Forester Maintenance $$$ ?

[yvrwfc]

Hi
I am comparing a 2004 Forester (XS) with a Honda CRV...

Interested to find out current owners' experience with post-warranty
maintenance expenses? My mechanic strongly suggests me not to pursue
Forester as:

- spares are harder to find (as compared with CRV)
- high costs
- high wear-out on brakes and tires...(partly due to AWD)


Any comments/advice?

Thnks...

will
bc canada

 

[Mike Snyir]

Well, I've had a 1999 Forester for 3 years and now my second 2002 Forester S
for just over a year.
Went on several vacations in both vehicles, lots of city driving and never
replaced any beake parts or tires.
Mintenance on both vehicles were regular oil changes & scheduled miles.
Never a problem for me, no
major repiars of any kind.

As far as spares harder to find it's a full size standard tire right ?

Those are non-issues. Uf you compare the safty and overall quality the
Forester is always on top,
My 2 cents.

 

[laro]

Hi
I am comparing a 2004 Forester (XS) with a Honda CRV...

Interested to find out current owners' experience with post-warranty
maintenance expenses? My mechanic strongly suggests me not to pursue
Forester as:

- spares are harder to find (as compared with CRV)
- high costs
- high wear-out on brakes and tires...(partly due to AWD)


Any comments/advice?

Thnks...

will
bc canada

Yes, find another mechanic. That one is telling you a lot different than
mine
did. Mine recommends Foresters and Outbox highly as "cast iron" and rarely
need any work. Of course, he's a long-time friend and is more interested
in
keeping a customer than generating repair business. (He's too darned busy,
anyway.) No fooling, ask yourself why a mechanic would advise you NOT to
buy a particular car if it were HIGH-maintenance, or LOW-maintenance.

 

[Dan Duncan]

Hi
I am comparing a 2004 Forester (XS) with a Honda CRV...

Interested to find out current owners' experience with post-warranty
maintenance expenses? My mechanic strongly suggests me not to pursue
Forester as:

I haven't had my Forester long enough to comment on maintenance,
but if you consider safety important the Forester is a MUCH
safer vehicle in a collision.

-DanD