Don't mean to pour a pail of water on to a burning fire...

but for your best interest, I still want to say -

(1) Forester 2.5 is noisy, particularly road noise getting into cabin; with very hard suspension, making it unsmoothy on highway.

(2) Engine bay design isn't people-centric: hard to reach for transmission fluid check and spark plug changing.

(3) Poor design on oil filter: It's under the engine and no way you can change oil without spilling on the floor.

(4) Gas mileage is poor: I was getting less than 20 mpg on the road average. In the first year you might get a little higher.

(5) Frameless door/window sounds like a fashion, actually it can't seal well with noise.

(6) Mine was a 02, maybe they have changed now - it had a drum brake on rear, cheapy meaning low braking effiiency.

The good part: all wheel drive; hard body making it safer.

Well, don't think I am picky but when you spend $33k you could and you deserve a better car/suv. Test drive it and look at it thoroughly before you purchase it. Good luck!!

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• I sold it in 04 though -internuts- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/21/2009 postreply 09:50:07

• 回复：Don't mean to pour a pail of water on to a burning fire... -coorslight969- ♂ (218 bytes) () 06/21/2009 postreply 11:11:33

• Did you see luxury cars using drum brake? -internuts- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/21/2009 postreply 11:14:44

• 回复：Don't mean to pour a pail of water on to a burning fire... -old_taoist- ♀ (437 bytes) () 06/21/2009 postreply 16:47:46

• Good to know it has been changed so much... -internuts- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/21/2009 postreply 18:52:51