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Be sure to check local dealer service availability of each. Both makes have few dealers in some areas.
How did you guys get below invoice what is invoice? on Edmunds its pretty high...
The higher trims also have a MUCH better driver's seat with lumbar support, and privacy glass that reduces air conditioner load. The standard seat is a back killer.
When I ordered my 2010 Premium, the estimate was 6-8 weeks. The dealer called back in two to say that it was on the lot. :shades:
You don't have to treat the car any differently for an order than for a vehicle on the lot. When you order the car, you make any and all decisions about trim, "packages," accessories, etc. Some of them are factory-installed, others are port-installed, and a few may even be dealer-installed. After determining all items included with the car, you negotiate the price. Once everything is agreeable, you place the order (often requires a deposit [$500 is typical]) and wait!
If you are financing the car, the rate is dependent upon the applicable rates at the time the car is taken into inventory; the dealer cannot sell the car until it is included in inventory. They don't necessarily have to take physical possession of the vehicle, but they must have a VIN (vehicle identification number) and MCO (manufacturer's certificate of origin). The good news here is that rates often improve ofter the wait time.
Any suggestions? Thanks.
I also had two surveys first from the private group hired by Subaru
and then from JD Power.
2014 Forester 2.5i premium
All Weather Package
Popular Package #2
MSRP $26,961
Dealer Invoice $25,203
Price $25,403
Tax $1028.00
Other small fees
Out the door price $26,802.89
Dealer is throwing in cargo tray and offers two oil changes a year, free state inspections for the life on the car, and a 250,000 mile/10 year transmission and drive train warranty.
I can't get the car until August, because the color I wanted was nowhere to be found, so I have only paid $500.00 to order the car.
I am excited for the car, but want to make sure I am getting a good deal.
I had the same issue as I wanted a pearl white one. I had made arrangements to sell my car the following weekend. They looked all over the state and to the west but couldn't find one and I couldn't wait until July when it would arrive. They offered more off on a black or dark gray but living in the mountains on dirt roads those colors wouldn't work. I walked the lot and decided on silver or bronze. They found a bronze. I'm very happy with the color as it is different than what's out there.
If you got the CVT in it you'll love the mileage. You have to learn to light foot it but I'm getting more than the 32 mpg highway advertised. Going from an SUV that got 17 mpg I'm overjoyed and the Foresters clearance is higher. Come on snow. I'm in Nevada.
The safety of a Subaru is amazing. I bought the first station wagon in 1979/1980 and ended up hitting a horse on a highway going 55 and walked away. I saw an accident by Lake Tahoe on Tuesday where a 1992 Cadillac was on the wrong side of a 45 mpg highway and hit a 2010 Forester head on. The Cadillac driver was lifeflighted out, the Forester driver walked away after ending up on top of the steel barrier on the side of the road. Both cars were totally demolished.
This would be our fourth Forester. I liked the new size and design and after my wife bought a 2.5i base model in June I bought the one described last weekend.
My questions are-
1. Which models will have equipment I want, and
2. When is the most likely best time to buy the model indicated? I could wait til intro of the 2015 possibly...
Thanks all advice!
Usually your chances of getting the best deal is at the end of the month, as dealers try to meet sales quotas.
Good. Luck. The new Forester is very nice.
Bob
I would see on the Internet what is available at what cost and with those figures go to several dealers and see who would really want to sell you a car. The winter package is great and it is worth the investment in snowy winter country. You should haggle for a set of winter tires on rimms. All those can add up to a fairly good figure. Drive the car on a really crappy day to see how it behaves. In nice sunshine all cars will run well.
Still, I wish Subaru offered warm gray as alternative to Black interiors.
You must have the Touring. My 2014 XT Premium has lots of vinyl as part of the seats. I don't notice a plastic smell so far..It is just one day in my garage!
Consumers Union says Forester ride's not cushy, and granted, the '14 XT telegraphs undulations in roads. But ride's not harsh - potholes are better handled than by Allroad or Outbacks I compared Forester to, and speed bumps get dispatched quickly.
Any polarized set of sunglass lenses will make it difficult to read the Subaru display, as polarized lenses are incompatible with LCD displays. Indeed, polarized lenses are not authorized for flying - so keep them out of Subaru and Gulfstream cockpits alike. Wayfarers or original Ray-Ban Aviators will do just fine.
Dark cloudy weather, driving through forest on a sunny day, fog, built up areas with high rise buildings - at night, just about everywhere the speedometer is either difficult to read or can't be read at all.
Subaru Australia have pulled the shutters down on this. My complaint has obviously hit a raw nerve. The Australian standards for speedometers are advisory, not mandatory but the matter could be pursued under the common law - not suitable for the purpose, insufficient opportunity to test the product before purchase, withholding important information, misleading conduct etc.
Are you any further ahead?
Garry 21
Have any Forester owners with black leather seats noted any light cracks or other wear features over time? Mine are too new to show anything just yet.
Regards
Laszlo Kovacs
I love the performance of forester. However, very disappointed about these alignment mistakes that should not happen to Forester!
The new Subaru logo plate is not as good looking as 2012/2013's model.
Perhaps we'll see some road test numbers soon that will confirm the seat-of- the-pants feel.
I recently purchased a 2014 Forester XT Touring model. On the dash, just to the right of the speedometer, there is a button called Select, its a push button similar to the Trip button on the left side of odometer.
My question is about the functionality of the Select button, apparently it does nothing in my Forester. From reading the owner's manual, it seems like the Select button is deactivated in models that have the multi function display and its only active if you have the standard information display.
Is my reading of the owner's manual correct that the Select button does nothing in my Forester Touring model? Appreciate if anybody else can confirm if my understanding here is correct that the Select button is basically a useless button in the Forester Touring model.
Thanks!!!
Does anyone here know what percentage of '14 Foresters are XT's? They seem to be rarer this time out.
Also interesting that Consumers Reports remarked they don't plan to fully test the XT this time around :confuse: (they've driven it but have said little other than it "requires" premium fuel (wrong: premium is recommended, not required).
I also have a 14 XT and do not agree. I would not be surprised to see the turbo 2.0 replace the six in the Outback and Legacy. When driven with a very light foot the economy is quite good....and the problematic five speed automatic in the six could be retired along with that engine.
OTOH the economy when using the available performance is middling at best. I only have about 1,000 miles on mine so fuel economy is not yet at max. My previous 2010 XT took 5,000 miles to reach its max economy. My 2014 XT currently gets about 27 mpg at 70-75 mph.
There is one problem that I found in these blogs. The fact that people talking about economy with a 250 HP turbocharged racing engine. This is NOT an engine for economy but a performance motor that is replacing the WRX engine.
Why would you want to buy this car with economy in mind. Get the non turbo with the CVT. They match perfectly and you will have a great car with great economy. If you don't intend to drive it in the Sport modes than what is the point to have one. But watch if you press the Sport or the Sport Sharp it will drink fuel like a drunken sailor. Also there is where the CVT sucks.
Driving WRX for more than 6 years I know what I was expecting from a Subaru Turbo and it is NOT that.
There is one problem that I found in these blogs. The fact that people talking about economy with a 250 HP turbocharged racing engine. This is NOT an engine for economy but a performance motor that is replacing the WRX engine.
Why would you want to buy this car with economy in mind. Get the non turbo with the CVT. They match perfectly and you will have a great car with great economy, if you don't intend to drive it in the Sport modes than what is the point to have one. But watch if you press the Sport or the Sport Sharp it will drink fuel like a drunken sailor. Also there is where the CVT sucks because it tends to over rev, shifting becomes erratic and there is no clutch to solve the problem.
Driving WRX for more than 6 years I know what I was expecting from a Subaru Turbo and it is NOT that.
The only downside from the update is a firmer ride which is balanced by better high speed handling.
If the XT turbo had not been offered this year I probably would have purchased an RDX. The Premium XT's pricing was enough lower than the RDX to convince me to buy. The Touring XT would have lost to the RDX. I doubt that the loads of garbage accessories on the Touring will hold their value at trade-in time. Of course an RDX is likely to depreciate more than the XT Premium.
Granted, if you want max. mileage out of a Forester, the '14 2.5 engine will give you better fuel economy with slightly better acceleration. Also, that's the only version you can get the new 6 speed manual on, though you'll burn more gas with that one.
My only worry is, being a direct injection engine, it may suffer from carbon buildup.
A little better fuel economy surprises me. I'll have to try that and see if I get the same result.