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Originally Posted by Rochard
I drive a Jeep Grand Cherokee and I love it. It's a full sized SUV, very comfortable, handles great, hauls whatever I need to haul, has a huge gas tank, and with the full time four wheel drive I can go anywhere I want to go.
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errr, where is the Subaru from the story? I don't get it.
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Originally Posted by Colmike7
I had a 99 Forester until a couple years ago. It was great and perfect for camping and boating trips until the suspension snapped and I made the mistake of getting a BMW instead..  |
You have the chance to fix this mistake in the future
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Originally Posted by Sid70
Thought of getting a 2014 Subaru Legacy, but it starts at $35k, so had to pass for Jetta.
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If you consider used cars, you can get a 6-7 year old legacy for less than $10k and you won't really get a car with 'used-car-feeling' but a Car with a little age and nothing more.
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Originally Posted by suesheboy
My mother totaled 2 cars (Volvo's) in the last year of her life and my father had 2 wrecks (also volvo's) in the past 3 years. He is a horrible driver and now 86.
After looking into collision avoidance systems, I realized all all 4 accidents could have been avoided with the new Subaru eyesight system so I bought him a legacy (had to be ordered which took almost 4 months) and I feel much better.
Most everyone I know here in the mountains has at least 1 Subaru for when the driving gets bad. The attitude is if the Subaru can't make it, we shouldn't be out.
Sadly as his skills including memory have gotten worse, he may not be able to drive more longer. When that happens I plan on selling my car keeping the Legacy. Far from as nice as a loaded Volvo, it gets way better mileage, is more reliable and is much safer.
Before anyone makes any comments, my father refused to stop driving and going to his doctors (all his friends) they told me he is not bad enough to be banned from driving yet.
Spending 28K meant that he so far had a year more freedom and I feel as comfortable as possible knowing that the chances of him hurting someone is reduced as much as I can.
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Glad to hear that those Volvos at least did good job on protecting your parents [at least you haven't mentioned injuries, so I assume (and do hope) they were kept safe even in the totaled cars]. Thank You for sharing your story, and I hope that you won't resist and buy one for yourself sooner than your father says you can can take his one.
