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Old 28 January 2004, 09:17 AM
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Hi
Wife is looking at one of these.
Any good or bad comments??

Paul
Old 28 January 2004, 09:35 AM
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We're running and Auto. It's a decent car for it's type. Comfortable, realtively good handling and the interior is better than a WRX.
Fuel economy sucks though...and a WRX wagon is quicker and a more sporting drive.
If it were to be my only car I'd be looking at something differnt..a 3 series estate to be exact...but as a 'family' car to compliment our 'fun' car it's great.
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Old 28 January 2004, 10:25 AM
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Cheers Chucky.

Just how bad is MPG??
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Old 28 January 2004, 11:10 AM
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MPG is around the 27 mark(on ours). As an all round family car it's hard to beat. It's quick enough to be useful on the road(great Q car(think Audi A4 1.8T quick) ) but big and comfy enough to lap up long distances.

Just been out in ours with another m8 and his XT(forrester mini meet) and it's superb in the snow and the heated seats make it a real nice place to be. Way more stable in snow than either my old 5 door or STI.

Go test drive one, and see what you think. Me? I reckon the best of it's kind below 20K and IMHO the best all round car Subaru make.

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Old 28 January 2004, 04:02 PM
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Don't do tricky maths so MPG I can't say...but for 'round town driving we are lucky to get 220 miles per 45 litres, which is the same as the MY03 STIPPP we traded for it.
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Old 30 January 2004, 09:09 AM
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Have a read through http://www.subaruforester.com there's loads of info on there, a lot is US and aussie based but most Q your have are answered.
btw the sites being moved-updated atm but is in read only mode i believe.
HTH
I have the s/tb btw and i wouldn't swop it for anything (well new forester sti maybe), stealthy, fast and fits all my carp tackle in (thats not as easy as it sounds)
Old 30 January 2004, 01:39 PM
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I normally get around 320 miles out of a tank on mine, which is about when the light comes on. Unlike my previous Imprezas the light actually comes on at a gauge level of just under 1/8. Also the guage seems to be a lot more linear than I'm used to.
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Cheers peeps
will look up that site when i get home

Paul
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