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Cheers Pat.
I hope you and your family were not injured in the crash! A crash is always the worst way to lose a vehicle. Hopefully the Forester serves your family well for many years to come! What are the details.... color, miles, etc.?
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Speaking of crashes, my elder daughter and her husband were in a rollover crash recently in their ~1 year old Infinity Q50 suv with <11,000 miles. No injuries other than scrapes and bruises, car was totaled. Fortunately, the kids weren't in the car. She's getting a do-over in selecting her new car. So many choices...
For reliability, though, I think they're great. Our 2018 Crosstrek, which is the newest I've owned, is at 80,000 miles now with zero issues. The older ones have had their share, but mostly just maintenance-related things. All the new models use the F series of engines, so I think they should be more similar to the Crosstrek.
As far as automatic transmissions go, my experience with the CVT is positive. It is an efficient and responsive unit with no reliability issues given proper maintenance.
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Oil changes at my local Subaru dealer at $85, compared to $60 at the Acura dealer. Again, not a big deal, but it does seem like service with a Subaru might be more expensive.
But the Boxer engine has advantages, in that it's more naturally balanced, and has a lower center of gravity. Are there other advantages?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn96jYZ-6ig
This 6-minute video goes over advantages as well as disadvantages of boxer engines. As he says, a boxer has "two camshafts, two camshaft seals, two camshaft sensors, two head gaskets, two exhaust manifold seals...There are more moving parts than an in-line 4-cylinder, and so more likelihood that you're going to be spending money fixing stuff"—at least in the long run.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaEhBHc6-Wc
Also, the engine basically has two banks vs. one bank on an in-line engine. This doubles the amount of sensors that can have issues (and the cost of replacing them)
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IIRC, I replaced the OE plugs on my Forester at about 85,000 miles (would need to check my records for exact timing), and I didn't really notice any performance issues at that time. I replaced the ignition coils last spring because it seemed like it took a little longer than expected for the car to start in the mornings. Though I'm not fully convinced that doing so made a significant difference, I would normally replace plug wires on a similar interval, so I figure this wasn't out of line (the individual coils that sit atop each plug replace a distributor and plug wires).
I'm over 130,000 miles on the car now. Additionally, I have yet to replace plugs on the Crosstrek, which is at 80,000 miles, and it runs as-new (well, as-36,000 miles, which is what it had when we bought it three years ago).