Subaru Forester

[GWP]

Does anyone us a subaru forester diesel version i am considering one instead of a freelander 2 this is now on its last warning after three call outs from the aa.

 

[The tramp]

All the local pikeys seem to like them. And you never see them in a freeloader, that says enough to me...

 

[TonyC]

I did exactly what you are thinking of, had it for 17 months and 29k miles without a problem. Mpg on a recent trip to Germany was 44. A bit lower clearance than the FL2 so you have to be careful. I got the diesel auto.

 

[Eyefor]

Get the 2.0 Xt (Turbo / Petrol) & sod the MPG - in a Subaru it stands for Miles per Grin.

 

[GWP]

Ive already had a legacy turbo estate best car ive ever owned it had to go because of the fuel it only hade 175k on the clock and never any issues guy i sold it to broke the gearbox at 245k engine still good

 

[Uncle Norm]

I bought a two litre petrol Forester in 2003 and kept it for thirteen years. It never missed a beat. Superb reliability.
As an off road vehicle, the Forester is limited by its ground clearance and the 'overhang', particularly at the front.

As a car for the open road but with off-road capability, I could not fault it.

Be careful what you buy as spares for the older models are becoming a problem and some of the prices asked are a pure rip-off.

 

[Ronin]

Be careful with pre 2009 diesels, there is a well known issue with the first version of the boxer diesel engine, giving sudden and unexpected engine failure - crank oil feed issue, which was redesigned in vs2 boxer engines.

I considered a diesel Legacy before settling on something else due to the unknown with the fault.

Ive had several petrol scoobies before and love them, but just dont trust the early diesels - they used the same engine in Impreza, Legacy and Forester

 

[sir-lamp-alot]

just go all out and get yourself a impreza the rally boys seem to get on really well with them off road so why shouldnt you
https://youtu.be/4ygRy3wGNK4