Subaru: Am I missing something?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This gasket thing is an old wive’s tail.

You cannot go wrong w Subaru, or for that matter, Honda or Toyota.

Signed happy Subaru owner

Yeah, just like the CVT thing. And the wheel bearing thing. And the CV joints thing.

All of them old wives tales.


I know this for certain, because I’ve had to fix all of them on my old wife’s Subarus.

+1. Had a gasket issue and wheel bearing issues. Bought it used so thought it was just that particular car. Bought another one new after the first one died and now having wheel bearing issues. No more Subarus for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As I shop around for an economical, reliable vehicle, I keep returning to Subaru: Japanese company, AWD standard, utilitarian (if not rugged) styling...and the price sure beats anything comparable. Yet Subaru has a niche following—what am I missing? Is there something that keeps these cars from being as popular (and having less resale value) than Honda and Toyota?

It's not a demand problem; it's supply. Subaru can barely produce its vehicles fact enough. The company has elected not to raise capacity. I don't get what you're referring to wrt resale value; there are few low-mileage Subarus on the resale market.

[Anonymous]

Another gasket leak owner here. To be fair, it was a 2005 Forester, which I bought new. Had it for 8 years before oil was leaking all over and $3,000-$4,000 to fix. I had no idea Subarus from that time period weren't super reliable like all their feel-good ads claim.

I went back to a Honda. No more Subarus for me.

[Anonymous]

Husband love the idea of Subaru's for years but after tow that just did not hold up and fell apart well before their time at 130K miles he went with a Honda. We both traded in cars recently same model year, his car had 30K less miles than mine yet he got $2500 less than I got for my car. We most maintain our cars well/follow scheduled maintenance.