Old mans new ride (2007 Subaru Forester XT Luxury)

[MikesVT]

The car has been changed!!! No longer a Liberty Spec. B unfortunatly...

It is (now) a 2007 Subaru Forester XT Luxury.

-2.5lt turbo (WRX motor... Not the STi motor)

-Auto, but triptronic whatever its called.

-Full black leather int. + sunroof (massive sunroof!!)

-Momo steering wheel

-Full electrics

-Climate Control

-17" Alloys.

-Xenon headlights

-'Urban Grey' in colour

-Tinted windows, along with "privacy tint" on the back windows which is noticably darker

- 2 driving modes: Economy (feels like a 4 cylinder with only half ifs cylinders working), and Sports mode (which is its 'normal' mode)

-Constant all wheel drive

-Kms when purchased: 000,010

Pictures on page 2

[evil_monkey]

nice my boss bought a 2006 liberty last year very nice car considering its not a holden , what happens with the ss ?

[NOT.BT1]

what about the ss that is loads better than any subaru are you keeping the ss i would if i was you and trade in the calais

[MikesVT]

Well unfortunatly we got offered more for the SS than I can afford to pay, and I felt bad ripping my own dad off so its being traded in

I at least get one more drive in it though.

The suburu doesnt have as much grunt as the ss obviously, but has pletny of go And I tell ya what, it's probably the only car that im happy to be seen driving other than a holden (in that price range )

Its a really really nice car. Unfortunatly its not a holden, my dad test drove a ve calais v v6 and didnt like the feel I absolutly loved it... sad not to get the calais, but glad to get the liberty (if that makes sense )

[1991_Vn2nV]

-2.5lt twin turbo

haha your old man wishes 2.5L single turbo boxer four... 184kw and 12.8L per 100km according to carsguides review. Claimed 0-100 in 7.0seconds for the auto.

[MikesVT]

oopss.. i thought it was twin.. damn it.. ah well, still packs a punch

Edit #2 : Its actually Subaru.. not suburu....... Give me a break... Im new to subAru's

[1991_Vn2nV]

haha I used to mispell it all the time too.. Have you driven it yet? If so whats your thoughts?

[MikesVT]

I didnt get to drive it because one of the guys there came with us on the test drive (although he was more than happy to let my dad have as much fun as he wanted, I couldnt drive it )

My thoughts as a passanger, very smooth ride, the billstein (sp?) suspension is pretty tight, but still very comfy... Seats are really comfortable, has really good driving positions (i did adjust the seat for myself to see what its gonna be like ) Umm.. Gets up to speed VERY quickly, but you dont even notice untill you look at the speedo. Very nice aesthetically inside and out. Body roll is pretty minimal, going around a round-a-bout at around 60ks it felt like it was only doin 20 (in regards to the car not feeling like it was going to roll over ).

From what my old man said, Steering is VERY responsive and very light, you can really tell the difference between the 3 drives, on the other hand, one of the 2 criticisms he had about it was its turning circle, he thought the vy had a better turning circle. The other criticism was the leg room for back seat passangers, but the way the seats are designed that shouldnt be too much of a problem.

I have convinced my dad to let me take it out every now and then, only problems I have to overcome now are the new P plater laws (stupid vic!!) and the fact that RACV wnot insure anyone under 40 for that car LOL how stupid... I know just car would, but that means getting my da to change insurance companies blah blah.. But I will work out a way! And I cant wait...

[Christina]

my brother keeps going on about this car, he wants to get one, but it will just get knocked off again, like his evo 7.

he's getting the VY ss ute, he he.

[Lumps of cheese]

Very smick mike, you get the keys to this one or what?

[MikesVT]

Haha ^ I got a few issues to work around to get the keys to this baby, but yep, even if its just once every now and then

It does have 2 drivers seat settings though, I bags the second one

[Tasmaniak]

they are extrtemely nice driving cars...make great daily drivers.

Although I think it's stupid that they are slapping the Spec.B designation on the automatic. It's just a GT in theory. The Spec.B everywhere else have the 6spd manual.

[Cobez]

"subaru........its just not a holden"







nah its still pretty noice though

[EXCESSV]

very nice car the libertys are...i nearly thought of one when looking for a new car but the SSV won out.

did your dad choose to take it as is and run it in himself or did he pay the little extra and have Subaru run the engine in on the bench before they install it so as soon as you get it you can flog the guts out of it without any worries???

[MikesVT]

^ I didn't know they did that!

Thats a good idea actually... But we just got it as is...

[Tasmaniak]

they sure as hell don't do it here in the US.

[MikesVT]

Ok.. I got some news...

I'm pretty disappointed... but I didn't really have a say in any of this.

There was some sort of confussion with the Liberty, and they brought over the wrong car... No idea how that happend.

Anyway, as a result, my dad went in to subaru and didn't want to wait another 2 or so weeks for the right car to come down, and after some discussion he changed his mind, and went for the Subaru Forester

Its still a nice car... Not much compared to the liberty, but I suppose its ok.

Its still a 2.5lt turbo. However its the WRX motor, not the WRX STi motor that was in the liberty. However, the forester is in fact a bit lighter than the liberty in regards to performance theyre pretty similar... Plus the Forester has a LOT more potention when it comes to doing it up.

The sunroof is absolutly massive, We got full black leather with grey carpet/roof lining (as opposed to the standard white/beige leather and beige carpet/roof lining).

It has 17" alloys, and a different sound system to the liberty... not as good.. but still pretty good.

We're getting it in the same 'Urban Grey' colour.

This time the car is actually coming in on a ship lol... and they said we should have it before the 20th of this month.

If a mod could please change the title of the thread to "Old mans new ride (2007 Subaru Forester XT Luxury)" I'll fix up the rest of the thread accordingly

I'm pretty disappointed, but still cant wait till it gets here

[Tasmaniak]

Forester...potential for mods? The only one I can think of is a rainbow sticker. Still a very fine machine.

[stocky]

we got the 2007 liberty turbo too and it took a fair bit of screwing around with subaru for us to get it

[MikesVT]

Forester...potential for mods? The only one I can think of is a rainbow sticker. Still a very fine machine.

Theres these three kits you can get... XA, XB, and XC ... Each increases power, changes breaks, suspension etc etc.

The XC ($6500 Approx.) kit is a bigger turbo etc... Alot of forester owners end up going for these kits... And the forester looks awesome a little lowered as well. So the potential is there but yeah, its still a nice car

[MikesVT]

we got the 2007 liberty turbo too and it took a fair bit of screwing around with subaru for us to get it

Congrats mate It is a beautiful car thats... we would have loved it.. but my old man just didn't want to wait...

Its well worth all that screwing around though enjoy man

[Tasmaniak]

Theres these three kits you can get... XA, XB, and XC ... Each increases power, changes breaks, suspension etc etc.

The XC ($6500 Approx.) kit is a bigger turbo etc... Alot of forester owners end up going for these kits... And the forester looks awesome a little lowered as well. So the potential is there but yeah, its still a nice car

google Legacy GT mods

[MikesVT]

I've got this print out here, its from a website which i shall not link seeing as there are new 'post laws' anyway its MRT performance...

The XC kit is a guarenteed minimum 65rwkw gain + 65% more torque (XA = minimum 15rwkw + 45% more torque, XB= minimum 35rwkw + 60% more torque)

The XC kit includes:
1 x MRT 3" rear muffler
1 x MRT center pipe with high flow cat and resonator
1 x MRT engine pipe with splitter on turbo outlet (for improved response)
1 x MRT cold air intake pipe with filter
1 x intake resonatorectomy
1 x 500hp in tank fuel pump replacement
1 x VF30 Turbocharger
1 x cat less uppipe with flex joint
1 x ECUTeK MRT ECU software upgrade
1 x recalibration of factory ECU using mapping extensively developed on road and dyno

AU $6690

[Tasmaniak]

I've got this print out here, its from a website which i shall not link seeing as there are new 'post laws' anyway its MRT performance...

The XC kit is a guarenteed minimum 65rwkw gain + 65% more torque (XA = minimum 15rwkw + 45% more torque, XB= minimum 35rwkw + 60% more torque)

The XC kit includes:
1 x MRT 3" rear muffler
1 x MRT center pipe with high flow cat and resonator
1 x MRT engine pipe with splitter on turbo outlet (for improved response)
1 x MRT cold air intake pipe with filter
1 x intake resonatorectomy
1 x 500hp in tank fuel pump replacement
1 x VF30 Turbocharger
1 x cat less uppipe with flex joint
1 x ECUTeK MRT ECU software upgrade
1 x recalibration of factory ECU using mapping extensively developed on road and dyno

AU $6690

lol, your in trouble if they are quoting rwkw. It doesn't matter, I'm simply telling you that there is far more potential in the Liberty...not that it matters now.

[MikesVT]

oh yeah.. i know that.. the liberty is a much much nicer/better car, but hey.. i cant complain, at least i still get to drive around in a new car and its still nice. It is a shame though