2019 Subaru Forester Sport: Regular Car Reviews 

When kids in the street say car. This is the car. Perfect.

4:20 Is this clip playing backwards, or is that mustang really fast in reverse

My girlfriend REALLY wants this car and I'm worried that she might be pregnant

I love how people from the North East say 'farester'

The Forester is the two-kid car. The Ascent is for when the condom breaks. The Forester Sport is just dad trying to look cool before the condom breaks.

2019 Subaru Forester: If a nature valley granola bar was a car

I can’t believe a tortilla would make me understand boxer engines.

Video posted on 420. Shenanigans in the vid at 4:20 He knows his audience all to well.

"NOOOOOO, YOU CAN'T JUST BUILD A FLYING CANNON!" "Haha warthog go BRRRRRRT"

4:20 Dude blazed up on 420 so hard that he is blastin down the road in reverse. It's either that, or I'm so high I'm watching this video backwards.

Sport being an appearance package angers me, didn't we use to call that rice?

Because red accents mean SPORT

Subaru, the car millennial dads buy. Which is why I bought an '18 Outback. It's not an enthusiast machine, it gets good MPG's, has real usability in Appalachian winters, and hauls a family comfortably. I'm happy with it.

First thing I did with my Crosstrek was drive up a steep, snowy hill with about 2 feet of snow and park in the middle of it, on a step angle. I I turned X-mode on and slowly went on my way. I did the same with a icy hill. I still can't believe how insane their AWD system is.

He missed one science thing for the awd system. It's always on, unlike most transverse awd systems which (generally) default to fwd until AFTER wheelspin occurs.

I once farted really hard into a Forester's passenger seat and the curtain airbag went off.

4:20 Aight ima head out

My favorite part of all Subaru's are the thin roof pillars and great visibility. Lots of glass and room to see out while still having 5 star roof strength and safety ratings. That in itself is a huge safety feature. I almost cut a guy off in my 08 Mountaineer because the massive rear pillars blocked him entirely from view. Best accident is one that never happens.

"when kids in the street yell 'CAR' this is the car" yeah.... Sounds about right

I just bought a base model 2021 Forester, it's white. The only options I sprung for was the roof rack, alloy wheels, and all season floor mats. I love it for how simple and plain it is. Life has enough curveballs, I want a car that has no surprises.

The mention of the Subaru flat 6, somewhere Scotty Kilmers hands are flailing away😷

Instead of angry headlights for this forester it is *_hangry headlights_*

I owned an automatic '04 Forester, silver, some midlevel non-turbo trim. That thing didn't have traction/stability control either. Mine had shitty "high-mileage" all-seasons on it and if you romped the throttle in a snowy parking light with enough steering angle it would swap ends with ease. Lots of fun, until you aren't expecting it. First and only time I've ever spun out on a public road at speed was in the Forester during a Northeast blizzard. Fortunately got away with minor curb rash on one of the wheels and pants slightly browner. It was dinged up by the previous couple who owned it and always slightly broken when I got it around 95K. Timing belt was a bitch to change (interference engine baby), ABS light on half the time, wheel bearings chewed themselves, one of the brake calipers and the struts were shot, and the A/C compressor was on its way to shitting itself and wouldn't blow cold after about 5 minutes. The frameless windows, big side mirrors and superflous roof rack = RELENTLESS WIND NOISE. Thing was an absolute hero in winter though and never stranded me, not even once. Space for days too. Let it go after 128K on the odo after trading it in for the first in a series of Mazda 3's. Much better cars for my needs, but there are days I still miss the Subie and its quirks.

Spends a few minutes talking about fast as hell sports cars/super cars Spends MORE THAN 16 MINUTES TALKING ABOUT A FORESTER

4:20 car going backwards in the background...

"It's like a RU-vid film essayist examining the un-plucked apples of hidden meaning in the last Jedi"

I own a 2015 Forester XT and I also got fat when I left my parents. This hits too deep

I just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for improving my dog walks. NOW, every time I pass my neighbors 5th gen I hear "BUTTERSCOTCH CRIMPET ADDICTION!!!!" Without fail, every single time

- This is not a RAV4 - Mitsubishi: Hold my sake

So stoked for this. You guys make my Monday’s

Towards the end you mention its the last independent - Mazda is also 'independent' if you factor Toyota owns significant shares in both companies

Why is Subaru good? Colin "When in doubt, flat out" Mcrae. Also, the ending is giving me a Crisis Core flashback. 😢

Subaru has two different camps of followers. Look at their marketing: happy dog owning families growing up with the trusty Subie, OR flat brim hat wearing/ monster energy chugging/ dorifto dudes. The previous WRX wagon and turbo versions of Forester and Legacy were able to cater to both. Now, the dudes must not be buying as much because the turbos are almost gone.

Have you tried the new forester? Joe Rogan: yeah but have you tried CBD oil?

This season especially, the musical bumpers on the beginning and endings of the videos... Really good. Thanks for doing what you do, RCR.

your videos will never go out of style because of your clever informative writing coupled with aesthetically pleasing and accurate videography.

4:21 those are some dangerous speeds to be reversing in!

The thing about Subaru is they are not fancy or interesting but they are reliable practical transportation that will work in all weather. I have had 2 Subaru's over the years and both made it to 200,000miles without any major issue. I have also had nothing but good things to say about the way Subaru treats its customers.

Damn it, Roman! I wasn't ready for feels and emotional memories that the ending song hit me with.

Nailed it. I was never brand loyal to a car company until I got my first Crosstrek. 3 months in and I'm like, "Yeah, I get it."

RCR : Hands down, and you guys make me laugh my ass off every time ..Thank you guy’s!!!! Happy 420

12:39 "an idea can never disappoint you" 12:50 disappoints me with an idea

This was way more entertaining than I was expecting. Perfect balance of factual detail and comedy. So many analogies...all of them, hysterical. Keep it up.

I love your local references! I’m always watching your backgrounds to figure out where you are driving. God job guys! Hometown ❤️

Here's the thing about "symmetrical awd", it does mean *something*, and that thing is that the drive axles, and the paths the torque takes to get there is symmetrical. In a normal longitudinal awd system like in a pickup or a bmw, mercedes, lx platform chryslers (like I said, mercedes), etc, the front torque jogs out of a transfer case before going to an offset front diff. Now theoretically that means something, because every shaft is to some degree a spring, so with varying lengths that means different torque, blah blah blah. But... does that mean much? I doubt it. Here's what actually makes subarus special, the drivetrain is SIMPLE. Or... was. Take the 2nd gen forester with a 5 speed, power comes in, goes through a normal 5 speed manual, and then goes into a center diff. Yes, a proper center diff, it's got a 50/50 torque split and a viscous coupling. Often times they'll also have limited slip rear diffs too. This makes for a grunty winter beast of a car with no traction control to cut power and fuck you up. 3 wheel drive all the time! Hammer down, and the car just... goes. Now compare that to a contemporary honda crv, or similar of the time (we'll say 2005). They have 100% of the torque going to the front wheels with just a viscous coupling connecting the rear diff to a PTO off the trans. That means before the AWD begins to work there must be slip at the front to engage the viscous coupling, which is why those cars are much more efficient than the Subarus of the time. Ironically the Evo shown in the video is a rare exception, having a transverse layout with a proper center diff. So this means that yes, in that critical period of branding for subaru from the late 80s through the early 00s, their awd was remarkable in it's segment. You really couldn't get an awd system like that without buying an audi. Audi, notably shares the exact same drivetrain layout of subaru. Just usually with a V6 shoved into the fucking bumper cover. But lets fast forward to now. Now every new car sold must have traction and stability control. Okay, well why's that remarkable? Well it means now Subaru can't justify everything getting a viscous center diff and a LSD out back. You see, if every new car has a four channel abs module that can individually brake each wheel and torque vector digitally, why bother with the expense of an LSD or a viscous? All that can be controlled with a computer. By the way "x mode" is just torque vectoring. I super don't get why it's supposed to be special. This isn't to say computers are bad, but snow driving, the single greatest application of AWD is an INCREDIBLY dynamic use case, and realistically computers haven't beat it yet. You can't torque vector your way out a scenario that benefits from slip ratio and wheel speed. Snow driving is at odds with traction control, the computer must allow slip ratio, and that's incredibly difficult to apply to an all weather vehicle. On top of that, much of Subaru's mechanical center diffs are gone in favor of simple computer controlled clutchpacks much like the transverse layout cars, with most of these biasing towards front wheel drive. This is mostly in the autos and cvts, the manuals as far as I know all still have mechanical center diffs. So why buy a Subaru now? Well, first off if you get a manual they are still special. But other than that? I dunno, to just fund boxer engines existing? There's not much of a difference any more. Performance wise is a boxer engine pushing torque through a cvt, clutched to the rear wheels and torque vectoring really that different than a fucking chevy trax (or whatever gm's shitbox of the week is called)? On a mechanical level, I can't make a compelling case that it is.

Perfect, my brother who knows nothing about cars is looking at one of these, and I couldnt say I know them until now

0:19 I don’t think I’ll ever forget this review thanks to this amazing cover that Roman made

I'm from Canada where Subaru wasn't really a thing (at least in the late 80s, early 90s.). Driving through Vermont and New Hampshire back then I just assumed everyone there owned a Subaru, a green one, most virtually see through because of the rust. I'm pretty sure Greenpeace stickers came standard with every Subaru too.

Put your vanilla Forester on a lift and spin one tire and watch what happens to the other three. Then do the same with a 4runner or any truck with 4 wheel drive.

I like vanilla, and I like 'em THICC--so...

Man I love all of your videos. Thank you so much for making them.

Subarus gained their reputation for being good in the snow because the old Loyales and GLs used to come with lockers. Also due their relatively low center of gravity and high ground clearances. They have held on to that reputation by developing Vehicle Dynamics Control (VDC). I know, I know, it's basically the brand's fancy version of stability control, but they were able to perfect it early on. By coupling it with their already fantastic AWD system, they eliminated the need for more expensive and hefty limited slip differentials by computer calculated application of the brakes on individual corners. I got the chance this past winter to drive a 2019 Impreza with this system up in the Colorado Rockies, and it is probably the most groundbreaking vehicle tech this side of the seatbelt. Imagine flying up a snow and ice covered canyon at 80 MPH while sipping coffee from travel mug.

I like how it looks. If it actually had performance parts under the hood (you could add thos yourself ig) it maybe could be a cool sleeper/performance suv/hauler. Also happy 420 dudes

I remember the old ones. They were like a little wagon. What happened Subaru? Oh, and happy 4/20.

My father in law just bought this exact vehicle, he loves it. We've had a 2nd,3,4 gen, all were reliable, no problems, AWESOME in WI snow!

Loved the illustrations which helped me understand it!

Are we getting rcr quarantine? Or update on the vagabond.

I skipped my online class for this. Also happy 4/20

I own a 2015 forester and a 2020 ascent, and I can say both I love my cars AND this video accurately describes them. The difference is off road.

"The Nike Air Monarch of cars" I'm dead.

Great vid Mr. Regular, I like the new Forester. Gotta add that to the symmetrical AWD on Subarus, it also involves the axle length going to each wheel. FWD transverse engines have unequal length axles which leads to torque steer; a Subaru will never have that because the whole driveline from side to side has the same geometry.

10:55 That made me laugh so hard, what an amazing analogy hahaha

Finally we are back to the normal videos. The last one was so well done I was scared

"It's not even vanilla bean...just plain vanilla." then Mr. Regular explains how vanilla is the perfect flavor to film from. I learned today that Mr. Regular loves vanilla.

You know why ir looks so bland? Look at it from the side. It could either be a Subaru, a Hyundai or a Chevy. It just follows a recipe

So from what I can take away from this is, the main issue with the Forester is that there isn’t really anything wrong with it. It just does what it does, and does it well. But with no issues it becomes very bland and boring as there’s nothing to pick on the car for, and therefore (what I think) there’s nothing exceptionally good that you can point out either. It’s a car that does car things very well in a car manor, that’s how I would sum up the Subaru Forester.

Well, it's damn Regular. Good philosophical upgrade for y'all. TFW you realize the entire channel is just an elaborate way for Regular to test drive what works for the next camera car.

I looked up from my tofu and granola and toe-shoes and 5 rescue dogs long enough to say this. Symmetrical AWD means the driven components are all the same length, which means torque will not favor one side of the vehicle or the other. Front/back, or left/right. This works because power will always seek out the path of least resistance to travel along. If you hook up a battery to a circuit with two potential links, one containing a bare wire and the other containing a resistor, power will tend toward the bare wire. If you hook up a motor to two wheels, one with a short quartershaft and another with a long quartershaft, without doing anything to mediate the speed, the wheel with the short quartershaft will tend to spin instead of the long one. What this means is that without delay or sensitivity issues caused by computer controlled traction systems/part-time AWD or viscous couplings, the vehicle is less likely to spin any one given wheel when on an unstable surface. Combined with the low weight and ground pressure compared to other vehicles in the same glass, this means that symmetrical AWD performs well above average in sand and snow without any delays in electronic response or sensor detection. The effect has been compared by some to diff-locking, but it's not quite the same, as diff-locking basically mechanically locks each half of a differential to distribute power 50-50 regardless of the tendency of power to seek out the path of least resistance.

With longitudinal AWD systems you get less tourqe steer with higher power levels.

ahh, my quarantine schedule has finally synced up with rcr uploads

congrats on the new car!

I used to sell these. The people that wanted a forester didn’t like the sport colors. The people that liked the colors didn’t like the car.

Shame that they refused to sell an XT with a 6-speed in 2015 when I was shopping. I love my WRX but would have paid more to have the Forester.

Great review but the fifth generation has more ground clearance than the second generation. Also a better approach angle.

I love these longer reviews

I bought a 2014 Forester XT new, and it is objectively the best car I've ever owned. Never been in the shop except for regular maintenance. Can carry a pinball machine or a 4x8 sheet of plywood.

The way he talked about those ratchet straps 😂 had me dying ..crank em Mr. Regular

As an owner of a 2019 Forester. I agree wholeheartedly with this review. Turn that start stop feature off it is annoying.

This is where I come for a frequent dose of existential mindfulness. Kudos, RCR.

Longitudinally mounted engine does not always mean symmetrical awd(see bmw xdrive systems for a counterexample.) Subaru awd is called "symmetrical" because it sends power to a center differential on manuals/torque converter autos or a hydraulic multiplate clutch on the cvt models which then splits the torque between the front and rear diffs as needed. And yes to answer your question, it is a huge advantage in snow.

The price of freedom.......😢 I couldn’t think of a song that would fit the new forester better

God, I just... I loathe it. It's a watered down shell of what Subaru used to be. It's just so GENERIC and SAFE. Looks like literally any other modern SUV, absolutely nothing sets it apart, except the AWD system and the flat four. And a CVT only? Really? Disgusting. Can I blame them, in this world? No. Does it hurt? ... Yeah, it kinda does.

The attitude on this review is something I’m about haha. Way more enjoyable than other stats video haha

Wow, wasn't expecting that Crisis Core ending. Bravo Roman 👍

I’m glad I was able to watch one last new RCR video before leaving for Navy RTC

I accidentally drifted one of these with traction control on. It was fun.

Phew, you had me goin' there for a minute. I honestly thought you'd rag on a modern Forester because it isn't old-fashioned, but THANKFULLY you didn't.

My favorite part of the video is the cars and trucks in the back ground going backwards. Nice edit.

Forester Sport is the Speaking In Tongues of cars.

Glad to hear RCR got on the Tim Dillon train, guys some next level funny.

"Prehaps the best adventure is the best one you could never take... because ideas can never disappoint you" Wow

Funnily enough the daily vlog couple that I watch purchased a 2020 Forester Sport just a couple of months ago.

This is like the Tim Duncan of cars

"An idea can never disappoint you" Eh, excuse me my ideas would like a word with you..

Picked up a 2020 in December, absolutely love it.

"When kids playing ball in the street and the kids yell 'CAR!!!!' this is the car that drives by" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Super, perfect for a family dad:)

5th gen Subaru Forester: For when you want a Ford Edge but with a different blue oval.

Got my wife a 2020 Forster back at the end of 2019 and we both love that damn car. Always wanted a Subaru and look like that’s all will be driving from now on.

The rambling is definitely the Subaru lore - good job