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Originally Posted by SeanPlunk
Congratulations to Subaru - for years they've made some cool cars but I think they've hit a homerun with the Forrester. I know we have one very satisfied owner on this site as a matter of fact. Link to article for anyone interested.
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Sorry it's taken so long to reply. We're about 6k miles into the Forrester and love it more now than when we bought it. Only two complaints-
The road noise is a bit louder than I'd like (any and all advise about improving this would be GREATLY appreciated). Not horrible, in fact better than in the past, but just a few db improvement would make a comfortable long-range cruiser even better.
I wish it had a more modern 5 or 6 speed auto. The engine tweeks for the '09 did a good job of widening the torque curve but the gap between first and second is wider than ideal, esp. when jamming up an onramp.
![Haile](images/smilies/hail.gif)
![Haile](images/smilies/hail.gif)
The most amazing aspect of the car is the combination of GREAT hiway ride and rally car like stability on loose rutty roads. At the end of a drive along a 30ish mile goat path there was no difference in feel when we (finally, accordfing to my wife) got back to pavement. In fact, sometimes I wish I could defeat the AWD just to get a little drifting in!