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I've noticed a certain "passion" for Subaru Outbacks on this site. I'm normally an iconoclast but I thought it would be fun to go with the excitement of the mainstream this time.

We are heading to the forum's beloved California so I'm going to start documenting our new vehicles adventures. Nothing like our nation's most free state for an inaugural for our car.

The big news is getting 32 mph while carrying 3 people, a hitch cargo box and all our gear. Let's just say I don't miss driving a truck with these gas prices.

My daughter got to see the Sierra for the first, play in Tahoe and tomorrow she gets to see her first ocean.

I'm sure everyone agrees here: Long Live Subaru!

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I'll admit that I drove a Subaru for a number of years. I picked it up used, did some work to it and put 180,000 miles on it driving it back and forth to work getting 26 mpg doing so. That was 180,000 miles that I didn't put on my truck. In all those miles I did 2 head gaskets, and 3 timing belts and associated parts, that car never left me stranded and the only time that it didn't start was when I had a windshield replaced and the door was left ajar enough that it killed the battery.

To keep it on the hunting side I even hauled out a elk in it once. It was cut up but I hauled it.

Long live Subies...
 
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About 10 years ago I picked up a 94 Subaru Outback with 280,XXX miles on it. It had the engine replaced with a 100,XXX mile engine at around 230,XXX miles. I paid $2,000 for the car and drove it for 4 years, fixing absolutely nothing at all, and sold it for $2,000 to the next owner lol. When I sold it the car had 340,XXX miles. Leaked oil but that's it as far as issues. Just kept a quart of oil in the hatch to top it off
 
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I bought a '97 Legacy several years ago and had the same story. Drove it to and from work for about six years. Bought it for $1000 and sold it for $1000. Did a timing belt. Always started, always ran, always got good mileage. I didn't go anywhere in style, but I went everywhere I wanted to go. I'd buy another one in a heartbeat.
 
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I've never owned one, but friends who have have liked theirs.

Just like owning a truck, it isn't the car that will elicit the reaction, but which stickers you put on it. If you put on a Bernie sticker, a Protect Wild Utah one, a few from trendy travel locales, and a couple with preachy moral imperatives, then you might have a REAL Subaru. ;)

Dont know if I've seen too many tooling around flying a Trump flag. :unsure:
 
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Catherder said:
I've never owned one, but friends who have have liked theirs.

Just like owning a truck, it isn't the car that will elicit the reaction, but which stickers you put on it. If you put on a Bernie sticker, a Protect Wild Utah one, a few from trendy travel locales, and a couple with preachy moral imperatives, then you might have a REAL Subaru. ;)

Dont know if I've seen too many tooling around flying a Trump flag. :unsure:
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If you place a “Happiness is a Gut Pile” bumper sticker on your Subaru it qualifies as a UWN certified Subaru.
Extra Soob cred if the sticker has the steaming gut pile on it.
 
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Not to derail the thread but I can brag on my Silverado with the 6 cylinder mini duramax diesel engine--if I keep the truck at 73 mph on flat ground I can get 29 miles per gallon all day. If I'm coming off a mountain I can get better. From Loa down to Utah county through Gunnison I average 36 MPG. It can still tow decent as well. I'm liking it.
 
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colorcountrygunner said:
I just took out a loan that is the equivalent of my parent's first mortgage on a 2020 Ram Laramie. My wife and I drove it to Estes Park, Colorado and back a few weeks ago averaging 17 mph. I'm not sure if I'm trying to flex, or drive home the point that I'm retarded. It's definitely one or the other.
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Not sure why you would flex about the fact that you were driving 17 miles per hour on average...
 
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My wife and I drove it to Estes Park, Colorado and back a few weeks ago averaging 17 mph. I'm not sure if I'm trying to flex, or drive home the point that I'm retarded. It's definitely one or the other.
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Between you and Backcountry, you all are really keep down the speed. All I will say on that is excessively slow drivers are infinitely more annoying on the freeway than those with vehicles adorned with stickers one doesn't agree with. :mad:

Oh, and while we are at it, my 21' Taco gets a solid 30 mpG on the freeway, even in some stretches that have some hills. :cool:
 
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Between you and Backcountry, you all are really keep down the speed. All I will say on that is excessively slow drivers are infinitely more annoying on the freeway than those with vehicles adorned with stickers one doesn't agree with. :mad:

Oh, and while we are at it, my 21' Taco gets a solid 30 mpG on the freeway, even in some stretches that have some hills. :cool:
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How does the 21' "taco" ride??? Bet it streches out at 30 mpg.

I do agree that slow drivers doing under the speed limit are very irritating.
 
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If your getting 32 MPH it's going to take you a he77 of a long time to get to that Ocean. LOL I'm sure you mean 32 MPG.
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Nothing like fat fingers and spell check.

People are getting 30 mpg average on a 21' Yota? That's like 30% better than they advertise.

These new computers really gamify efficiency. I was getting 36-38 average in NV but couldn't keep that up without upsetting family caravanning behind us.

This is our first ever new car. The tech has come along way since 2006 (year of our truck). The other thing I realize is I don't miss stick shift. Ours has an optional paddle shift on the steering wheel that is occasionally handy but after almost 3 decades of driving manual I'm sold on automatic.

Our bank account really appreciated the gas refills on the Outback compared to our 06' Frontier. That 18 mpg average was killing our road trips.
 
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People are getting 30 mpg average on a 21' Yota? That's like 30% better than they advertise.
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That's what the onboard computer tells me, and fillup time doesn't seem to dispute it. 🤷‍♂️ Obviously, city driving is a good bit less. It does way better at the pump than my 4 Runner did, for which I am grateful during this inflationary period.

The ride is great.
 
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