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Car Forum / Subaru Cars / September 2008I am not a Subaru owner any more ...
Hello all, I recently got rid of my second Subaru. After 10 years of owning Subies: '93 Legacy L, '02 Impreza 2.5 TS and '02 Outback, putting well over 300 miles on them (with my wife) I have to report I am done with them for at least a while. I had an opportunity to get '00 MB E320T 4Matic in very good condition, low millage at good price I could not to not pass on. It is different car, but MPG wise - on 89 octane fuel , 25 highway range and average speed 55MPH I got 29.5 MPG - I figure I could never archive on neither on my Subies. Anyways I will enjoy MB and Subaru will have to come up with something real convincing. Best regards, Andy Congrats on your new car. What kind of research did you do on the MB? > Hello all, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Best regards, Andy > Congrats on your new car. What kind of research did you do on the MB? No - I have not done too much, besides I always liked them and wanted one to try out :-). > Hello all, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Best regards, Andy I recently checked mileages on my '03 and wifes '08 Foresters and got 20-30 mph on highway. Locally we get 20-23 mpg. One son has an '08 AWD Mercedes requiring premium gas and gets 5 mpg less than us. For price of Mercedes he could have got 2 Foresters. Frank > I recently checked mileages on my '03 and wifes '08 Foresters and got > 20-30 mph on highway. Locally we get 20-23 mpg. One son has an '08 > AWD Mercedes requiring premium gas and gets 5 mpg less than us. For > price of Mercedes he could have got 2 Foresters. I got one for a little less then 10G, with 3/4 millage of my 120k miles rearended Outback. And the insurance paid cash. So it is like half of a Forester :-). I got 29 MPG on 1600 mile road trip last year in my 04 outback. > Hello all, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Best regards, Andy > I got 29 MPG on 1600 mile road trip last year in my 04 outback. The best figure I got on '02 Outback MT was around 25MPG while back when it was quite new. Andy K&n Filter , synthetic oil. Car was fully loaded With ~80k miles . Automatic . cruise was set for 70mph most of the way. > bigjimp...@gmail.com wrote: > > I got 29 MPG on 1600 mile road trip last year in my 04 outback. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Andy > K&n Filter , synthetic oil. Car was fully loaded With ~80k miles . > Automatic . cruise was set for 70mph most of the way. That's pretty much the secret to getting good gas mileage -- set the cruise. However, getting 29mpg @ 70mph is pretty impressive. I figured you needed to be down around 60mph to get that kind of mileage. Yousuf Khan > bigjimp...@gmail.com wrote: > > K&n Filter , synthetic oil. Car was fully loaded With ~80k miles . [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Yousuf Khan For what it's worth I routinely get 29-31mpg in my 2005 Impreza RS2.5 wagon on long freeway drives with the cruise set to around 73. The car is usually loaded enough that I can feel it pretty well when accelerating from a stop and the figures don't seem to change if I have the A/C on. For my daily commute grind, it's more like 24mpg. > Hello all, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Best regards, Andy I have a 94 Legacy with 203k miles on it and I typically get 25mpg in town and 31mpg on highway. Seems ok to me. Dan > Hello all, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Best regards, Andy =========== 97 Legacy here. Just drove around 320 miles round trip this weekend. 29 MPG on the way up, but 27.5 on the way back. I took a different route on the way back and bypassed a few smaller towns and less construction so my overall speed increased. Averaged about 60 MPH for the trip. No AC was running so that saved a mile or two in the overall MPG? >>Hello all, >> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > overall speed increased. Averaged about 60 MPH for the trip. No AC > was running so that saved a mile or two in the overall MPG? Recently took the wife's 03 H6 OBW from texas to nevada and back. got tanks ranging from 25.5 to 28 . 2 adults and some luggage/camping gear. A/C on and often with the cruise on 75 for dozens of miles at a time. not too bad Carl  Signatureto reply, change ( .not) to ( .net) > Hello all, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Best regards, Andy You should check out the new Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS GT. I think its ugly, but that could have been right up your ally ;). I could never sell my little blue subie! FYI, the most mileage I've ever got on my 99 2.5 RS is 25mpgs... but I drive my car really hard. > You should check out the new Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS GT. I think its > ugly, but that could have been right up your ally ;). [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > FYI, the most mileage I've ever got on my 99 2.5 RS is 25mpgs... but I > drive my car really hard. Subarus still appeal to me - maybe in a few years. In fact I like new Imprezas. And I would probably be interested in the Outback provided it is a little bit bigger and looking more robust like the gen2. Andy > Subarus still appeal to me - maybe in a few years. In fact I like new > Imprezas. And I would probably be interested in the Outback provided it > is a little bit bigger and looking more robust like the gen2. I for my part prefer a car that is robust before one that only looks like it was. Regarding size: this year it was the first holiday with our new Outback and I was surprised how much baggage fits in. I had a BMW 5 touring before, and the car is definitely "bigger" (or should I say "fatter"?) than the Outback, but I felt I had more space this year. (I am speaking for 2 adults and a dog. Of course, the situation is different when you have children, etc.) > Hello all, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Best regards, Andy You should check out the new Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS GT. I think its ugly, but that could have been right up your ally ;). I could never sell my little blue subie! FYI, the most mileage I've ever got on my 99 2.5 RS is 25mpgs... but I drive my car really hard. |
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