Back in the mid 1980s I bought a compact Subaru car for my children as they were learning to drive. It was a 4 cylinder dinky little thing with a stick shift. It ran just fine and developed no mechanical difficulties.
In 2017 my son and his family moved way up into the Northern Idaho panhandle. Subarus are very popular up there, both car and SUV models as they come with all wheel drive.
Three points I would like to make. 1) I never buy a vehicle without a good local dealer for the brand. 2) Lighter weight vehicles can hydroplane at relatively low speeds on wet pavement, been there, done that back in the day in a 1966 VW bug, very scary. 3) Heavier vehicles protect their occupants better in collisions with lighter vehicles so now, as a somewhat fragile old geezer, I currently drive a large, heavy SUV, a 2023 BMW X5 M50i. I gotta have a V8!
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Last edited by manaboutown; 10-08-2024 at 08:06 AM.
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