Suburu Owners - Give Me The Pros/Cons - Outback vs. Forester

1moremom
Mon, 23 Mar 2015 00:59:19 +0000

I drove a Forester for almost ten years and have had my Outback two weeks. I would have bought another Forester but we were looking for a tow vehicle and the bigger engine is only available in the Outback. We had to wait three months for it and it is much more luxe than any car we’ve ever owned. It is SO much quieter than Forester (that was really my only complaint about that car) with a smoother ride. The bells and whistles are nice; the back seat is more commodious. The driver’s seat has more adjustments and is considerably more comfortable than my old Forester. Having said that, if we could have gotten the Forester with a V6 that would have been my choice. Even with all the seat adjustments in the Outback I sat higher in the Forester. The visibility (especially towards the rear) was much better. The Forester was so easy to park. I put 140K miles on the car in less than ten years and only had a couple of small repairs (<$3K total). The reliability ratings for the Outback are not as good. And a Forester would have been $8K or $10K less.