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Actually not rants, just my take on the 'becca. We have had ours since March of '06 and have over 30,000mi on it. It is fantastic. We use it for all of our travel and trips. I actually got rid of my Ford Escape because of this thing. It has been to Florida x2, Colorado and many trips to South West NYS. We have a 5 passenger base 'becca. Tan cloth seats, I think the colour is WAY TO LIGHT, but it has held up fine. After reading thru the posts here are a few other thoughts.
1. Our milage is about 17 - 19mpg in city driving (Dayton, Oh)
25mpg consistant on the highway. I drive 72mph, found that works best
for avoiding the Police.
We use a Tule pod on top for ski season and big trips. It usually only drops
the milage to 23mpg or so. Although I have gotten 25 - 26mpg with the
pod. The wind at our back.............
2. We use the higher octane (91) fuel. When we tested with the lower
octane (89) we found that the 'becca would "hunt" for the proper gear
even on flat level ground. We have mixed 1/2 tank each, 91 and 89 and
gotten good results.
3. This thing is a BEAST in the snow!!!! I was pleasently suprised about the
tires and snow. I did not feel that the Goodyear's would do very well, but
they ate it up last year. I still am not impress over all with Goodyear. Tire
life, total miles, I have never been impressed with. I am already looking
for tires, problably next September or so. Should be around 45,000mi. I
need good tires for the snow that we travel to.
4. Windshield wipers.......... SUCK!!! Already replaced them, at 15,000mi, and
need to again, at 30,000mi. Not happy with "subaru specific" blades that
it requires. They are expensive and don't last long. Someone got them
replaced under warrenty..... Great dealer, mine won't. And I feel we have
a great dealer. I have, on order, a set of 2008 wiper arms. But, they are
still on back order. They look like a straight replacement and you can put
on any wiper bought in a store. 2007 owners, are your wiper arms like the
2006 or the 2008?? Just wondering.
5. We have the trailor hitch (factory) pulls just fine. Although we just have
a small utility trailor, have not pulled anything big.
6. Did'nt get the "nav" system, bought a Tom Tom. Move it to the LGT and
it works good enough for us.... My son love the big back windows, he
can see everything. My wife just loves how it drives, not intimidating
to her. Drives like a car and she loves it.
7. Only complaints.... Could have a bigger sun room, Forester size. The
interior is too light coloured, although I see you now can get the Blue
with the grey interior. That would have been much better. Engine and
tranny. I would like to drive the '08 and see how the little change in
HP and torque with the change in the tranny works out. Oh and the
89 octane fuel would be a little nicer.
But all in all we love this vehicle.......... I give it a 9 out of 10. And we would buy another. Mid size SUV that is just enough different from everyone else. And the AWD is flawless.........
My god this turned out long..... SORRY
But thanks for listening.
1. Our milage is about 17 - 19mpg in city driving (Dayton, Oh)
25mpg consistant on the highway. I drive 72mph, found that works best
for avoiding the Police.
We use a Tule pod on top for ski season and big trips. It usually only drops
the milage to 23mpg or so. Although I have gotten 25 - 26mpg with the
pod. The wind at our back.............
2. We use the higher octane (91) fuel. When we tested with the lower
octane (89) we found that the 'becca would "hunt" for the proper gear
even on flat level ground. We have mixed 1/2 tank each, 91 and 89 and
gotten good results.
3. This thing is a BEAST in the snow!!!! I was pleasently suprised about the
tires and snow. I did not feel that the Goodyear's would do very well, but
they ate it up last year. I still am not impress over all with Goodyear. Tire
life, total miles, I have never been impressed with. I am already looking
for tires, problably next September or so. Should be around 45,000mi. I
need good tires for the snow that we travel to.
4. Windshield wipers.......... SUCK!!! Already replaced them, at 15,000mi, and
need to again, at 30,000mi. Not happy with "subaru specific" blades that
it requires. They are expensive and don't last long. Someone got them
replaced under warrenty..... Great dealer, mine won't. And I feel we have
a great dealer. I have, on order, a set of 2008 wiper arms. But, they are
still on back order. They look like a straight replacement and you can put
on any wiper bought in a store. 2007 owners, are your wiper arms like the
2006 or the 2008?? Just wondering.
5. We have the trailor hitch (factory) pulls just fine. Although we just have
a small utility trailor, have not pulled anything big.
6. Did'nt get the "nav" system, bought a Tom Tom. Move it to the LGT and
it works good enough for us.... My son love the big back windows, he
can see everything. My wife just loves how it drives, not intimidating
to her. Drives like a car and she loves it.
7. Only complaints.... Could have a bigger sun room, Forester size. The
interior is too light coloured, although I see you now can get the Blue
with the grey interior. That would have been much better. Engine and
tranny. I would like to drive the '08 and see how the little change in
HP and torque with the change in the tranny works out. Oh and the
89 octane fuel would be a little nicer.
But all in all we love this vehicle.......... I give it a 9 out of 10. And we would buy another. Mid size SUV that is just enough different from everyone else. And the AWD is flawless.........
My god this turned out long..... SORRY
But thanks for listening.