I Wanted a 2025 Subaru Forester, So We Ditched the Porsche Macan and Our BMW and Bought Two, All Because Of Subaru’s Warm and Fuzzy Commercials

If they had an Outback EV with real range and charging, I'd be interested. Touring with brown leather, please, like the other Subarus I've had.

She doesn't have a husband, she has a wife.

Dumping a BMW and a Macan for two NA Subaru wagons is low T crazy work.

I'm extremely unhappy with my Subaru after 100k miles it goes to junkyard on a linear scale. Failing one part after the other.

Clutch, Corroded exhaust, A/c, and the list goes on ..on

Not a bad idea, but you should have bought 1 Outback, much better than a Forester and only slightly more expensive.

I will be buying my new Subaru Forester within the next 2 weeks. I love their commercials. My favorite was the man taking his dog to see his favorite places and his girlfriend. The safety features are another reason. I never thought about Subaru before the commercial. After lots of research I'm sold. My little guy will be safe as well.

I have a Forester, I love it. I got rid of a mercedes for it and never regretted doing it

Long time truck driver here and I've always kept a ranking of, IMHO, the worst, most annoying drivers by make or model and Subaru has always been at the top of the list. So this story checks out. The rest of my top five btw are Prius, Mustang, BMW, and any truck with a lift kit and/or super low profile tires.

I have a Forester, I love it. I got rid of a mercedes for it and never regretted doing it

I bought my first Subaru sometime back in the 90s. It was an outback with the standard four-cylinder engine. I thoroughly enjoyed that car but as things go something else caught my eye so I traded it. After a short period of time with whatever that car was, I traded it on another Subaru outback which I thoroughly enjoyed but again something else caught my eye anyway, after going through this routine with five outbacks, I am now driving my sixth Subaru outback a limited XT (my second limited XT). I think this is my forever car as I’m getting too old to be continually trading cars. I also want to say that I have not had a minutes trouble with any of my six outbacks. I have thoroughly enjoyed every one of them and end, I commend Subaru for making such reliable and enjoyable to drive vehicles.

We are second time Forester owners and convinced the quality, safety and service are at the high end of the totem pole. As long as Subaru continues its current practice, we will have no reason whatsoever to buy anything else. You know the old expression " if it ain't broke, don't fix it". We are not dog owners, so cute and fuzzy have zero impact on our decision-making.

Two more foresters on the road. Unfortunate. The forester is in the top 3 most annoyingly bright headlights on the road. Blinding drivers in front of you or on coming traffic is not safe Subaru. Road fatalities are increasing and it started when LED headlights were introduced.

My experience with my Forester has not been good. Bought new in 2018, have 14,000 miles on it and has never left the Cincinnati area. Purchased the Subaru factory extended warranty. The plastic trim around my rear hatch started to show the primer grey and when I showed it to tbe dealer was told paint is covered for only 36 months. Contacted Subaru and told the same thing. $900 out of my our pocket later
it was repainted. Two different bodyshop managers told me the same thing, parts were only hit with one coat of clearcoat vice the minimum of two required. Totally on Subaru and their lack of true customer service will bring me back to Honda.

Our first Subaru was a 2017 Forester Limited. Great car, but we traded that in for our third Subaru, an 2021 Ascent Touring. With 2 kids, carpooling, and sports we needed the extra cargo and a 3rd row. Our second Subaru is a 2019 Crosstrek Limited. For that, we had to replace a totaled (The other driver lost control and smashed into our car, no injuries!) VW Jetta hybrid, which we loved but they stopped making hybrids and we wanted the AWD for winters anyway. The Forester only ever needed routine maintenance, 1 set of tires, a brake job, and scheduled service during the 70k+ miles we owned it. Same for the Crosstrek (25k miles), though we had to replace the radio/head unit under warranty because the touch screen stopped working. The Ascent (now at 45k miles) has had a few issues but is tiptop now. First, the OEM tires wore down in less than 20k miles. They apparently used a softer tire for road comfort but they don't last. We moved to some Cooper tires with a warning we'll feel the road more, but they have gone 10k so far with no sign of tread wear, and the road feel (bumps etc) difference is only slightly noticeable and still quite comfortable. Handling is same. Early on the Ascent started having repeated brake issues. It was starting to feel like we made a poor choice getting the Ascent. The service guy at Subaru once suggested the brakes might be carried over from the Forester model and may be undersized for the heavier Ascent. Very frustrating to hear. We replaced pads, disc's, etc, on 3 different occasions (fully covered by Subaru). Fortunately we learned of a recall for the early Ascent models related to the brakes. With that fixed it has been running perfectly, and braking smoothly with no concerns. We only ever get the cars serviced at the dealer. I've been around long enough not to trust most local repair shops unless I'm in a pinch. And with 100k extended warranties (worth it!) on both current cars (Crosstrek and Ascent) it makes no sense to go anywhere else anyway. As for scheduled maintenance, the dealer will always suggest recommended things like air filter changes etc. Some of that you can buy and replace yourself much cheaper. Sometimes you can wait another service cycle depending how dirty it is or whatever. Nothing else has ever cropped up, or coat more, that other car owner friends haven't also experienced. Overall, we have no complaints with our Subarus or with the maintenance service the dealer has provided. We love the cars and see no reason to switch. Next upgrade will come when Subaru has a proven electric or hybrid Ascent-type model available for a few years first.

I'm on my 3rd Subaru, the first was a 1976 coupe. It was totalled in a head on collision with a log truck, I walked away with only cuts on my arm from going through the windshield. We now have a Forester Wilderness and thoroughly enjoy it.

My wife and I own a newer Subaru Outback and love the car. Sadly, the Warm and Fuzzy feelings depicted by the corporate TV commercials is not passed directly to the dealerships. The dealership we bought ours from in a Desert City in So Cal tried to bait and switch us with a car they had transferred down from the Central Coast. The car that we selected from the Central Coast Dealer is not the car that arrived. And the dealership tried very hard to pass it off as the same car. So, I love our car, but the local dealer has some questionable sales tactics. So, in the End Dealerships are still Dealerships and buyer beware regardless of the car manufacturer :(

My wife and I are currently driving our 2nd and 3rd Subaru Outbacks. We bought a 2018 Limited 4 cylinder and drove it 70,000 miles. During that 70,000 miles we traded a Chevrolet Cruise for a 2022 Subaru Outback Touring.
While getting the oil changed in the to18 my wife spotted a 2023 Outback Touring XT with Burnished Bronze paint. We nolonger own the 2018 Outback.
We found a Subaru dealership that includes oil changes as long as you own the vehicle so oil changes are free. As for services being expensive, the 60,000 mile service on the 2018 Outback was $795.00 at our dealership.
We are happy with our Outbacks. They are comfortable, reasonably quiet, economical, and the XT especially can be fun.

I rented a 2023 Outback from Hertz for a few weeks in 2023. I hated the vehicle due mostly to the uncomfortable seats and ride. I wound up getting a new VW ID4 to augment my aging Jeep. Extremely happy now.