begun to shrink from the hot CA sun, but mechanically, they could have kept going for another 13 years. Both cars were paid off in 2005, so we had 10 years without a car payment, which was nice too! We traded them in for two used Mercedes-Benz vehicles. My wife's was fine, but mine was horribly problematic. I spent over $6500 on repairs and maintenance in a 12 month period, so in 2018, we traded again... for 2013 Lexus RX 350 and a 2015 Acura TLX. In 20 months, their combined maintenance is <$300 and repair free. Happy again!
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Looking at the Continental CrossContact LX25, but not sure how long they will last.
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For Conti, there's no comparison except for brand between the ones that came on my Outback and the replacements I got for it. I went with a model that had top crowd-sourced ratings and am happy. A few times now I've used Tire Rack's crowd-sourced ratings and those top rated tires have been good. Some dealers' tire sites are just Tire Rack.
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