My wife and I just took delivery on one of these today; automatic tranny.
Any caveats or problems/weaknesses we can anticipate?? We're formerly
a Toyota family, but they've disappeared over the past few years,
"pre-recall". After 2006 I lost faith in their quality.
You mean the Impreza Outback Sport?
These are very nice cars.
I've never seen an Impreza Outback Sport that
would not be well cared for by its owner. Never!
They may be a bit more expensive but age extremely
well. I guess because they're somewhat scarce to
begin with and people don't sell them later on. There
is never a flood of used models for sale in 5-6 years,
like with the Civics, and Corollas, which is good.
You can keep driving it for years without an image
problem.
If your going to be towing or driving in moutainous
terrain, or just plan on keeping it for a long time don't
hesitate to have a transmission cooler installed as
soon as possible. Its the best 200$ bucks spent,
....ever! Takes the heat off of the transmission,
indirectly also off of the engine and the front differential.
Quality wise I think the Tribeca and Impreza are the
best Subaru products, but they're all good cars.
Coming from Toyota, learn to monitor the tire pressure
so it does not deviate between tires, and rotate them
frequently. AWD's are sensitive here.
I like to do an early oil change at 500-1000 miles, but
that's me.
Basia