re: Subaru Outback a good buy for the wife as daily driver?

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Yeah it's a very good car. You can run it forever and resale value (at least around here) is high.

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That's what I'm told. Thanks.

We had a 2011. LOVED it.

Was a fantastic car and wish we still had it. Someone hit my wife and totaled it, but she didn't even get whiplash. Much less a scratch.

Safe, decent gas mileage, nimble, plenty of space, and an all wheel drive system with better traction than almost all factory 4 wheel drive systems.

Oh, and as previously mentioned. Resale value stays insanely high. We actually made money on it from the insurance payment, despite putting 30,000 miles on it, because their value had increased in the 6 months since we purchased it.

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It's an awesome car. Don't fret the fools on here with their "lesbian" comments. For the money, it's one of the best valued cars on the market. It's one of the safest, has mechanical AWD that's great in all weather, comes with top rails, has decent infotainment (now has Apple Carplay and Android Auto), and more.

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This girl isn't going butch. But I'm glad to hear the positive feedback from every one. She wants some features like auto adjust for seats since I'm so tall (she calls it 1 and 2), heated seats and blind spot detection. I think those are standard features for most cars now though it seems.

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nobody but lesbians drive subarus

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And medical sales reps....that’s all my company drives is Subaru cause they’re reliable & AWD. My outback is helluva lot better than a Fusion & I can put my mountain bike on top & leave the pavement if need be.

We just got one. So far, so good. By the way, the La specialty plate, "LEZBARU" is available. The wife didn't think it was funny though.

Great cars. My wife's daily driver is a 2014 Outback, our 3rd Subaru.

Cheap to own, reliable and good gas mileage.

I did put a NRA sticker on it.

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Resale value stays insanely high.

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Yeah, I paid too much for my 2012 and should have just bought new. I've had it 2 years and will buy another Outback when the time comes.

AWD is the main reason I bought it. Lots of sand/dirt roads where I live. And I put a hitch on it and pull my boat easily. AWD is great at the boat ramp. Very reliable, good gas mileage (a bit underpowered). Can lay flat in the back on road trips and take a nap. It's missing some whistles and bells of higher end cars and that's fine with me; they just break and need fixing.

It depends on what your wife needs but it's hard to beat for reliability, economy, and driving in rain/snow/sand.

We went test drive it yesterday. I'm a tall big guy and I sat comfortable in the back seat. It rode well and she really likes. We are looking at the touring package that's fully loaded.

The price they gave us was $37,000. That seems really kind of high. I was hoping for them to knock it down to $33-34K range. They don't sell too many here in so maybe when I counter that will help.

They offered us the option of leasing. I don't know how I feel about that.

Also, what is up with these creepy emails with videos they send you addressing me personally. It's weird. I don't like it. Stop that.

Some of the older ones were really bad about overheating and damaging the head gasket. I’m sure the newer models have ironed that out.

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Subaru Outback

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It's perfect while trekking down the road with your on the roof bike rack, caramel latte macchiato, and liberal tendencies. If a guy buys one, they come standard with a driver seat installed butt plug.