McQueen77
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So my wife is looking at this as her next car. Hits showrooms in Fall of this year. Her first choice was the Tiguan but considering this is AWD, gets much better mileage than the Tiguan and is about $10k cheaper and arguably, will be worlds more reliable and cheaper to fix/maintain/fill with gas over the longterm, this car is a no brainer for her. I'd never buy it, but I'm not her. Suburus are near bulletproof and I actually like the looks of this thing, but I read this:
http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2013-subaru-xv-crosstrek-first-drive-review
3000+ lbs and 140 some-odd HP/lb ft. of TQ... Yikes. Thing is going to be a slug. Right?
But regardless, she doesn't care. Power deficit doesn't matter to her. Its got everything else she wants, everything. So I guess I'll have to resign myself to this being our second car. I was rooting for a Tiguan w/an Automatic, but she wants this with the 5 spd. I can't argue with the fact that it'll be cheaper in the short and long term and I actually don't mind the looks. She'd be going for white.
Thoughts on this thing?? I've tried hard to sell her on a Golf TDI or a regular gas Tiguan, but no dice. At least we'll be able to take it on some slight offroad adventures. I like the wheels.
http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2013-subaru-xv-crosstrek-first-drive-review
3000+ lbs and 140 some-odd HP/lb ft. of TQ... Yikes. Thing is going to be a slug. Right?
But regardless, she doesn't care. Power deficit doesn't matter to her. Its got everything else she wants, everything. So I guess I'll have to resign myself to this being our second car. I was rooting for a Tiguan w/an Automatic, but she wants this with the 5 spd. I can't argue with the fact that it'll be cheaper in the short and long term and I actually don't mind the looks. She'd be going for white.
Thoughts on this thing?? I've tried hard to sell her on a Golf TDI or a regular gas Tiguan, but no dice. At least we'll be able to take it on some slight offroad adventures. I like the wheels.
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