Subaru Forester.

m69, Jun 27, 8:32am
Hi I'm thinking about buying a Subaru Forester, I know what everyone says about Subaru's, but most of the newer ones are supossed to be ok!

Anyone own or know about the good and bad sides!

andrea_w, Jun 27, 8:38am
Define 'newer'

tcos, Jun 27, 8:54am
Stay away from the Gen 1 foresters. Baaaaaad crank walk issues

zephyrheaven, Jun 27, 8:57am
dads had a 97 which was good, did 50,000kms in it & only hassle was a dead fuel pump
he has an 06 XT (turbo manual) now NZ new & for a 74 year old hoon it goes very well - had no issues with it & owned for over a year now done 170K

For all the naysayers of subaru's - Ive had many many of them from STI's to base model clunkers & apart from routine maintenance, if treated right they are just as good as anything else out there

Dad may look at selling his as they want something taller to get into like a RAV or similar , that would be the only complaint even though Foresters are the taller in the stable

motorway, Aug 1, 7:09pm
Hearses for small folk.