Great car. Love the way it handles and drives. I've owned 3 Subaru foresters and this is our first outback. I think I like it better!

Owned this car for 4 years and it is a work horse. All wheel drive is really safe with hugging the road. Low tire wear. As with any 14 year old car, some maintenance but all easy to perform. Easy to replace alternator, leaking power stearing with a new top oring. Never shy away from owning a Subaru!!

This was a good car for me living in the mountains in Colorado, but I'm writing this to warn everyone DO NOT BUY THIS CAR!! It is a maintenance nightmare. At first, I liked that the turbo gave it extra pep when passing semi trucks on the interstate. However the turbo lag as the engine revs up past 3000 RPM is annoying. In other words, don't try to pull out into traffic quickly or make a quick left turn, it is very slow off of a dead stop. The AWD was great and I never once in 11 years of ownership slid into the ditch or got in an accident. On the other hand, the transmission dropped out completely while I was turning left and I was nearly hit head on as the car stalled in incoming traffic. The list of repairs this car needed is so long I can't name them all here, but notable is that the CV boots are constantly cracking and dirt gets in and ruins them. The oil leaked out of the valve covers, and the power steering pump went out. There was a tiny short in the stereo that kept draining the battery, but to fix it the entire center console had to be replaced at over $700. The final nail in the coffin was that the turbo just blew up sending shards of metal into the engine, and it's dead. Only worth about $500 trade in value. The turbo isn't worth the tiny boost you get. Just buy a v6 engine instead. Otherwise you are committing to buying 91 octane gas and every oil change is around $80. I tried to be very proactive in keeping the car well maintained and the interior and exterior are in great condition. But I must have not babied it enough, because things were breaking all the time. I pains me to say it after owning other Subarus, but this car is a LEMON. Just walk away.