Melissa Reese <melissa_at_bonnyweeboaty.net> wrote: >I drive an old (1987) Subaru GL wagon (four door), and it works very well for me. My wife drives a 94 Legacy Sedan, non-AWD, non-Turbo, and it's a great car. >For a car, it does have very good road clearance, And great skid plates and gravel guards, even on the non-AWD models. >I'm not sure about "ease of repair", as I usually take it to my trusted local mechanic for the greasy stuff, but the basic maintenance things like checking fluids, changing tires, etc., is easy enough. Subaru engineers are brilliant. The oil drain plug and oil filter are right up front, and I don't even use a jack/jackstand for changing oil..heck, you don't even have to lay on your back and stick your head under the car...I can do it on my knees from in front of the front bumper. > My car is in good shape, and it's very reliable, Subarus are very well-built vehicles. Given regular oil changes and decent maintenance, they'll run well forever. Given no maintenance, they'll run like cr*p forever. I do have a serious gripe with Subaru, though. Their ergonomics engineers should all be shot. Every one of them. Controls for radios, wipers, cruise control, rear defrost, heaters, A/C controls, power locks, power mirrors, and power windows have asinine ergonomics. Nothing is where it should be, and nothing works the way you would expect it to. And it seems to change from year to year, for those who upgrade cars biannually, but stay with the same make/model. They got too damn creative, and for no reason. Why is the cup holder in front of the radio?! Some will say, "you get used to it", but when it's my wife's car, and not _my_ daily driver, and we're on a long trip, and driving through Portland on 4 lanes, and it's raining about a gazillion inches per minute, and I can't find the controls for the defrost or rear defog, nor the radio knob to turn it off to concentrate (thankfully the wipers operate like most Japanese rigs), it's a legitimate gripe. Shawn __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jan 13 2003 - 09:13:23 PST
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