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So I have been going back and forth a lot lately...
I am in the market for my very first forester. I am searching in the 04-07 range due to budget but also needing decent reliability (wanting to do an offroad type aesthetic but realistically will be doing highway commuting in traffic a lot). My initial budget is $6500 which should get me a forester with just over 100k miles. I was originally content with just the X model, but after reading horror stories of head gaskets I decided to move away from that and towards an XT. However, after I realized that you need premium fuel and they have their own set of issues I am beginning to get concerned again.
I will be doing about 60 miles of highway driving to downtown chicago 5 days a week this summer (which essentially means stop and go for 2 hours each way if you aren't familiar with Chicago traffic). I want a forester so bad but i'm starting to get concerned.
Should I be worried about the reliability of a forester in this year and mileage range? Also which option is cheaper overall? Getting an X and paying for the headgasket repair initially to be safe or just going XT and hope my turbo and such doesn't give me issues? Any guidance is greatly appreciated for a forester noobie.
Thanks!
I am in the market for my very first forester. I am searching in the 04-07 range due to budget but also needing decent reliability (wanting to do an offroad type aesthetic but realistically will be doing highway commuting in traffic a lot). My initial budget is $6500 which should get me a forester with just over 100k miles. I was originally content with just the X model, but after reading horror stories of head gaskets I decided to move away from that and towards an XT. However, after I realized that you need premium fuel and they have their own set of issues I am beginning to get concerned again.
I will be doing about 60 miles of highway driving to downtown chicago 5 days a week this summer (which essentially means stop and go for 2 hours each way if you aren't familiar with Chicago traffic). I want a forester so bad but i'm starting to get concerned.
Should I be worried about the reliability of a forester in this year and mileage range? Also which option is cheaper overall? Getting an X and paying for the headgasket repair initially to be safe or just going XT and hope my turbo and such doesn't give me issues? Any guidance is greatly appreciated for a forester noobie.
Thanks!