So I own a 99 Isuzu Vehicross which has been a great vehicle for me, but it's bad gas mileage and lack of cargo space in addition minor maintenance needs associated with a ~14 year old car had me start looking for a replacement a few months ago. I originally was looking for a small pick up that gets good mileage but I found that they all get about the same mileage as modern V-8s (low 20s or worse), and all of their designs were getting to be dated (at least the ones you an buy in the US). After not having much luck with pick ups I realized that I want to be able to lock up the stuff (i.e. my mountain bike) I throw in the back for when I need to stop somewhere on the way to the trails so I started to look for small suvs. I was looking at Jeep Cherokees as an options, especially the little know Diesel on that was made for a few years, but reliability was a concern with those for me. So I looked at the honda element as an option because of Honda's reliability but the mileage wasn't great and the exterior styling wasn't the most appealing, that was a top contender for me. On a search for reliable cars that still met the criteria of offroad-able and could hold stuff I came across Subarus, and I thought to my self, oh yeah Subarus, why didn't I look at them sooner? I hadn't know that they were up there with honda and toyota with reliability but had the offroad-ability and cargo capacity I was looking for.
Then I saw the Crosstrek on Subaru's website and wondered what it was all about, I noticed the gas mileage numbers and that it had a decent amount of ground clearance. I was pretty much sold from that point on, I had done a lot of searching and research and this car had everything I wanted at a reasonable price. I went into my local subaru dealership test drove some outbacks and imprezas since the didn't have a Crosstrek in stock, I ended up ordering one after I talked them down to invoice plus 500. After about a 6 week wait, I finally picked it up yesterday. I have already put 150 miles on it driving on the snowy/icy back roads of eastern Washington and I couldn't be happier (at this price range at least
).
Then I saw the Crosstrek on Subaru's website and wondered what it was all about, I noticed the gas mileage numbers and that it had a decent amount of ground clearance. I was pretty much sold from that point on, I had done a lot of searching and research and this car had everything I wanted at a reasonable price. I went into my local subaru dealership test drove some outbacks and imprezas since the didn't have a Crosstrek in stock, I ended up ordering one after I talked them down to invoice plus 500. After about a 6 week wait, I finally picked it up yesterday. I have already put 150 miles on it driving on the snowy/icy back roads of eastern Washington and I couldn't be happier (at this price range at least
).
