I drove my "New to me" 2006 Subaru Outback the 400 mile round trip to visit my Ma for her 95th birthday on the weekend, it was miserable weather, wet and cold on Saturday but improved marginally yesterday. The car went perfectly, and returned 7.6 litres per 100 Km (37.17 MP (Oz)G, or 30.95 MP (US) G)
Really comfy car with all the creature comforts that were broken on my old Subaru that the insurance company wrote off after the truck took me out, great heating/aircon, comfy seat, quite, handles magnificently and had plenty of power for only a little 2.5 litre engine. The brakes appear to have "bedded in" now, not nearly as much pulsing through the pedal. I didn't take it to the brake shop before the trip but removed the wheels and checked each disc and pads, and everything (especially the pads) looked like new, so I'm guessing they were replaced as part of the roadworthy inspection certificate that was provided by the PO.
I paid $6K AUD (about $3800 US) for it with 115,000 miles, but with the $4880 that the insurance company paid me out for the write off, and the $700 that the kid paid me when he tagged me with his BMW a couple of months earlier, it really only cost me a few hundred bucks, including the transfer fees, so I couldn't be happier. The DMV also recognised my VA "Gold card" status and reduced my annual registration/insurance fee by 50%. It's got a couple of cosmetic blemishes that I'll fix along the way, but all up, I'm very happy with it.
NewBaru 20 Aug 2023 by
Terry Prendergast, on Flickr