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Re: New Subaru Outback? Anyone?
Posted by No Snaab [Email] (more from No Snaab) on Fri, 15 Feb 2013 05:17:41
In Reply to: Re: New Subaru Outback? Anyone?, dtechakacheaptech, Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:12:07
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You're right, it really is a very similar dynamic. It's always hard separate someones experience with a car with how they drive and take care of it. As a consequence people's experience with a given car can vary greatly. It's complicated further by the fact the build quality can vary from car to car. Throw in crooked/incompetent mechanics and it's very hard to make bald faced claims about any car. The Jeep Cherokee (pre-Grand) once had the distinction of having the worst reliability record of any car CU had ever tested--it had almost all black circles. Yet a guy I worked with had two of them, had owned several before that, his kids owned them and they loved them. I've seen Jaguars with 250K miles. My cousin owned a Vega and never had a problem--he loved it. My brother has an '08 Outback with 90K that he bought new and hasn't had a problem. I bought mine used so don't know exactly how it was cared for. But I did sell new ones, I did sell numerous used ones when I was a dealer, and I know a lot of people who own them. I think Subarus have many virtues and there's much I like about them personally, but I'll stand by my statement that anyone looking to buy a new one should take a hard look at the problems other people have had with them as they age.
Posts in this Thread:
- New Subaru Outback? Anyone?, STICKMAN, Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:11:27
- Be sure you're OK with the seats, Noel, Sun, 17 Feb 2013 12:56:48
- Re: New Subaru Outback? Anyone?, Craig, Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:04:26
- Re: New Subaru Outback? Anyone?, dtechakacheaptech, Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:09:42
- also..., STICKMAN, Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:17:40
- vs Jeep, STICKMAN, Thu, 14 Feb 2013 06:55:55
- Re: New Subaru Outback? Anyone?, Dan-O, Thu, 14 Feb 2013 06:41:15
- Thank you, not, No Snaab, Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:48:41
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