Subaru Forester

[dreamur]

Why did you not buy the Rav4 2.5 4x2 Active +? What do you like in the Subara Forester that is not in the Rav4? You can have
cheap Toyota serviced at banawe and the Forester only at the casa at 3 times the price.

I scouted a bit before deciding on the forester and I narrowed down my choices to the forester, CX5, CRV and Rav4. At the same price range (1.495M), forester has more options - AWD, sun roof, leather seats, 18inch wheels, automatic hatch, keyless entry, 6 airbags and all around safety features.

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[k_leos]

I scouted a bit before deciding on the forester and I narrowed down my choices to the forester, CX5, CRV and Rav4. At the same price range (1.495M), forester has more options - AWD, sun roof, leather seats, 18inch wheels, automatic hatch, keyless entry, 6 airbags and all around safety features.

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I also wanted the Forester because it has the best safety crash test data. But 5 years later, when the
part starts to break down.. won't one be bothered with say the aircon radiator that will take 20,000
pesos to replace while for other brands of cars only less than 5000 pesos?

[MR_BIG18]

I also wanted the Forester because it has the best safety crash test data. But 5 years later, when the
part starts to break down.. won't one be bothered with say the aircon radiator that will take 20,000
pesos to replace while for other brands of cars only less than 5000 pesos?

Same complaint with honda in the early 90s, look the situation right now, the more cars subaru sells, the better the availability of parts.

[MR_BIG18]

Why did you not buy the Rav4 2.5 4x2 Active +? What do you like in the Subara Forester that is not in the Rav4? You can have
cheap Toyota serviced at banawe and the Forester only at the casa at 3 times the price.

The rav 4 is a guzzler without the get up and go, the 2.0 is efficient coz of the tranny. The cost of owing will balance itself out in the long run, plus there are shops that cater to subaru already, you just have to do some homework.

[Calistro]

It really boils down how you value practicality vs your wants in a car. Trying to convince yourself you like a car won't help in the long run. Get a fortuner or montero if you're more concerned about parts availability.

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[dreamur]

The other factor I considered is that the service center is very close to the office and home. I can just leave it for PMS in the morning and pick it up in the evening. Availability of parts is relatively. It depends on which part you need and the dealers have the stocks for the consumables. Cost is another thing but if it offsets the other convenience, then I wouldnt mind.

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[k_leos]

I went to Subaro and asked the service department how much is the radiator for the Forester. 39k daw whereas less than 10k lang for Honda crv. Anyway. Puwede bang ibili yung radiator sa ibang bansa like USA, how much mga ito in other places? maybe 20k lang?

After discussing with the sales consultant.. she said there was no reported carjacking of the Forester in her branch because the carjackers would rather take a fortuner or innova.. since I'm after safety including the 6 SRS bags and headone collision safety rating of the frames.. then I ordered a Forester 2016.

[MR_BIG18]

I went to Subaro and asked the service department how much is the radiator for the Forester. 39k daw whereas less than 10k lang for Honda crv. Anyway. Puwede bang ibili yung radiator sa ibang bansa like USA, how much mga ito in other places? maybe 20k lang?

After discussing with the sales consultant.. she said there was no reported carjacking of the Forester in her branch because the carjackers would rather take a fortuner or innova.. since I'm after safety including the 6 SRS bags and headone collision safety rating of the frames.. then I ordered a Forester 2016.

Sang dealership? What color and variant?

[k_leos]

Sang dealership? What color and variant?

Subaro Global City. The sales rep said the 2.0i-L (facelifted edition) at 1,448,000 only has white pearl and silver left in their main warehouse. I got the silver.

Do you guys know Johnny Air Cargo? If any item shipped from US is less than $1000. They charge by weight so if subaro parts like radiator weights 5 lbs.. you pay only about 2k for the shipment without taxes. This is after you shipped the item from any US location to their New York forwarder address. I did this more than 10 years without any taxes paid for items less than $1000. So this is a great way to order subaro parts from US. I asked Subaro if they can service units with my own parts. Yes daw.

Is the Forester 2.0i-L sold in the US identical to the one sold in the Philippines? Are Subaro parts also expensive in the US compared to Toyota parts or are they same price there. And most important. Where in the US to order Subaro parts like radiators or fan motors which are the ones that break down easily after 5 years? Perhaps they are cheaper in US than the subaro service centers here.

[MR_BIG18]

Subaro Global City. The sales rep said the 2.0i-L (facelifted edition) at 1,448,000 only has white pearl and silver left in their main warehouse. I got the silver.

Do you guys know Johnny Air Cargo? If any item shipped from US is less than $1000. They charge by weight so if subaro parts like radiator weights 5 lbs.. you pay only about 2k for the shipment without taxes. This is after you shipped the item from any US location to their New York forwarder address. I did this more than 10 years without any taxes paid for items less than $1000. So this is a great way to order subaro parts from US. I asked Subaro if they can service units with my own parts. Yes daw.

Is the Forester 2.0i-L sold in the US identical to the one sold in the Philippines? Are Subaro parts also expensive in the US compared to Toyota parts or are they same price there. And most important. Where in the US to order Subaro parts like radiators or fan motors which are the ones that break down easily after 5 years? Perhaps they are cheaper in US than the subaro service centers here.

Subaru is partly owned by toyota, i also do johhny air pero sa shoes, yes both are the same here and the states, except the tuning of the engine/specs...the NA has a larger displacement, the turbo version has a different tune coz of the quality of gasoline we use. When it comes to accesories, parehas lang.

[dreamur]

Congrats! Post mo pic dito and enjoy the exhilarating experience of a fozzy!

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[Walter]

10T for a Honda CR-V radiator? What year model? 1998? And it's not even original radiator.

[viper888]

If you don't want one, don't buy one. Stop whining and spell properly, its incredibly irritating to read.


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[dreamur]

Lol! When you really like a particular model, cost of repair and spare parts dont matter anymore.

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[k_leos]

Has anyone have any experience with People's General Insurance? Subaro told me People's delayed so much the payments to them that now they will only release repaired car when People's General issued a cheque to them.

My car loan company is only tied up to them.

Or do you think CASE based insurance is better? but I may lose up to 35K for it.. In People's General.. free first year but need to lock up for 2nd to 3rd year. Ano experience nyo sa insurance ng Forester nyo?

[Walter]

Stop feeding the troll. He probably doesn't have a Subaru Forester since he can't even spell it correctly. He can't even afford to properly maintain a 6-year old CR-V and then considers importing a radiator?

[k_leos]

Stop feeding the troll. He probably doesn't have a Subaru Forester since he can't even spell it correctly. He can't even afford to properly maintain a 6-year old CR-V and then considers importing a radiator?

Why are you so rude? I just bought a Forester 2016 Facelifted model and just asking where to import parts since the ones at local Subaro dealer is so expensive.. if you don't want to share.. then don't!

My CR-V is 12 years old. Starting 6 years ago. All the parts started to break down and they quoted me from 50K to 150K repair many times. So with the Forester twice more expensive price, it may even be costly to maintain.

Anyway. Ok. I'll look elsewhere for other forums for the parts. And leave you rude people alone here.

[dreamur]

As retz would gladly put it - good riddance!

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[k_leos]

This forum is the one that made me decide to choose the Forester because people emphasized how good is the handling and how at 1.4M it has more features like AWD, 6 airbags, Safety features, etc. I'd like to thank those many people. The rude people are only very few.

To those also interested about parts. Please email me in private so we can discuss about where specifically to get the 2.0i-L asia models. Although I hope Forester is better than the Thailand made CRV made a decade ago that Honda said has poorer quality..

But I know I have to worry about the parts 5 years later.. but at least wanna have idea where to get them so can recommend to other friends the Forester whose only disadvantage are expensive local parts. I'll get the Forester 2016 facelift model from casa on Monday next week as it has to be delivered to their branch pa from their main warehouse.

To others who have questions about them. Just email me in private. Thank you.

[Walter]

Good for you then. Enjoy your Subaro Furester. Too bad about your Hunda CR-V though.

BTW, did you vote for Doterte, Ruxas, Marcus and / or Rubredu?