Subaru forester prices

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The wife has decided she wants a forester.

She wants a forester NOW

I've seen 13 year old examples going for over 2 grand and they seem to be selling like hot cakes.


So i want to wait until the snow has gone and buy one in the spring.

Am i right that the prices of small 4x4s is just silly just now

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sawman said:

The trouble with leaving your purchase til after the winter is you will be in the doghouse if it snows and she gets stuck over the winter - how much is that worth?

Not overtly worried about getting stuck

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paulmoonraker said:

It will snow for a few days. Why buy a car for that. Just sit in a drink, then tell your boss you cant get to work as you are snowed in... Play snowballs with the kids...

it won't snow for a few days, it will snow for a few weeks maybe a few months like last year as belive it or not everyone lives in the south east.

Also my current fleet deals perfectly with snow, i can get to the main road even if we have 6foot of snow as i can use the digger to dig our way out. All the cars have a set of snow tyres apart from the Unimog

She wants a forester as its a bit higher up then most estate cars and a bit more rugged

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What is the 4x4 system in these?

Will they get stuck if 1 wheel looses traction or are they smarter then that

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So what does the hi-lo do?

And is the hi-lo in all gears?

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hora said:

thinfourth2 said:

So what does the hi-lo do?

And is the hi-lo in all gears?

I remember checking it worked when I first bought it then never using it ever again- no need.

On the Legacy I used the hi-lo as some sort of 'supa overdrive system' when out on the road though

i use the Low box a huge amount in the landrover when towing as you don't need to slip the clutch to go slowly

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Well we bought one through a private sale which was about 2/3rds of the price of going through a dealer. Even better this one came pre dented which means we don't have to worry about denting it.

Its a 53 plate 2ltr X something or other.

What a bloody excellent car, it has way more grip round corners then any 4x4 should, the ride is excellent and you can thrash it through fields and farm tracks with no problems. managing to do about 30Mpg which is way better then expected.

On the down side its a bit tall for the dogs to jump into and the exposed exhaust and cows hit make for a not so nice smell

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EDLT said:

Not a turbo charged one then? How un-PH

Never tried one

Tried the 3ltr legacy and it was quite quick but there was only auto ones which the wife didn't like

Negative Creep said:

Bet it would have been great for those arctic conditions we had in October and November - oh never mind

Lucky the one we bought came with snow tyres all round which got us through the

Oh yeah