harrisp
Member
Registered: 15th Dec 07
Location: Derbyshire
User status: Offline
|
Anyone got any experience with these? Parents are considering one for their next car, looking at the 2.0 and 2.5 litre engines up to about 2003.
Any common problems?
They are all AWD aren't they?
|
Rich H
Member
Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
User status: Offline
|
Parents used to only buy Subaru's a few years back - fairly bombproof tbh, but can be costly if they go wrong!
Build quality - well put together but feel's a bit cheap at the same time.
Engines - all good engines, but from what I recall the 2.0 can be a little bit gutless and the 2.5 a bit thirsty! Neither are Turbo iirc are they?
and yes, all AWD 
|
harrisp
Member
Registered: 15th Dec 07
Location: Derbyshire
User status: Offline
|
Thanks, I have seen the interiors are a bit cheap looking.
When you say costly to go wrong is it just parts that are expensive? as I always end up fixing their cars
They are going from a diesel cherokee so gutless will be a rocket ship to them
|
Rich H
Member
Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
User status: Offline
|
Yeh parts are expensive, I can't remember what it was that went wrong on my parents last one tbh, but I know it cost them the best part of £2k to fix (using a Subaru specialist, not a main dealer) TBH, the car had racked up 165k - they never keep cars for long enough these days to rack that sort of mileage up
|
harrisp
Member
Registered: 15th Dec 07
Location: Derbyshire
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Rich H
Yeh parts are expensive, I can't remember what it was that went wrong on my parents last one tbh, but I know it cost them the best part of £2k to fix (using a Subaru specialist, not a main dealer) TBH, the car had racked up 165k - they never keep cars for long enough these days to rack that sort of mileage up
2k ouch
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201124391751219/sort/locasc/usedcars/maximum-age/up_to_10_years_old/price-to/3000/model/forester/make/subaru/page/1/radius/1500/postcode/de557lf?logcode=p
Looking at fairly cheap ones at the moment, but can budget is more than that, will see what I can convince them to spend.
|
Rich H
Member
Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
User status: Offline
|
Foresters in general around here at least are used as alternative to Landrovers as farmer's vehicles
Legacy's and Legacy Outbacks are good cars too - and have marginally nicer interiors. The post facelift ones are a huge improvement in terms of refinement, toys, build etc, but hold their value pretty well.
|
harrisp
Member
Registered: 15th Dec 07
Location: Derbyshire
User status: Offline
|
My parents cars spend more time on fields and tracks than they do on road so if farmers use them it cant be bad
Think they are after a forester for the better ground clearance than the legacys.
|
Rich H
Member
Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
User status: Offline
|
Difference in ground clearance between an Outback and a Forester is minimal if you happen to find an Outback within budget
Like most Jap cars though, they will take a fair bit of abuse and just keep on going!
|
Tomnova16
Premium Member
Registered: 21st Jan 06
Location: Gerrards Cross Drives: Porsche 911
User status: Offline
|
mums had legacy's for years, brilliant vars
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
|
Rich H
Member
Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Tomnova16
mums had legacy's for years, brilliant vars
So according to Tom, they display flowers well
(and yes I'm aware it's spelt vase!)
|
harrisp
Member
Registered: 15th Dec 07
Location: Derbyshire
User status: Offline
|
The legacy outback is within budget, but there isn't many within a 100miles without moon mileage though and it seems to look quite a bit lower than the foresters unless its just the pictures that make it look like that, but they are still an option.
We are going to look at a couple of foresters this weekend.
[Edited on 15-07-2011 by harrisp]
|
Tomnova16
Premium Member
Registered: 21st Jan 06
Location: Gerrards Cross Drives: Porsche 911
User status: Offline
|
yes they make good vases
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
|
SetH
Member
Registered: 15th Jul 01
User status: Offline
|
Forester STi boi
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3009862.htm
Weapon
|
harrisp
Member
Registered: 15th Dec 07
Location: Derbyshire
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by SetH
Forester STi boi
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3009862.htm
Weapon
That is a bit out of budget
Seen a couple of the 2.0 turbo ones
|
harrisp
Member
Registered: 15th Dec 07
Location: Derbyshire
User status: Offline
|
Doubt anyone cares but they put a deposit down on one, the body isn't the tidiest, mainly from the owner scuffing the car in the garage and dropping stuff on it in the garage
But it has had a recon gearbox (with receipt from scooby clinic), new clutch, new windscreen, recent cambelt, full service history, one owner from new on a 52 plate.
Dad is already eyeing up a set of alloys with tyres as it is on steelies and not got a lot of tread left but doesn't want to lose ground clearance by having a smaller diameter tyre.
Any decent forums for them?
Also the engines look a piece of piss to work on to what some people have made them out to be.
[Edited on 17-07-2011 by harrisp]
|
gez bay
Member
Registered: 14th Feb 08
Location: South Wales drives: Vxr
User status: Offline
|
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CziiTZNb9Ek
|
