I was just wondering how many are on here and what you have done with them, story's, mishaps, mods, fun. Also is everyone as pleased as I am with mine or am I just a bit weird?
I also love the fact that people don't look twice at me unlike the STI :
I traded in my 07 Impreza wagon for the New 08 X Premium 5MT Forester. It is a perfect blend of my07 Wagon and My 02 Forester. Could have got the turbo but I can't keep myself out of trouble with a N/A engine.
My mother has had a 98, 02, and current 04. Putting 40K per year on the 98 and 02. And the 04 not so much as she is retired now. The rents plan to keep the 04 till infinity. They have had nothing but great service and reliability with them.
Bought my 03 Forester XS new. Been lovin' it ever since. Low mileage beauty... just rolled over 62k
Big mod list
Swift Springs (drop is about 2 to 2.5")
Goodridge stainless brake lines
ATE Superblue brake juice
Homemade CAI
Cobb pulley
STi 20mm rear sway
Perrin rear endlinks
Prodrive rear diff skidplate
Whiteline steering rack bushings
Kartboy short shifter
Kartboy shifter bushings
Customer shift knob
Custom grounding kit
Optima Redtop battery w/ kartboy tiedown
JDM sport grill w/ STi "I" badge
WRX pedal set
Prosport oil temp gauge column mounted
oh my and the list goes on... if you haven't found http://www.subaruforester.com yet... check it out. I'm glad to see that people here on STM are starting to see the practicality of the Forester and the fact that it's a kick ass car to drive (with a few mods of course... >
when you go to replace your endlinks, check out the poltecs. I think the spherical bearings in the Perrin/Kartboy/etc get too crudded up in this lovely climate we live in. My perrins are quite crusty and it makes me wonder how well they actually work.