Forester XT (SH)
Discussion
Probably not a lengthy thread as there's not much to be done with this one. It's my wife's car and mostly used locally for dog walks, fetching stuff and bouncing around the back roads of East Anglia. I'll maybe take some proper pictures when it next gets sanitised (and it's not dusk)!
It's stock other than a steel bash plate up front and 225/65/17 Geolander G015 AT tyres on some aftermarket alloys. It's comfy, easy, pretty simple and makes silly Subaru noises. It's also great on fuel - if you're looking to get rid of it quickly.
The SH (3rd gen) is much more a crossover SUV than the original Foresters and the 4EAT gearbox is the dumbest thing on the planet, but I really like it as something to hop into.
It actually replaced 2 of our cars. I had a '99 XJ Cherokee that I used for towing, moving junk, taking up lanes, moving equipment. My wife had a 1.8 SR Yaris. One year, the Cherokee did 600 miles and the Yaris did 400. As great as both cars were in their own way, I wasn't into keeping on top of the maintenance of 4 cars any more and they both had reasons for not getting used much. So we looked for something you'd get if you fused a Jeep and a Yaris together.
The Forester is doing something like 7500 a year, so I'd say it was a success.
I'd originally been pitching a Freelander 2 a middle ground, but the most enthusiastic I could get about it was 'that'll do the job' and my wife was less than luke warm on them. The Forester had been advertised for quite a while and I'd been assuming that someone had mis-listed a diesel as a petrol. I think the advert was '2.0 Forester' and It had the scoop on the front but didn't make any mention of it being an XT. Eventually I ran a plate check on it and found it was indeed a petrol, so I suggested we just pop down to see if we liked it, even if it wasn't all that 'sensible'. My wife pretty immediately said 'yeah, this one!'.
It's stock other than a steel bash plate up front and 225/65/17 Geolander G015 AT tyres on some aftermarket alloys. It's comfy, easy, pretty simple and makes silly Subaru noises. It's also great on fuel - if you're looking to get rid of it quickly.
The SH (3rd gen) is much more a crossover SUV than the original Foresters and the 4EAT gearbox is the dumbest thing on the planet, but I really like it as something to hop into.
It actually replaced 2 of our cars. I had a '99 XJ Cherokee that I used for towing, moving junk, taking up lanes, moving equipment. My wife had a 1.8 SR Yaris. One year, the Cherokee did 600 miles and the Yaris did 400. As great as both cars were in their own way, I wasn't into keeping on top of the maintenance of 4 cars any more and they both had reasons for not getting used much. So we looked for something you'd get if you fused a Jeep and a Yaris together.
The Forester is doing something like 7500 a year, so I'd say it was a success.
I'd originally been pitching a Freelander 2 a middle ground, but the most enthusiastic I could get about it was 'that'll do the job' and my wife was less than luke warm on them. The Forester had been advertised for quite a while and I'd been assuming that someone had mis-listed a diesel as a petrol. I think the advert was '2.0 Forester' and It had the scoop on the front but didn't make any mention of it being an XT. Eventually I ran a plate check on it and found it was indeed a petrol, so I suggested we just pop down to see if we liked it, even if it wasn't all that 'sensible'. My wife pretty immediately said 'yeah, this one!'.
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