Used Subaru Forester for Sale

This car is still going strong at 10 years and 130,000 miles. It's big enough to schlep furniture I buy on Craigslist (I fit a queen size bed frame in there once!) But it drives like a car and easily fits into reasonably sized parking spaces. The dashboard is laid out in a way that makes sense to me (no gimmicky lights or bells and whistles), and the seats are comfortable for long drives. I think the best thing about this car is the all wheel drive. I live in Pennsylvania and sometimes we get quite a bit of snow. I have never, repeat NEVER had to shovel this car out. I just drive out of the parking lot behind my building while I watch my neighbors shovel out their cars. It's also great in the rain and on winding roads, where it hugs the road. I feel very safe driving this car, because it has excellent crash test ratings. It's easy to drive. The only negatives about this car is that the interior can be somewhat noisy, and the CD player conked out at about year 6--I've never bothered to replace it. And the gas mileage is not great (about 22 mpg average) but I figure that is the trade off for the all wheel drive. A few somewhat expensive repairs came up after 100,000 miles, but that, I think, is to be expected.

My Forester is the most dependable car I have owned. The parts and systems have held up extremely well with the above average amount of backwoods traveling I have put it through. I took it in for the third state inspection recently and it passed despite never having had anything but routine maintenance thus far. I appreciate the basic trim model I bought has all the current tech like Bluetooth for playing music from my iPhone and I love that the center console has a USB hookup so I can keep my phone charged while traveling. My Forester feels solid and rides smoothly even on the rougher dirt roads. I don't have to worry about damaging the undercarriage on a stray rock or root because it sits up high enough. They one thing I wish I could change about the car is the seat adjusters, there really is not enough range of movement and I wish the seat would come up a little higher.

This is what I call a cross-over SUV. It has the all wheel drive feature which makes life nicer in winter driving conditions. It has large windows---this is both good and bad. I like to see everything, but the car is more prone to stone chip issues. The ride is higher than the Sudan I previously owned. This is nice. I do not seem to be sitting on the ground. The doors open wide so someone that has leg issues can get into the car more easily. The sound system is good--I like the controls to the music easily available on the drivers wheel. There is this cop like security lock in the doors so folks with small children can contain the kiddos easily. Beautiful wide sun roof.