Hello All,
I'm after some information on the Subaru Outback and while I have tried searching the
forum but unfortunatly the word "Outback" on an Australian 4WD site provides a lot of returns that aren't of use. While this isn't strictly a 4WD question (or 4WD car for that matter) I figure there may
well be a number of Subaru owners here.
Anyhoo, the short version is we are looking at getting a new Subaru Outback. We think the current model 2.5i is a great looking car, has carrying capacity, AWD, suits our current needs and has the good Subaru name and safety behind it. What we and are trying to find out is the idosyncrasies of the series, particularly things we need to look out for or know, such as a 100,000k service costing $2,000 or things like that (made up example). We average 25,000kms a year in travel with our current Magna.
My wife doesn't know if she would prefer the manual or automattic, both of which have dual range (
well the auto automatically compensates now).
Things we will do in this car:
City travel
Highway travel
Mountain travel (sealed roads)
Occasional long distance travel in short periods (1200k'ms in 16 hours)
Towing trailers with around 600kg load (I know the Outback is
well rated for it)
Things we might do/would like to do with this car:
Get off the tarmac onto unsealed roads
Well travelled national parks
Off-road camper trailer into the hills (a dream, but so was a new car)
Just generally getting off the road every once in a while and hopefully doing some camping
Things we won't do with this car:
Serious outback trips
Hardcore off-road driving
Opinions on the current Subaru Outback would be greatly appreciated and thank you in advance for your time. For those interested a new 2.5i Subaru Outback manual runs a rec retail of $37,990 plus on road and dealer costs.
Glenn
Canberra