Subaru wagons?

[Livinthedream]

Yay!
You will love it, especially in snow season.
Congrats

[Beach Mama]

Yay! I miss my old Forester - I have the Impreza sedan and as much as I love driving it I really wish I had more space! Didja get the turbo diesel? I am about to sell my car and am contemplating either that or some other diesel suv!!

[sangie]

Woohoo! Enjoy your new wheels!!!

[Tinks]

Ooh! You bought a car Onyx! Exciting! What colour? It's all about the colour lol

[Phteven]

Dark grey. With a black interior.
Just the ticket for our long hot summers

[Tinks]

Noice!

[Nai]

Oooh sounds lovely!!

[forshelby]

I own a 2004 Subaru Liberty. It truly is a thing of beauty!! The ride wasn't super smooth as the suspension had been modified for performance and was quite hard TBH. Especially when I was 30+ weeks pg. That was easily fixed though.

Pros - The 'boot' is massive. Easily accessible, great for my pram and various other baby/kid items, plus shopping.
It's freakin pretty. lol.
It's a 4 cylinder but goes more like a 6. Plenty of power, very smooth with the triptronic gearbox. Did I say that right? Anyhoo it's got 3 modes. Auto, Manual (where you just shift the stick forwards or back to change gears) or Sports, which is pretty much auto, but changes gears later to give you more oomph.
It handles like a dream. I can't see any way of locking it up, except for maybe slamming on the handbrake and turning violently at the same time. But when would I do that?
Climate control! The little doodad that tells me the temperature, how many kms till empty, how much fuel per 100kms... etc. The dash lights are colourful and just plain pretty, not to mention useful.. lol.


Cons - It costs a fortune to maintain and service.
It needs to be run on premium if you want any kind of fuel economy, due to the fact it's a 4 cylinder, but very heavy with all the extras like electric windows etc.

I can't think of any more cons TBH. It really is a great car. I love it, and it's still a family car, but with sufficient attitude to turn heads. Just my style. You can get around the expensive services if you have a good honest mechanic. He'll know what to eliminate to save you $$ without trashing your car.

All i can say is BUY ONE. Right now.

[forshelby]

Ooh, just read the rest of this thread.... congrats!! Good choice. Although My liberty is still puuuuuuuuuuuuuuurdy. Her name is Sexy Subie.

[Livinthedream]

Did you get it yet?
Are you in love?