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Originally Posted by rebekahb
My new company car will be a Subaru. Not. Happy. At. All. I get that I pay minimal for it so thankful about that.
My husband told me I can’t park in the driveway (joking). My friends are asking if they can apply bumper stickers to my back windshield. Might as well start growing my armpit hair long now and buy some Birkenstocks and a kayak to go on the roof  |
Here in Ohio Subaru are as common as Hondas and pretty much everybody drives them. When I say everybody, I mean all types, ages, kinds of personalities and so forth.
There is a huge following here for the high-performance Subaru, including the Legacy GT, the STI, and the WRX.
Subaru is having a huge issue with mechanical problems right now whereas they were known as extremely reliable before. This change was brought about when they introduced their CRV transmission of which the first generation was extremely unreliable, and the recent generation isn’t much better. A lot of people don’t know that they designed, manufactured and improved (If you wanna call it that) their own CRV transmission. Most other transmissions are made by one or two major manufacturers in Germany for Japanese cars and not by the car makers themselves. Hamachi gear comes immediately to mind.
They have gotten boxier, and uglier, and much more of a utility SUV than a nice car to look at. The mechanical reliability issue and the new smart screen in the middle of the car that is oversized drove me away from the vehicle plus the big push on everything vegan, “we are so environmentally friendly“, the dog commercials, everything else is just not me.
While I was at the dealership today, I saw two people told that they needed new transmissions. Of course they are stunned because their cars are fairly recent, so that’s a pretty scary reason to stay away from the vehicle at this time.
The extra long armpit hair is overrated. I wouldn’t suggest it.