My wife and I sold our 2014 Honda Accord EX-L and bought a 2018 Subaru Legacy Premium. We are selling our house and are moving to Washington State in the Spokane area (Deer Park). I have a 2017 Ford F150 4x4 and we decided that an all wheel drive vehicle for my wife is in order. I have a couple of friends with Subaru's and they have nothing but good things to say about them.
My wife just had cancer surgery so anything difficult for her to get in and out of was out. We looked at all the Subaru models and she liked the entry/exit of the Legacy to be the easiest. That's were we started.
The biggest selling point was all the collision avoidance options available. We bought a Legacy with option package 15. That included Starlink, Navigation, Power Moonroof, Eyesight Driver-Assist System. Eyesight includes Pre-Collision Braking, Pre-Collision Throttle-Management, Lane Departure Warning and Lane Sway Warning, Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Keep Assist, Blind Spot Detection w/Rear Cross Traffic Alert and Lane Change Assist. It's a lot to learn about for sure !
The lane departure system is a little spooky at first. It gently moves you back to the center of the lane. You can feel it in the steering wheel. If you change lanes without a turn signal, it will let you know. My wife and I were driving down the freeway and there was a Semi with an oversized load. I was getting ready to exit the freeway but the semi's load was overhanging into my lane and it moved me away from it and sounded a warning. Surprised the heck out of me ! This will take some getting used to for sure.
It's not a powerhouse for speed for sure, but the AWD will make it handy in the winter months in eastern Washington. It's has a CVT transmission with steering wheel mounted paddle shifters. Don't really know the reason for this except to have some fun when you get bored. The sticker fuel mileage is 25/34 combined 29. Reasonable for this vehicle. 6K service intervals with 0w20 and full synthetic required. It will be Subaru filters and Mobil 1 EP. I will update this as we put some miles on .
My wife just had cancer surgery so anything difficult for her to get in and out of was out. We looked at all the Subaru models and she liked the entry/exit of the Legacy to be the easiest. That's were we started.
The biggest selling point was all the collision avoidance options available. We bought a Legacy with option package 15. That included Starlink, Navigation, Power Moonroof, Eyesight Driver-Assist System. Eyesight includes Pre-Collision Braking, Pre-Collision Throttle-Management, Lane Departure Warning and Lane Sway Warning, Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Keep Assist, Blind Spot Detection w/Rear Cross Traffic Alert and Lane Change Assist. It's a lot to learn about for sure !
The lane departure system is a little spooky at first. It gently moves you back to the center of the lane. You can feel it in the steering wheel. If you change lanes without a turn signal, it will let you know. My wife and I were driving down the freeway and there was a Semi with an oversized load. I was getting ready to exit the freeway but the semi's load was overhanging into my lane and it moved me away from it and sounded a warning. Surprised the heck out of me ! This will take some getting used to for sure.
It's not a powerhouse for speed for sure, but the AWD will make it handy in the winter months in eastern Washington. It's has a CVT transmission with steering wheel mounted paddle shifters. Don't really know the reason for this except to have some fun when you get bored. The sticker fuel mileage is 25/34 combined 29. Reasonable for this vehicle. 6K service intervals with 0w20 and full synthetic required. It will be Subaru filters and Mobil 1 EP. I will update this as we put some miles on .