Free: Contests & Raffles.
Don't get a Subaru buy an American made. This thread has all but answered some of the questions I have had about other members.
Lot of good info and a lot of good banter on here! I enjoy it all and appreciate the relevant info.I'm pretty torn on whether I should try to steer the Mother in law away from a Subaru. They have at least 2 class action suits against them for excessive oil consumption. Then the head gasket issues from the earlier years. I know Subaru has done a lot of ring replacements and new short blocks for this issue. I know that people usually go to forums because they have problems with their vehicles. So it skews the way the vehicles are represented a bit.I have a concern about her having to add oil to a motor on a regular basis. Ive been through a lot of vehicles over the years and I don't remember ever having 1 that used that much oil. Heck my 98 Silverado with the 5.7 might use a quart between changes if I drove it hard. But that was only once or twice in 70,000 miles.My 01 Avalon wouldn't go through any oil between changes and it had 228,000 miles on it. From what Ive been reading a quart every 1200 miles isn't uncommon. Then I wonder what its doing to the catalytic converter and oxygen sensors. Ive also read that about 5% of the cars with the 2.5 has these issues. Seems like pretty good odds that she wont have a problem. But also seems like 1 in 20 cars with a major issue is way to high a rate for this to happen.Gonna have to do some more research, and thinking on this.
As taxpayers we've all bought a good old "made in the USA" automobile. It's the only invisible car that I own... GOVERNMENT BAILOUTS ANYONE? Wapatriot just bought a couple.
