Thinking of a new vehicle for the wife

[Dave_L]

My wife has a 2013 Subaru. We're dealing with this fun:

http://m.autoblog.com/2014/07/22/sub...xcess-oil-use/

Her Legacy was consuming .74 quarts every 1200 miles. Yikes. The put new piston rings in and fully covered it under warranty but it's kind of lame that our 2013 needed a rebuild (basically). Subaru extended the non transferable warranty to 100k miles so they've been pretty good about handling it. However, knowing this, we may have looked to other cars. Her car died upon start up today. We've had the car back 2-3 weeks. We''ll see if it happens again tomorrow.

Apparently Subaru s are good at eating oil due to the boxer engine. At least that's what people keep telling me when I tell them about this.

Overall, the car has been good. Great in the snow, 30mpg and plenty of space. But do your research on them first.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

I know you said no go for gm products. But if you change your mind I'd be more than happy to bring my wife's ’14 Acadia by.

[Great-Kazoo]

My wife has a 2013 Subaru. We're dealing with this fun:

http://m.autoblog.com/2014/07/22/sub...xcess-oil-use/

Her Legacy was consuming .74 quarts every 1200 miles. Yikes. The put new piston rings in and fully covered it under warranty but it's kind of lame that our 2013 needed a rebuild (basically). Subaru extended the non transferable warranty to 100k miles so they've been pretty good about handling it. However, knowing this, we may have looked to other cars. Her car died upon start up today. We've had the car back 2-3 weeks. We''ll see if it happens again tomorrow.

Apparently Subaru s are good at eating oil due to the boxer engine. At least that's what people keep telling me when I tell them about this.

Overall, the car has been good. Great in the snow, 30mpg and plenty of space. But do your research on them first.

The boxer's been around for many a year. You using that much oil, it's isn't the engine design.

[Ronin13]

My brother just got a 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee- he loves it! Power for days, great ride, very nice, and decent MPG out of it. I really like the new Durango, got to check one out, but haven't driven it. IMHO- the Subaru Tribeca is kinda ghey... and I thought Subaru cars were in lieu of SUVs? Why build an SUV?

[Hotchef181818]

Every Subaru I've owned has eaten oil, some more than others. Not a chance is hell I'd buy a Tiguan after owning a toureg, screw vw.

[ray1970]

I know you said no go for gm products. But if you change your mind I'd be more than happy to bring my wife's ’14 Acadia by.

Thanks. My sister in law actually has one of those so I have seen one up close. Thanks for the offer though.

[TFOGGER]

Get her a Pinzgauer. Then when she decides it's not what she wants to drive, you get to drive it...

[ray1970]

If it were up to me, I'd try to get her to buy an FJ. I think they are pretty cool and they won't be making them any more. But, the wife insist on four real doors and room for grown ups in the back seat.

[Irving]

What about something in the Acura or Infiniti line up? It's been a while since I've been into cars, but Acura had at least one turbo model out for a while. I think it was the RDX.

[th3w01f]

Traded in a 2010 4-Runner and just got a 2014 Highlander. The 4-Runner was great but we recently found out we need a 3rd row. The Highlander has been awesome and it almost as big as the 4-Runner was. It has quite a bit more front and rear passenger room and only 1" less clearance.