You are getting 28mpg in a
You are getting 28mpg in a naturally aspirated 4cyl forester? I have a 2023 Forester Wilderness and even with the advanced cruise control and steering assist on the highway I get around 27. In town, 22 at the very best with a performance chip to jncrease mpg as it was about 19 to 20mpg. I do live in the 6th largest city in our nation and at times spend an hour of gas going maybe 10 miles in rush hour but I wonder how you are basing your assessment? Does the 2021 show you how many mpg from sensors and the odometer etc? Are you using 91oct fuel and averaging this over a full tank? I'm not near my manual but I don't think it lists the efficiency averages that high. It (I believe) it was 23/28 highway with the same boxer engine.The ODB2 Chipset I bought and installed definitely changed the entire powet curve from the start up to fast highway speeds. It's like a completely different car.i bought it with absolute real expectation perimeters for just mostly info to the ecu changing mostly fuel to air mixture and a little bit higher rpm settings before each higher gear with again... A really nice and very quick pedal response time shave and very noticeable power where cars usually flatten out on the dyno (regular commuting cars) at around the 65 to 70mph area all the way to (I won't say) but it now comes alive through all 8 gears. Well good for you if you're really getting 28.5 mpg because you're averaging 48,000 miles per year!? 4000 in a month and you've gone to fill it up about 14 times. Where the heck did you go?, I drove from Tucson to Manhatten NY one spring break and that isn't even 4k.
The Blue tooth is standard on wildnerness models. You don't mention what model you drive. There are 7 different models of Foresters that are quite a lot different from one end to the other with them..
Also (and I'm just curios as i bought this new about 2 months ago and one thing that sticks out that makes me double take every time I see another one like mine is the very undersized wheel and tire combined sizes on all. They look shockingly too small and sit inside the wheel wells with so much space that it looks almost like 4 spare tires that are larger than a doughnut tire but under privileged so to speak. They read 235/60/r17 on a 4wd suv with 9 2" clearance because they're using those Yokohama cheap priced no tread pattern worth a darn on street and definitely off road. And it is why Subaru is offering the free tire replacements for longer than any other suv in their basic warranty package.
This is what I got confused for about you putting a 2inch lift in your 2021 forester? A body lift gives you no more clearance at all and the tires are imho verrry undersized even for the size listed on them.
I immediately put them in storage as they are dangerous in my opinion on faster highway speeds that have multiple curves with a speed suggested reduction of 10mph. I had the steering assist on (amazing feature) and those tires at 38lbs each rolled enough under to feel not grabbing well making the truck bare most of the force and leaning...
Enough of that. Got back from the little 2 day excursion to test all the 4wd settings
and have 235/65/17 BFG All Terrain new KO2 type tires. Night and day difference. Like a Cadillac compared to those others, not loud even though it's much more aggressive tread that is all over the side walls as well and went from 0 to TEN PLY safest wheels and no need to say what they do for off road with bfg A.T. Ko2s..
No need for a lift You couldn't fit a tire that requires a real suspension lift because the front and back fenders on these SUV class would rub and you would have to cut and retrofit a larger wheel well. The ones I have are the limit and will not rub despite very aggressive off road driving in some harsh AZ Sonoran desert turned deep mud from the 12" we got the morning I went with the new set up. Back home, had it completely detailed and can't believe I carved many of the same higher level 4x4 roads with it that I have taken my 350 hp raptor. Impressive technology in a little 4 cylinder that was fine for city but now much more capable with the chip after the engine fully cycled in about 150 miles.
I asked those questions to you because I don't know about the 2021 and what kind of Forester because there are around 7 with 2 for off road and some really nice touring edition Foresters...
I'm new to this site and appreciate any good advice or experiences people have had now that I'm a Subie.
Thanks for having me and I hope to add some part of value sharing my findings.
Mike V