JHZR2
Staff member
Hello,
I am trying to collect overall comments and experiences of subaru owners, to help my wife.
We currently have a 94 integra which is her car. It has 186k miles, but runs like new. however, the rubber parts are of consistently poor quality (OE), and worse, the car is starting to rust. It still is a great commuter car, but her job requires her to travel to a number of the local towns with a lot of stuff for her job. Sooner or later (hopefully later) we will have to trade in the integra for a larger car, so I want to start learning a few things.
On her list is the saab 9-3 wagon, the subaru legacy (now called outback) basic wagon, and the subaru tribeca.
Cherry Hill NJ is Subaru's office center apparently, and I managed to have a good discussion with an employee who had an 08 tribeca. He stated that Subaru had actually made this design for saab, as the sheetmetal and tooling for the original 9-7x. Then subaru was sold to toyota, saab got a trailblazer, and subaru had this tooling, which they decided to use to refresh the tribeca... it looks a lot like my 9-3 in the lights, in 2008 sheetmetal form.
I have always liked the legacy wagon - their basic station wagon. Now the legacy is the sedan name, and the outback is the wagon name, and we might be interested in a legacy wagon. My wife is very hesitant to give up the MT, and so as much as she likes the feel and utility of the tribeca, the engine is huge (3.6L), the fuel economy isnt that great, and she has to get one with AT.
We'd be interested in an MT base or 2.5L turbo wagon as well.
So, any information regarding your experiences, weaknesses, strengths, etc. for these two vehicles would be most appreciated.
Thanks!!
JMH
I am trying to collect overall comments and experiences of subaru owners, to help my wife.
We currently have a 94 integra which is her car. It has 186k miles, but runs like new. however, the rubber parts are of consistently poor quality (OE), and worse, the car is starting to rust. It still is a great commuter car, but her job requires her to travel to a number of the local towns with a lot of stuff for her job. Sooner or later (hopefully later) we will have to trade in the integra for a larger car, so I want to start learning a few things.
On her list is the saab 9-3 wagon, the subaru legacy (now called outback) basic wagon, and the subaru tribeca.
Cherry Hill NJ is Subaru's office center apparently, and I managed to have a good discussion with an employee who had an 08 tribeca. He stated that Subaru had actually made this design for saab, as the sheetmetal and tooling for the original 9-7x. Then subaru was sold to toyota, saab got a trailblazer, and subaru had this tooling, which they decided to use to refresh the tribeca... it looks a lot like my 9-3 in the lights, in 2008 sheetmetal form.
I have always liked the legacy wagon - their basic station wagon. Now the legacy is the sedan name, and the outback is the wagon name, and we might be interested in a legacy wagon. My wife is very hesitant to give up the MT, and so as much as she likes the feel and utility of the tribeca, the engine is huge (3.6L), the fuel economy isnt that great, and she has to get one with AT.
We'd be interested in an MT base or 2.5L turbo wagon as well.
So, any information regarding your experiences, weaknesses, strengths, etc. for these two vehicles would be most appreciated.
Thanks!!
JMH