I purchased a 2013 this past summer and drove in the snow for the first time in it. These things are a beast in snow and ice! I'm now officially team Subaru.
I have a 13 Limited 2.5i (Love it) except for the Oil Consumption. But after a minor argument with the Dealership they ended up doing an Oil Consumption Test and then Replacing the Top End. (so I'm pretty happy now.
It's cool and I get it, its a bad example for the majority of people that will watch this video. When I shot this video I lived an a country area and normally my warmups would last 30 seconds or long enough for me to clean the car. But where I lived I could drive with my rpm under 2.5k really easy normally shifting just above 2k. I would always keep my rpm low until the car had warmed up. Now that I live near Monterey there is no way you can merge traffic under 3.5k so I let the car warm up. Thankfully its around 60F year round so warmups are pretty quick.
Truth be told, if you get to have a place where you can have mains power plugged to the car, a block heater is one of the best things you can do for your car in the winter, short of winter tires. It really reduces the wear and tear on those first few miles. The other advantage, is that you can ad an interior heater as well .. and we just love defrosted windows, don't we ? :)
Grumpy ol' Boot yeah. I had a stay in Missouri with the temp was -20F even after a long warm up I had to drive slow to warm the transmission. Do they make transmission heaters or does a block heater keep it all warm enough?
@@elijahjenkins1669 Should have a WRX option for these body styles. Best body style ever produced. I'm picking up an 08 Outback with the turd 4cyl for $8400 this week. It's mint
Ian Thompson got a 03 forester with LSD too, we don't get snow here in California but this thing is awesome in the sand at a wash here in my town, subaru it's the best.
Just curious, why is the timing belt engine better? My Mom has a 2010 and it has the timing belt engine. My girlfriend has a 2011 that doesn’t. What’s better about the earlier engine?
I bought a 2011 and where I lived we had a snow storm my big diesel 4x4 got stuck temporary but my subie was a beast and asked for more I'm a Subaru outback player for life already lookin at a 2012 for a build I want to do
+montana slim Yeah, I absolutely agree! MOST people have no idea of how to rock a car properly. Half of the reason he didn't get it permanently stuck is his great technique. He's Number One in my book; the best I've seen on RU-vid!
Vicki Depies I'm sure you'll love it. I put new tires on about a month after this video and after running new tires this past winter I need to make a new video. I had no problems driving through relatively flat fields of deep snow. I'd love to try a set of snow tires next.
I grew up with Subies, but I have been having problems the last subies I owned. I love my 1997 Subaru. I hate my 2003 Subaru. Now, I own a 2008 Subaru. I just hate it because it cost me money to repair it but it got me though rough snow storms. I don't think I can handle another costly repair bill. I used to love Subies not anymore. I came from a family loving Subies!
Thank you because I'm trying to learn how to drive my Subaru in the snow. I'm used to a Toyota RAV and it drove completely different with four-wheel drive than the asymmetrical all-wheel drive of a Subaru. Now what kind of tires did you have? cuz we had our 4th snowstorm in October in Truckee/Tahoe... California wet cement they call it. I got stuck high centered in a foot of snow (It also gets super cold in Truckee) But so did another Subaru and a big SUV... We had to dig out the snow from underneath the cars and a plow came and cleared the road behind us so we could roll back onto it. I didn't know to turn off my anti skid control and I hadn't had time to put winter tires on yet, along with everybody else in Truckee. Studs aren't even legal in California until November 1st.
Not much you can really do if your high centered because you wont have traction. In this video I'm floating on top of the snow. My tires are nearly bald in this video. The rocking technique I'm using keeps me from spinning a hole and high centering, aka framing out. going back an forth was helping to pack the snow. If I would have had tires with more lugs I probably would have dug a hole and been stuck. Just need to think about what kind of snow your in and and how need to drive in it. More than 9 inches of snow and you need to think about floating on top with out trying to dig and push snow. Winter tires will make a huge difference. Enjoy the Subaru!
Will snow chains help? Should one put on snow chains driving at this situation or just give up driving? I live in a tropical country with absolutely zero snow driving experience.
chains do help. a lot. the only problem with chains is if you get out of this situation, and you're on a highway, chances are it will be clear and you can only go around 30mph. it will take a few minutes to take them off, then, you may need them back on once you get back to, let's say, your own driveway. they'll beat you to death and they also grip so well that you can break something in your drivetrain if you don't realize how much gas you're giving it. I could honestly plow thru 20" of snow in a 2wd truck with added weight in the bed, if I had chains on. I've used them a whole lot here where I live, but now I put snow tires or blocked aggressive tread type tires on, with sipes in the tread blocks which are for good snow traction and minimal added ice traction. come look at some of my videos on my Firestone WinterForce tires and my parents Firestone Destination LE2 tires..
@@Jstro14 Higher gears. You don't want slippage. Starting out in second puts less torque to the wheels. In snow this helps. In mud you want wheel speed. But not snow
This looked like 14" of nice light powder. I'd like to see this demonstration done in 14'' of heavy slush. How much fun is a guy allowed to have in the snow?
it might stand a chance in heavy snow just because the car will float. only had 2/32 nds of tread when I did this. Winter tires would help a lot. Still not the going to go off road like a truck but it can get you out of a parking lot.
+cka1799 You did really well with only 2/32nds. I will get to try my Outback for the first time this winter. I'm hoping for a snowless winter, even with a Subaru. Not much chance of that in Wisconsin.
Not planning to sell it buddy. It's got 250k and runs great. I keep my rpm level real low when I do this, below 2k. You can't do that if you live in a city and need to merge with traffic. The car runs strong and I'll be keeping her into the 400k range. Thanks for watching and safe travels.
Wow that’s really impressive for a car on all season tires! Here in Quebec Canada winter tires are mandatory between December 5th to March 15. I just bought the same car I’m looking to buy studded winter tires. Can’t wait for winter to come now!😜
@@andrefluet43 Yeah. I've wanted to buy a set just to see what it could do, but I do a lot of highway miles, so I'd probably go through them quick. I'm pretty good at picking tires with real good winter patterns so I'm pretty confident in my ability to get around. Typically road closures stop me before my tires do. I hear its a night and day kind of difference.
Popular mechanic. In the thick of winter, the common wisdom is that when you are gearing up to take your truck out in the cold and snow, you should step outside, start up your engine, and let it idle to warm up. But contrary to popular belief, this does not prolong the life of your engine; in fact, it decreases it by stripping oil away from the engine's cylinders and pistons.In a nutshell, an internal combustion engine works by using pistons to compress a mixture of air and vaporized fuel within a cylinder. The compressed mixture is then ignited to create a combustion event-a little controlled explosion that powers the engine.When your engine is cold, the gasoline is less likely to evaporate and create the correct ratio of air and vaporized fuel for combustion. Engines with electronic fuel injection have sensors that compensate for the cold by pumping more gasoline into the mixture. The engine continues to run rich in this way until it heats up to about 40 degrees Fahrenheit. www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a19086/warming-up-your-car-in-the-cold-just-harms-engine/
Monica Candice it was 29 degrees and I run synthetic in the winter to make sure it flows. Additional I won't run rpm over 2k on a cold motor regardless of temp. My Subaru has 230k miles and and runs smooth even in -18F temps. Btw when it's that cold I do let it warm up. 29 degrees just doesn't warrant a 10 minute warmup unless you want to floor it. But then you motor should be at the proper operating temp. Imo
Monica Candice he as in I, was driving the car. It was 22F this am so I tried to pay attention to how I drove. My 1st gear shit was at 2.3k the rest were at 2k. If that rev is high then I'm guilty. I can say all the rocking was done without applying throttle. Or maybe your comment was sarcastic and I missed it. I do try to drive off feel and sound more than anything and I watch my gauges to know when the car is warmed up
i am in Europe,and i have found one Subaru legacy outback 2008,diesel,manual. thinking to buy but little worry because boxer diesel have some problem sometime,i had before Subaru impreza wrx,petrol, was OK.
Tech Mad for petrol the 2004 or 5 threw 2009 have a tendency to blow head gaskets.. eventually I realized my oil burn was due to a blow head gasket so I rebuilt my motor last summer. no oil burn to speak of for the last 30k miles or 50k kilometers.
Tech Mad I really wish the U.S. allowed the diesels just for the increased fuel economy. I'm touring Ireland now and getting 47 mpg or close to 60 mpg imperial. I've always wondered how the emission restrictions can be justified considering a 50% increase in fuel economy. I'd like to see the data.
America is a corporation,any rules and regulations they impose are for profit,not for any other reason. import ban on diesel is not for emissions. You buy more petrol,you pay more,your government have more profit from it.
Honestly I'm not sure how specific your asking. There are differences in the awd between the manual and autos but you cant go wrong with either. I can't speak for the 03 but my 09 has a very solid build and solid components for what it is. I'm near 300k now and pretty much everything I've done I would consider maintenance. I replaces all he hubs, breaks, rotors, and several ball joints around 230k. Everything else is oil change, tires, wiper blades and bulbs. I do have 2 breaks that were my fault/ the dealer. 1st - I drove about 50 miles with the spare tire on the front drivers side. This messed up my center diff and caused my car to torque bind on asphalt after the car was driven and warmed up. Drove it for about 30k like this till I decided it was annoying and replaced it myself. Moral of this story, if you have to ride the spare, put it on the rear. If you have an auto pull the fuse and make your car front wheel drive. this way you won't damage anything. 2nd - I blame this more on the deal as I was told the timing belt was replaced when I bought the car but I slipped some teeth on the timing belt. Moral of this story is change your timing belt every 100k, I went almost double (not knowing). I think the bearing and other stock components can safely go 200k but not the belt. If your doing it yourself its pretty easy to listen for bearing to start going bad and then replace them. If your paying someone, it shouldn't take more than 4 hours to put a new belt on. Probably a lot lets if they really know what they are doing.
no, haha. in this video the tires were all season and had about 2-3/32nds of tread left. I used momentum to get it going. If I had winter tires I should have been able to drive through with out reversing.
Trick is not to spin the tires. Having a manual transmission makes that a bit easier. Especially when rocking the car to get going. You can do it in an auto, but not quite as good.
@@cka1799 Thanks for the info but I misspoke. The issue I have relates to my steep hill to get to the top in winter. Remember I have a 2017 Outback 3.6.I got a two inch lift kit from Performance Lachute here in the Québec mountains.I love both the car and the way the car drives and handles in all situations, the extra two inches ,for some reason I ignore, makes the car ride, suspension and overall seeing over the from hood better.Getting back to my hill.It is around 200 feet long from the bottom ( where our house/chalet is built) and the top.If I leave it in regular AWD it's useless even in 2 inches of snow.What helps somewhat is I take off , not sure what it's called, the control off and I take a run at the hill in the 1st and 2nd gear.I have Hercules winter studded tires.Finally the plot thickens.I had installed two big wood boxes where I keep winter sand mix.A young man not far from where I live when needed comes and spread sand from the bottom to the top of the road.Am I doing something wrong, would it help if occasionally I deflate the tire pressure and if so to what psi.If you have any recommendations it will be greatly appreciated.
@@nicholassanzari9603 do you know the grade of the hill? What is the surface used for the driveway, pavement,concrete, gravel,etc? I'm assuming your vehicle is an automatic, is that correct?
@@cka1799 The last 40 feet at top is the steepest, comes in at 15% grade, as you go to the middle, around 10 to 12% and further towards the bottom around 5 to 8%. Hope this helps somewhat
