Tribeca - Worth a look?

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Tribecas are on sale for sub £10k. Low miles, good performance.
I'm looking for a Range Rover type car to replace an Outback 3.0R.
Does anyone have a Tribeca? There are very few out there.

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I can see a few for sale and do know of one owner who liked theirs.
Some sort of comparison is the 3.6 Outback at c.£16k for 2011 model vs sub £10k for a 2009 Tribeca with similar miles.
I did notice that only the Outback has the SI drive which of course, means the # happy button on the steering wheel!

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drumsterphil said:

I've had a Tribeca. Can honestly say that I loved mine - cheap to buy, reliable, very quiet, good handling and big inside.

I didn't want to go down the usual Disco, X5 etc route. Having had a number of Impreza's previously I'd completely forgotten about the Tribeca till my local dealer asked me if I'd considered one - was exactly what I was looking for.

Had nothing but positive comments about it, proved to be very accomplished in adverse conditions and came with all the toys I could wish for.

In typical Subaru fashion it was very thirsty but then the engine loved to rev. The gearbox gets a bit of criticism for constant swapping between ratios but run in sport mode and it behaves better. The gearbox is not on par with the latest ZF's but is perfectly acceptable.

Does the Tribeca have the SI drive then?
I cannot see the dial in any photos.
I'm warming to them as you can probably tell...