Outback Wagon Opinions Needed

Love my '02 OBW. Wouldn't dream of anything else. Moved up to Alaska recently and while I have yet to winter here, the car has already paid for itself. I'm just afraid I'll beat it to shreds up here on the roads before I get back to the lower 48. It's a stable ride with solid construction. If your in the market for a wagon and can afford it, I highly recommend.

Only problems with mine to date:

-Transmission parking pawl voluntary recall (took all day at the dealer)

-Excessive road noise coming from passenger side door, fought with dealer for a month. They finally re-hung the door and problem went away

-Drivers side door needs to be re-hung (same problem)

-- Bobby

Alan:

I was going to say... JD sucks in my humble opinion... They rated an online broker as the best, just for me to find myself having tons of problems with the broker. Upon additional searches, many others had problems with the same company.

I dont think you will regret having bought the car. I was a lil disappointed at first with my 03 Outback (2.5) (cause i was driving it in extreme manouvers) but the car is winning me over little by little.

Enjoy the ride

Alan wrote:

TM,

It's nice to get some confirmation on my JD Powers observation. For computer-related information, I ignore them completely. I guess I can do the same for cars, too. So far, we love this car (didn't meant to rhyme, but I guess that's no crime- damn- did it again.) 20 MPG on the first tank, mostly city-type driving with the a/c on. Got 22 MPG with the Camry 4 cyl, so this isn't bad.. Handling is great. I think the suspension on mine is different than on yours (mine is a 6 cyl, LL Bean). My only complaints so far are the confusing array of wiper/light/climate control switches, knobs and butons, and there should really be separate switches for the front and rear moonroofs.

It's nice to hear this. From a personal perspective. Someone driving a Sonoma pickup hit me doing about 35 mph 2 days ago after slamming into a cadillac. She slammed into me headon into the driver's side which needless to say - did extreme damage. I was the only one not removed by stretcher to the hospital - infact not a scratch on me. It was a 2001 Outback Wagon with

I may end up with an '04 if it is determined a total loss.