Subaru should be the official car of winter.

I'm with ya'!

I still miss my Subie, but need my truck. I soooo wanted to ditch the Wrangler and have my wife drive the OBW. I couldn't pry her fingers off the Wrangler's steering wheel no matter how superior the OBW drove. If only the Wrangler or OBW could have towed my woodworking trailer... 8^(

NOTHING was as good as my OBW in the snow!

My picky wife just drools over the Legacy sedan shape. I think it's almost identical to the shape of the OB Sedan (which she does not drool over :-) A beauty is in the eye of the beholder :-) I like 05-06 Impreza sedan and wagon shape. Probably the best looking Impreza ever. Legacy on the other hand... give me the late 90s shape and get the Frenchman back tot he design team! FHI can't please everyone you see.

You noticed the shrunken seat (drivers) travel on the newer ones too? I thought I was suddenly gaining about 3" in height when I drove a 2006 OBW loaner. (I drive a 2000 OBW)

I haven't tried the driver's seat, but the passenger's was comfy (I'm

Did you give aftermarket Recaro set a thought? Some should be quite comfortable and some imitation at a local pepboys does not look bad either.

I'm not totally satisfied with the seat (driver's side) in my '00 OBW, but I'll take the stock heated leather seat over a Recaro any day.

BTW, I'm 5'11" with short (29") legs. If *I* have a problem with seat travel, it's a problem for lots of people!

Did you try the base model with the manual seat adjusters or the power draining seats in the Limited>

What's a "power draining seat"?

It's not like they rob horsepower when you're not moving them. They draw nothing once they're in place.

Power seats are also nicely adjustable to suit changing comfort on long trips, which is much more difficult, possibly even dangerous, to do on manual seats while moving.

I have a nasty habit of going to autoshows since it's a pressure free environment (unlike your average dealer's lot) and unless the car is somehow in acc mode (how do they do it? hook up to an external power outlet under a car or something?) you won't be able to move a power seat. And since you won't be able to move it you're bound to find that it's too close to the pedals or too far and there is no way to find out whether you'd be comfortable in that seat. I think I had that exact problem with S4 avant lately. There was no power and I could not budge the seat. On the other hand Civic Si that did not need any power for seat adjustment but nevertheless did have the accessory power on. I have no problem adjusting manual seats in motion on infrequent occasions that I failed to do so when parked. With a little bit of practice that kind of circus is almost fun :-)

So, you don't drive your cars, you park them at auto shows? 8^)