Just found this joint...
No surprise that it took me this long to find a Subaru community - it took me longer to get a Subaru in the first place!
We got our Subaru Forester for our anniversary, which is on December 27th. I bought it on the 24th, after shopping for a few weeks. Since the dealership was having a short day for Christmas Eve, they had to hurry up and get me out of there so that they could leave. That helped me to pretty much name my own price. Car salesmen are really not fun to deal with, I had previously found, but this one was great. He had only been selling cars for a few months, and previously worked with computers! My kind of guy! LOL
It's a 2008 Forester 2.5X, Dark Gray Metallic. It looks almost black, but dark bluish/purplish when it is bright outside. My husband was at work when I bought it, but I took the salesman with me to his work to show him when test-driving it. I got it at a Northern California dealer.
I haven't made big changes to it, just put an Aztec blanket on the back seat and bought a steering wheel cover right away. It gets so hot here that I started getting them long ago, so that the wheel wouldn't be so hot. This one actually somewhat fails at that, but I love the looks of it, and of steering wheel covers in general.
The tires squeal. They are Yokahamas, and should be good, but I will be glad to replace them when the time comes if it will make for a lack of squealing. Supposedly, this is common, but it is really annoying. Not so annoying that I will pay money to replace new tires, though. ;) When I do that, I'll maybe get some wheels too, to replace the hubcaps.
We haven't done freeway driving, just city, and I get 19 mpg generally. Using the air conditioning a lot takes 1 or 2 off that. Previously, we had a Ford Escort that got 24-26 city, and before that a Toyota Camry that did not get any better than this Subaru - it usually got 17 mpg city. I think the gas mileage is appropriate for this type of vehicle, but that Camry was a big disappointment. I liked the Ford a lot for what it was.
Hooray for Subarus, and Subaru communities! :D
We got our Subaru Forester for our anniversary, which is on December 27th. I bought it on the 24th, after shopping for a few weeks. Since the dealership was having a short day for Christmas Eve, they had to hurry up and get me out of there so that they could leave. That helped me to pretty much name my own price. Car salesmen are really not fun to deal with, I had previously found, but this one was great. He had only been selling cars for a few months, and previously worked with computers! My kind of guy! LOL
It's a 2008 Forester 2.5X, Dark Gray Metallic. It looks almost black, but dark bluish/purplish when it is bright outside. My husband was at work when I bought it, but I took the salesman with me to his work to show him when test-driving it. I got it at a Northern California dealer.
I haven't made big changes to it, just put an Aztec blanket on the back seat and bought a steering wheel cover right away. It gets so hot here that I started getting them long ago, so that the wheel wouldn't be so hot. This one actually somewhat fails at that, but I love the looks of it, and of steering wheel covers in general.
The tires squeal. They are Yokahamas, and should be good, but I will be glad to replace them when the time comes if it will make for a lack of squealing. Supposedly, this is common, but it is really annoying. Not so annoying that I will pay money to replace new tires, though. ;) When I do that, I'll maybe get some wheels too, to replace the hubcaps.
We haven't done freeway driving, just city, and I get 19 mpg generally. Using the air conditioning a lot takes 1 or 2 off that. Previously, we had a Ford Escort that got 24-26 city, and before that a Toyota Camry that did not get any better than this Subaru - it usually got 17 mpg city. I think the gas mileage is appropriate for this type of vehicle, but that Camry was a big disappointment. I liked the Ford a lot for what it was.
Hooray for Subarus, and Subaru communities! :D
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