SUV Opinions

Subaru has plenty of issues my sisters forester drank oil like a drunken sailor and they replaced the motor under warranty second engine started doing the same thing at 70,000 oil changed every 5000 at dealership. She now has a Honda again

 

My buddy had the same issue with his 2011 Forester. Quart of oil every 1200 miles. 10% of their cars from 2011-2014, I believe it was, had massive oil burning problems. They originally tried to get out of it because they put in the manual that burning a quart every 1000 miles is "normal" lol. The were sued into taking care of the problem like they were with head gaskets. My wife had a 2012 Forester. It was trouble free in the 3 years she drove it but after them not standing behind their bad engines we sold it before there was an issue.

 

I agree Eggshooterist thats why I stated after 2013..

 

Like I said before. All makes have issues. How they address them goes a long way towards people's perception of quality / reliability. So far Honda and Toyota have been excellent for us. A Pontiac vibe being the sole Toyota we have owned.

 

I had an 85 tempo 2.3L. mine was automatic but I believe I got between 25-32 mpg. The higher end on the highway

 

They got 54mpg. I know cause I use to drive my mom's when I was in highschool. Was fun to drive that stick metro in a go cart kind of way! Could run all week on $5 of gas. This was back when gas was less than $1/gallon

 

Only thing that would suck in a metro or fistiva is if you get hit by anything bigger than a motorcycle you probably will need to jaws of life to get out of the car.

 

Right!!??? The last conversation regarding EVs on here, one guy told me to go have sex with myself!! (Maybe thats how they do it where he is from???)

 

Haaaaaaaaaha

 

Ha! I just checked it too!

 

Well Dave you know the “just do what I tell you” crowd is always right with EVERYTHING!

 

I agree with you. Thankfully we had I think around 150-200k on it without any major accident. I know my mom was rear ended at one point in it. But it just smashed up the rear gate. I think she was stiff after it but was it.

 

You saw it?

Hmm...that doesn't sound right...

 

Auto's were 3 speed...my manual was 5 speed. (OD) Big difference in mileage due to cruising RPM

 

Haha, no. I didn't see it. I was a kid. But I remember the smashed up car!

 

Yea I'm sure. I guess I was supporting your claim by saying my auto got 30mpg.

 

Right! I about spit Mountain Dew out when I read that.

 

When test driving the Rav, we found it a little small and riding in the back seat felt like sitting on top of the axle. We went with the Highlander and very happy with it. The Highlander is registered as a truck due to the truck frame, but licensed as a car (WI).