Sunday, August 26, 2018

Happy Anniversary Subaru Forester

Time flies. Yesterday we got an email from Beyer Subaru in Alexandria reminding us that it’s been three years since we rolled out of their parking lot with our new Forester. It was also a hint to schedule service. This was our third Subaru - we had an Outback and another Forester. The later we kept for thirteen years! We moved to DC from the Midwest in that car, and hauled our sweet Borzoi Tatiana around town in the back trunk space. For the most part we like Subaru. They rewarded us for liking them by sending us a surprise piece of very expensive weekender luggage on the purchase of a third Subaru vehicle. We traveled to California and back the first year and to Washington state and back the second. This year it seems we have been in the service department more than for the usual check ups for a cracked windshield, and then for the dreaded check engine light that took two visits to figure out. But we can’t really complain about the overall service and customer satisfaction. Probably the only things we really don’t like about this Forester are the pretty useless navigation system, it’s a royal pain to reset the clock when daylight savings rolls around, and it doesn’t have audible sounds when parallel parking if you are going to hit something - although the back up camera helps. It’s been fairly reliable otherwise and the check engine light hasn’t triggered back on for a month now. We really like the eyesight system and all the safety features. We aren’t currently in the market for a new car but would love one that self parks. But when you need to park on the street having a new car is always risky. So, happy anniversary to our Forester. Thanks for the reminder. 














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