Long term review: 2006 Subaru Forester
It had a bad case of terminal car cancer, as well as an inability to contain Any fluids. |
The most recent being caused by a cracked radiator end tank....At that point, the car was pretty much scrap. |
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So, Easter weekend of 2012, I traded in the Lumina and brought this awesome car home. |
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Over that summer, I entered it into 3 autocross events put on by the Western Michigan Region of the SportsCar Club of America. |
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The first event, I hit 6 cones. |
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The second event, I hit 5 cones. |
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The third event, I hit 4, so there was noted progress. |
That winter, I discovered how awesome all-wheel drive is in the snow, as well as ground clearance. |
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I had to get the first of a few big-ish repairs done in the summer of 2012. The power steering rack sprung a leak and had to be replaced. |
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In January of 2013, I had to get the clutch replaced, as I pretty much learned to drive stick in this car. |
In May of 2013, I had the opportunity to drive down to Atlanta, Georgia to watch Formula Drift at Road Atlanta. On the way, we hit the Tail of the Dragon. |
It was on this trip that I got my best fuel economy to date: 29mpg. |
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In the fall of 2014, my struts got pretty bad, so I opted for an upgrade rather than replacing struts with struts. |
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I went with BC racing BR-type coilovers (link below). |
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They were so much smaller and lighter than the factory units. |
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The day-to-day driving, however, is not the best. I live in Michigan, where the potholes are. |
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Soon after the coilovers went on, I discovered Plasti-Dip... |
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And took some steps to enhance the look of the car. |
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Since the coilovers, I've had to get some work done on the car. Some major, some not. |
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The first being the Timing belt, which I had a mechanic friend of mine do at 105,000 miles, like most subarus. |
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The second was the Head Gaskets, which I had done at Williams Subaru (link below). |
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When I bought the car, I also bought the extended service plan, which covers out to 100,000 miles. Because I had that, the Head gasket job, which would have been $1,600, was reduced to just $0.00.... |
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Now, there have been other milestones along the way. Hitting 100,000 miles, for instance |
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Or finally paying off the loan on it. |
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All that being said, I love this car. I'd recommend one to anyone. Any year forester, Any trim level, any options package, even the CVT variants. |
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And I use it every day. I haul parts with it every day. I think at this point, a roof basket is a must have.... |
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