Kia Telluride or Subaru Ascent?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

I’ve been a Subaru fanboy my whole life. I’ve had 5. I would not buy one made between 2010 and 2020

DW has a 2018 Legacy that has been fine.

Last year I bought a 2017 Outback that now has 130K on it. It's been fine.

I may be wrong but I don't think it's every model and year during the decade that have been bad. But I have heard there were a lot of duds.

I have a 2010 and a 2015 outback and they are both going strong. 220,000 some miles on the 2010.

I have a number of friends and family who have Subarus and they all seem pretty happy with them. Sure, there might be the occasional lemon, but they are unusual. I wouldn’t hesitate to buy another Subaru- in fact, we are also looking at the electric crosstrek.

We have two Outback’s too. One is a 2011 with 210,000 miles on it. They aren’t sexy cars, but are functional, safe and in our case, reliable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I’ve been a Subaru fanboy my whole life. I’ve had 5. I would not buy one made between 2010 and 2020

DW has a 2018 Legacy that has been fine.

Last year I bought a 2017 Outback that now has 130K on it. It's been fine.

I may be wrong but I don't think it's every model and year during the decade that have been bad. But I have heard there were a lot of duds.

We are happily still driving 2010 and 2019 Foresters. No major problems or costs other than scheduled service and maintenance. Planning on getting a 2025 Forester as it’s the last year made in Japan.

[Anonymous]

Kia’s are well known to consume oil much faster than other cars, like a quart every 1000 miles. Just google it. But you might be fine with that if you love the other aspects of the telluride. Cars typically require an oil change every 8000 miles.

[Anonymous]

We bought a 2024 Subaru Outback in May 2023 (yes, that’s right). We’ve done regular maintenance, but have had zero problems. Picked up the Subaru Gold extended warranty for $1500 (after negotiation), which covers everything except wearables for 7 years/100k miles. Not sure how they could offer that deal if their cars are a piece of sh*t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We bought a 2024 Subaru Outback in May 2023 (yes, that’s right). We’ve done regular maintenance, but have had zero problems. Picked up the Subaru Gold extended warranty for $1500 (after negotiation), which covers everything except wearables for 7 years/100k miles. Not sure how they could offer that deal if their cars are a piece of sh*t.

Same poster. We also bought the first four years of maintenance at half price. The dealer literally showed us all the required maintenance, their current cost for the services, and we negotiated it from $1600 to $800. The savings paid for half of the extended warranty mentioned above. I’m guessing that they make money on the maintenance deal in two ways: 1) if you’re always coming to the dealership for service, you might buy another car from them or continue service there after four years, and 2) if you move from the area, you’re toast because the deal is with the specific dealership, so you’ve paid for maintenance you won’t receive.