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.

I have now had my Subaru Forester for over three years. It is a solid car and drives well. The performance is great, reliability is outstanding and the fact that it gets great mileage is a huge bonus. I drive a lot to get to work, and when I get into my parking garage and see the mpg for the trip I just took and it is over 30, I get so excited. I love having the height on the vehicle, but the car is not so large that I have to climb in. It helps me feel safer on the road when there are so many large vehicles and large trucks driving next to me. One thing I do have to say as a negative is my Bluetooth never stays connected. I have changed phones, so it must be something with the radio itself, but it is out of warranty. So I have to pair it each time I get into the car.

I have had no major mechanical problems with the car since purchasing it new in 2012. It comfortably seats 2 adults, 2 children, and 2 large dogs for long trips. The all-wheel drive is excellent; I have never gotten stuck despite driving it in all kinds of conditions, including heavy snow and on poorly-maintained logging roads. The clearance is great. The gas mileage is OK at ~26 mpg. The manual transmission was a good decision; reviews of the automatic transmission in the same model year were atrocious. The only real drawbacks are that the interior can be fairly noisy, and it seems to burn through batteries fairly quickly -- we are well into the third battery and the car is only 4 years old.