Just finished paying off my ‘14 Forester. Bought it CPO in October 2015 so I used 36 of the 60 month loan. It joins our ‘13 Outback in the lien-free club. Feels good but will feel even better if the bank gets the title to me by the end of the month so I can get it registered here in NM before my TX tags expire.

Just noticed that I left my car on jack stands all night.  Good morning Oppo!

anyone?

The all-new 2019 Subaru Forester adds a raft of new features to an already popular on and off-road crossover vehicle. Can the new technology, safety and comfort keep up with the competition like the Toyota RAV4 and Honda CR-V?

Of course the video has all the requisite fart noises in it. Subaru,duh.

this would’ve been a great buy

Subaru Rioma (c1991)

Subaru Jo-Car (c1987)

Subaru BLT (c1987)

From the OP “I pulled over next to him a mile or 2 further.

I am a boring man spending a Saturday evening in his garage. What are we up to tonight Oppo?

Up until this point, I’ve enjoyed rallycross racing for its traits that are the antithesis of endurance racing: less focus on “save the car for a long-distance event,” no need to follow a certain pace for fuel consumption/pit stop strategy, and less boredom over 100+ laps. Instead, the focus is to drive at 100% to set…

The Nissan 370Z and GT-R are 10 years old now, but that EJ25 engine in the WRX STI has gone 15 years without meaningful gains. The BRZ was minimum viable effort for Subaru too. Will there even be more enthusiast Subarus?

Well we did it. My wife wanted to upgrade to a 3 row crossover and since she loved her 16' Forester she wanted to stay with the Subaru name plate. So she followed along with announcements on the Ascent. As soon as she could we pre-ordered one that we could back out on if we didn’t like it. We also test drove a…

I brought my real camera, but wasn’t inspired to use it. Here’s some potato pics.

After my poor placement and some careless ice scraping killed the first one, I’ve finally put one of my spares on.

So first I bought a thing

Headed to the lake with a cheap inflatable kayak that was a Prime Day impulse buy. If I don’t post again it’s because I sank. I had to fold the end to close the hatch. It fits fine in our Outback so next weekend’s plan is to finally teach my wife how to drive a manual.

NOTE: Sorry for the crappy pictures. It has rained about every day since I bought the car, and I haven’t been able to give it its first wash and wax to then take decent pictures.

In anticipation for the finale, we reflect on eight cars which nearly made the cut.