Apparently I’m a stereotypical Subaru shopper. I’m in my 30s and live on 9-acres of redwood forest in Northern California where I run a small organic egg farm. My nearest neighbor is a mile away and the closest concrete or asphalt driving surface is a 3 mile trek through the woods. During the winter I value AWD and high ground clearance, not because I need it (my 2005 Jaguar XJ has never been stuck) but like most Americans, I feel safe and secure by having a larger margin for error. I also have a special place in my heart for station wagons. It was therefore no surprise to my neighbors when I drove home one day in the Outback’s little brother, the XV Crosstrek.
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Derek Kreindler - Thank you for the compliment and the history lesson.
ect - OK, I confess. When our daughter got married a year ago, my wife and I agreed to make the 600-mile drive to Washington in my mother-in-law’s...
Kyree S. Williams - I’m reading between the lines here, and it looks to me like one of the things the LW and his wife would value from an older car is timeless,...
Mitsu_fan - In San Antonio, I rarely see a Sorento LX or EX, they are usually SX’s. Same with the optima, I’ve NEVER seen an Optima LX. A few EX’s but...
ect - As noted, he was a successful general in WWI. When France was facing defeat in early June, 1940, he was brought out of retirement (at the age of...
jimbob457 - OMG. I am a little embarrassed here at being a car enthusiast rather than a real car guy. What you know as a W123 is what I know as a 240D, the classic...
Ciriya.com - I think that’s by intent. Bertel obviously is too good for criticism in his own mind. He’s taken the Chinese method of...
ect - I’m over 60, and I don’t recall hearing any French army jokes until France decided to take a pass on Bush Jr’s folly (which cost...
Derek Kreindler - He was a lovely man. He ended up leaving me his volumes of “The Decline and fall of the Roman Empire”, which are my most...
Derek Kreindler - Did Petain not roll over to the Third Reich and pave the way for Vichy France?