The Subaru Forester
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This is the biggest fail in Subaru (since the Baja). The Forester is a crossover now, and frequent readers of my blog know my opinion about crossovers: The Argument Against Crossovers. The XT comes with a 250 horsepower turbocharged Flat-4 engine, which is an engine where, the pistons are in two horizontal banks. It also has a continuously variable transmission. The XT comes with a dashboard touchscreen. This might be a problem if you are on a bumpy or dirt road, because if you hit a bump when you are calling someone for instance, you could turn off traction control, electronic stability control, anti-lock braking systems, or all three! Unlike other cars, the Forester has always been questionable, it started it's production run as a strange cross of SUV and who-knows-what. A Subaru Outback (when it was a wagon) could do all of the things the Forester could, all while not looking like the intern at Subaru designed it. The Forester is aimed at those people who envision their lives as a L.L. Bean catalog. In fact, it came in an L.L. Bean trim package (plaid flannel shirt not included). The Subaru also comes with a horrible optional feature, EyeSight. It plays an alarm when the light changes or when you change lanes. EyeSight also does automatic braking, which is a pain, because if you come slightly too close to someone that you are overtaking, the brakes will activate, possibly causing the person behind you to have a 75 mile-per-hour rear-end collision. So, not really a safety feature in the slightest.
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I disliked the look of the Forester when it first came out. It was like the Scion of it's time. Now, it is just another bland crossover. Subaru is a good car company in general, but my favorite car from them is the Wrx.
ReplyDeleteLOL! The WRX is my favorite too, but do you know about the Subaru BRZ?
DeleteSubaru Forester is one of the most popular and youth car in Africa and particularly Kenya.. but the speeds are slow.. I don't think they are worried about the safety features.. but good to know about this automatic braking.. great blog
DeleteNephew here, I looked up the Brz.
ReplyDeleteWow!! Now, all I need is a job that lets me drive all of these amazing cars!!
Yes! It is an amazing car, the Subaru is built in conjunction with the Toyota GT83 (it is basically the same car).
DeleteI'm sorry, the Toyota is called the "GT86"
DeleteI am not hot on the Forrester, but I don't hate it. Guess you dislike it, huh?
ReplyDeleteYes! very much so
DeleteI agree with Bloggie, not my favorite, but I don't hate it. It is just very blah! It looks better than it used to, but that's not saying much.
DeleteWell I really don't like it.
DeleteHey dude - You should really comment on some of these cars. They ARE HIDEOUS..O!
ReplyDeletePeel P50
BMW Isetta
Fiat 500
Fiat 126
Japan’s ‘kei cars’
LOL, some of these are just sad
DeleteIt is hard to pick which one of these is the worst!
DeleteThe Japanese ones
DeleteDid the L.L.BEAN package come with free monogramming?
ReplyDeletenot sure
DeleteCan you comment on the BMW Isetta next week?
ReplyDeleteyeah
DeleteCan you comment on the BMW Isetta next week?
ReplyDeletei have used a subaru b4 sport and its performance is great but fuel consumption is high
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