Subaru Forrester

ss_collins · 15 Mar 2003, 19:14 (Ref:537245)

I've got one for the weekend and I'm loving it, though I do look like a pimp or a dealer!! As its a forrester tommorrow I'm taking it to some forests. will keep you all posted.

Tristan · 16 Mar 2003, 11:35 (Ref:537981)

Is it the Turbo vesion?? Essentially that's a Scooby Turbo on stilts. And very very good.

Wrex · 16 Mar 2003, 12:49 (Ref:538023)

Great car the Forrester. Very nice indeed

**Adam43** · 16 Mar 2003, 13:14 (Ref:538043)

And in no way related to Phillipa.

Tristan · 16 Mar 2003, 14:48 (Ref:538095)

I stood next to her on more than one occasion working at Crufts the other week!! Mit mumsey these days, but I still luurve her!!

Flatspot · 16 Mar 2003, 15:53 (Ref:538146)

Same basic platform as the Outback (of which both my wife and I have as daily drivers). Very fine cars for the money. Only problem is that in the US you have to get the 2.5L instead of the 3.0L if you want a standard transmission.

I'm glad you're having a good time.

ss_collins · 17 Mar 2003, 00:13 (Ref:538473)

Twas a grea car but the x not the xt version. Its very capable in the woods and nice on the motorway and an absolute dream around town, though it does have a nast bit of switch gear just by your right knee so every time you go over a bump (lots of them in kentish forests) I eith swithched on the cruise control or the folg lights/headlap washers.

Dick Spanner · 18 Mar 2003, 20:06 (Ref:540441)

Some friend's of mine have had a gas conversion done on their Forester (non turbo) which help offset the thirst a bit. They do go offroading in it quite a bit too and reckon it's the perfect all round vehicle.

Tristan, where were you working at Cruft's? I was there exhibiting 2 day's (never saw Phillipa though..)

GTV27 · 26 Mar 2003, 01:34 (Ref:548231)

Am surprised that somebody is finding that the Forester is thirsty as we have an Outback 2.5 which is very economical, generally getting better than 10 litres per 100 km round town and down in the 8's on the open road.

ss_collins · 29 Mar 2003, 00:23 (Ref:551707)

it very thirsty

Airhead · 29 Mar 2003, 08:45 (Ref:551908)

I have drivenn one from work and think if I was going to buy a soft roader that would be the one.

But, I'm not. I like the lazy grunt of a large capacity motor as I do most of my time on the highway.

ss_collins · 29 Mar 2003, 10:44 (Ref:551977)

I like the frantic yelp of a well tuned four pot

GTV27 · 23 Apr 2003, 06:47 (Ref:577648)

Have since heard of two other reports of thirsty Foresters (so we can't attribute your's to being "frantically yelped")

Wierd - our Outback, which weighs more and has a larger motor gets great economy (?)

Beats me Batman

Alpina · 23 Apr 2003, 11:14 (Ref:577876)

Forresters are thirsty in my experience but I drive a Scooby Sport normally so it is always worse than that.

ss_collins · 23 Apr 2003, 12:31 (Ref:577944)

its the permanent four wheel drive I think not really needed on the road, though it is very capable off it

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