I don’t think telling people to buy 2009 and earlier Subarus is a good idea. I love the huge resale on my legacy but the current cars are kind of not up to the task and they haven’t made a wagon since 2009 in the US. The ATS all wheel drive system can’t even drive the rear wheels without front slip, not to mention the reliability issues with the CVT if you actually use the all-wheel drive or cruise on the highway.
The WRX could be up to the task, it is the only car in the lineup that can drive all the wheels without slip. The rest of the lineup is kind of just a front wheel drive car with a CVT so I would not recommend it, but if you put winter tires on it it’ll be fine.
If you put the multi layer WRX 2.5 l head gasket saying and you get the heads plained it’s so one time job. You should be good for a 300 to 400,000 miles from the rest of the car.
I don’t think telling people to buy 2009 and earlier Subarus is a good idea. I love the huge resale on my legacy but the current cars are kind of not up to the task and they haven’t made a wagon since 2009 in the US. The ATS all wheel drive system can’t even drive the rear wheels without front slip, not to mention the reliability issues with the CVT if you actually use the all-wheel drive or cruise on the highway.
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The WRX could be up to the task, it is the only car in the lineup that can drive all the wheels without slip. The rest of the lineup is kind of just a front wheel drive car with a CVT so I would not recommend it, but if you put winter tires on it it’ll be fine.
I have an 01 Forester. Its AWD is solid, snow tires make January in MT a piece of cake, but it’s the damn head gaskets that get feisty instead lol
If you put the multi layer WRX 2.5 l head gasket saying and you get the heads plained it’s so one time job. You should be good for a 300 to 400,000 miles from the rest of the car.
I definitely did slap the mls gaskets on this time. First owner had them done at 70,000 miles but it was before the better ones came out.