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tntracer

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I am a long time Jeep owner looking at a switch to a Forester for my daily driver. Going to look at an 07 at Evergreen on Friday, any areas of concern I should be looking for with this generation? I prefer the more angular style to the current model. My wife is on her second Legacy, both relatively trouble free, but I have never been real impressed with the automatic transmissions, I will be shopping for a manual. Any input is welcome, also would be curious as to what is out there for skid plates, suspension upgrades etc. I spend a LOT of time in the dirt with my job in the environmental/civil engineering world. Thanks

Paul

 
Bratman18 said:
Is power a concern? If so, go for the XT. If you plan on playing in the dirt leave it at stock height or if you feel the need for more clearance, you can lift it using spacers on the struts, and then bigger tires, and yes they have tons of skid plated and other upgrades and aftermarket parts for the Foresters.
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welcome, glad to hear there's another dirty Scoob in the MS fambly now

check out get-primitive.com for details about skidplates, rear diff protectors and lift springs for the Foz

 
tntracer said:
I am a long time Jeep owner looking at a switch to a Forester for my daily driver. Going to look at an 07 at Evergreen on Friday, any areas of concern I should be looking for with this generation? I prefer the more angular style to the current model. My wife is on her second Legacy, both relatively trouble free, but I have never been real impressed with the automatic transmissions, I will be shopping for a manual. Any input is welcome, also would be curious as to what is out there for skid plates, suspension upgrades etc. I spend a LOT of time in the dirt with my job in the environmental/civil engineering world. Thanks

Paul
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Subaru is a good vehicle choice in your line of work. I should know, I design High Voltage Power Lines, I own a 2009 WRX hatchback. My job is more civil/structural than environmental or electrical, but both do have a significant role to play in my job. Even archeology plays its part. What do you do in the Civil/Environmental world?

 
You should defiantly lift the forester! There a company that makes 2in spacers for the Forester, add Bfg a/t's or Grabbers and you got a pretty serious offroad rig.

 
I took a look at get-primitive, it would seem they have just what I would need - skid plates and the king springs for a little more height but more importantly the increase in spring rate - I tend to haul a lot of soil samples and density testing equipment around. Makes me feel better about making the switch.

 
tntracer said:
I am a long time Jeep owner looking at a switch to a Forester for my daily driver. Going to look at an 07 at Evergreen on Friday, any areas of concern I should be looking for with this generation? I prefer the more angular style to the current model. My wife is on her second Legacy, both relatively trouble free, but I have never been real impressed with the automatic transmissions, I will be shopping for a manual. Any input is welcome, also would be curious as to what is out there for skid plates, suspension upgrades etc. I spend a LOT of time in the dirt with my job in the environmental/civil engineering world. Thanks

Paul
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Hey welcome aboard. When I worked at a Honda dealership, my boss said something once that stuck with me, along the lines of "say what you want about Subarus, but they make a ton of manual transmissions." And he's right...I'm pretty sure that, at least for the American market, Subaru makes a higher percentage of manual cars than anyone else. And Subaru builds some impressive manual boxes (though all the clutches are stiff as hell, at least in the turbo ones I've driven. Takes a day to get used to)

 
I was able to look at a couple Foresters on Friday - thank you Evergreen. Looks like I will be buying one. Looking forward to throwing some suspension parts, skid plates, tire upgrade and then see what it will do in the dirt.

 
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