Here’s Our New 2025 Subaru Forester! 

I did the same thing with my 2022 Forester. First oil change around a 1000 miles and than every 6 months.

Great insight! Thanks for sharing. 🙂

I've had my Touring about 6 months and only about 1200 miles on it. The dealer highly recommended changing. Glad I saw this post and had it changed. I'll do every 5,000 miles or 6 months as this is very thin oil. I will start putting more miles on the car when retiring at the end of the year as this will be my primary daily vehicle.

Thanks, and of course! And those are both great options you’re considering! I’ll share my Sport review in the next week or two! I also have a Base, Premium, and sport walk around interior/exterior comparison I’ll post in the near future.

Nice! That sounds like an awesome drive way haha.

We're the same with Outbacks at my house. I have a 24 Onyx XT and my wife has a 22 Premium. We both had Foresters before too.

I drive Outback. Will be getting the new Forester for wifey.

Thanks!! 😊

I’m so glad you enjoyed my video, and thank you for your support!

Thanks!! We’re looking forward to taking it on some adventures.

That sounds like an awesome Subaru! Thanks, we initially planned to get the 8 year warranty but also she knows unless something big happens she will want to keep it longer than that again so we sprung for the 10 year, lol! 🙂

That’s awesome!! Factory powertrain? Thanks for sharing. 🙂

Thanks! 🙂

Thanks Doc!

That sounds like a nice Crosstrek! Thanks for watching, and yeah she does! Now that it’s here she knows this upgrade was the right decision moving forward with how much more safe and capable this Subaru is for the foreseeable future. 🤩

@@AutomotiveAnonymous208 Outstanding! 🥰

Thanks, it should be a lot of fun! 🤩

Thanks! Yeah, now that it’s here she’s really glad she decided to make the switch haha.

Thanks!

That’s awesome! They’re worth the wait. I’m actually not allowed to share the specific discount I was given, but I will say there should be some negotiation room to lower the price from the first price quote the dealer will likely give you. You could also call a few dealers one after another to see if they’ll beat your current best price. Best of luck!!

Haha I get that, I’m sure half of the sedan’s mileage I also was the one driving her. 🤪 I’m sure that Camry still feels brand spanking new! Even our garage still smells better with this new Subaru in it lol. 😂

Thanks! So far so good. But with Subarus Gold warranty you can get it covers basically everything from my understanding. Bumper to bumper and powertrain. 🙂

How much extra is the ten year warranty?

Nice! Which trim level did you go with? 🙂

@@AutomotiveAnonymous208 You may recall that I commented on your earlier video on the discussion as to whether the Forester was still going to be built in Japan. I ordered a Touring in early April. After seeing yours in White, I am ambivalent as to my color choice, but nothing else. 😀

Ooops, in Crimson Red.

I’m glad it all worked out for you! That’s a nice shade of red, I hope it grows on you. 🙂

Thanks for watching! And that’s awesome, cash is the BEST way to buy a car!

You are tall! I’m not sure which one would be more comfortable for you, so definitely test drive them both. But I’ll be sure to share what our MPG ends up being. Hopefully I can beat the EPA rating on this one too! 🤪

Do it!! 😉

Yeah, exactly lol. Short work commute and we use to drive it a lot for traveling when my daily driver was a less efficient Tacoma. But now with our more safe Outback we haven’t risked it as much driving the older smaller and turbo’d sedan. I think a NA Subaru is much safer and more reliable even if it doesn’t get driven as much as the old car and I’m less concerned with this one sitting around in the garage a lot. But I have a feeling we’ll start to gravitate more to this as our main commuter now haha.

Yeah, that one was nice! I actually didn’t think much about interior color when we reserved this one. The whole focus was White premium with blind spot, that I didn’t even look at the interior color listing because this was the only white premium in the first batch to arrive haha. I think lighter colors are happier colors, but with all the light that makes its way into the cabin I think the black seats do look nice and will hopefully not show too much dirt! 🤷‍♂️🙂

@@AutomotiveAnonymous208 Are your seats really black, or more of a dark gray? In the video it looks more of a medium/dark gray. I know you plan to tint those front windows, have you considered having the top, maybe 6 inches or so, of the windshield done (while the tint shop has your Forester right there) ? I like that look and it keeps a good bit of the sun out of your eyes (you can go real dark with that).

You’re right, they are just a shade of gray and definitely not a straight black. And I’ve looked into the tint strip, but the company I really like to take our cars to doesn’t like to tint that portion on eyesight cars. Probably just to not risk it in case of liability or any accident that could attempt to be blamed on the tint strip impairing the systems ability to function properly. 🤷‍♂️🤪

@@AutomotiveAnonymous208 Aw jeez, I've tinted both our cars myself, I just didn't tint the vision areas. I went from the eyesight to the A pillar on both sides. It was a messy job but ....

Hey, if it works for you then it works lol. I’ve also heard people say they’ve had theirs tinted and it’s just fine. I know this company just doesn’t want any issue coming back to them, which I completely understand. 🤷‍♂️🙂

Thanks, and same to you! I finally saw a White Sport in person recently and it looked really good. Honestly, I didn’t know these had active shutters in the grill, I’ve never heard that. Do you know if it’s across the line up or just on the top trim levels? Sometimes Subaru doesn’t seem to do the best job of self promoting.

@@AutomotiveAnonymous208 I'm in Toronto, Canada. I believe active shutters ( in general) have been in use for several years in various makes. As for the Forester, I think they were already in use in the 2019 models. Shutters are temperature/computer controlled to operate when required to optimize engine warm up. That is all I know. I thought you may know this & could comment on reiliabilty/ concerns if they lock up in the wrong position

Oh gotcha! I’ve not heard anything about them, which is usually a good sign, lol.

I was going to say that sounds fun until it doesn’t haha. A while back I did watch a video of someone who went down Route 66 to show what it’s become and how it’s died and what’s still around for the few visitors.

@@AutomotiveAnonymous208 I literally watched the same video awhile back. Internet can be a surprisingly small place.

Isn’t that the truth, lol.

So far so good! But we’ve hardly spent any time in it yet TBH lol. I personally really like Subaru cloth seats and think they’re comfortable for my body type and preferences. If that changes I’ll make it known in future videos lol. I think you’re right, they do seem slightly different, maybe it’s like a water repellent characteristic to the cloth or something? 🤷‍♂️🤪

@@AutomotiveAnonymous208 yes that could be it. Almost like have a little plasticity in them. But that could be good for long term and cleaning.

Sorry for the late reply, I’ve been waiting to take it out to test. Which when I tried to turn my signal on when another car was in the blind spot it did NOT beep. I couldn’t find that setting to turn it on in the settings, but I also only looked for a few minutes. I would imagine if I start changing lanes it could beep. But with the neighboring car being a top down C8 corvette I didn’t want to sketch the guy out haha.

@@AutomotiveAnonymous208 Damn. It doesn't beep in the previous generation too. Only the light flashes.

That is a steep jump and unfortunate. I know in my Premium Crosstrek days there was at least a mild upgrade for those. Rockford Fosgate and then the higher trim levels could have the HK (I think that’s still what it was at the time).

Haha exactly! 🤪 We only needed to fill up her old car like every 2-3 months, I have a feeling this one will be driven much more.

@@AutomotiveAnonymous208 I hardly drive my GX 470, 12 MPG is brutal. So maybe once a month I fill it. Gas is almost 5 dollars a gallon for premium still.

Ouch! The GX470 is a legend but yeah, MPG seems to be that platforms biggest downfall lol.

@@AutomotiveAnonymous208 I tell people that the GX 470 is capable of going to the ends of the earth and back as long as it is 240 miles round trip.

Hahaha that’s perfect!

I just took a closer look at it and also have no clue haha. Sorry about that.

@AutomotiveAnonymous208 according to TysonTheSubaruSpecialist, it's a battery tray, for shorter smaller versions so it'll sit up high enough to reach the cables. Though it didn't look like a tray to me.

I’ve not heard of him before. Thanks for sharing!!! 🙂

Sure! It was mostly because there’s not enough information out on it yet. And the 1st and 2nd gen Crosstrek hybrid was one of a failure (huge heavy battery, hardly better range, same acceleration, huge price tag). I’m sure the new ones will be much more competitive with other hybrids. But also since in the past the vehicle this replaced doesn’t get a lot of mileage out on it might not be a cost savings to pay more for a hybrid that doesn’t get driven. And it was time, I was starting to get antsy to replace it before any major problems might start on it’s small turbo engine or incase of an accident as it just wasn’t as safe as this new Forester.

@@AutomotiveAnonymous208 All good points, thanks. We are ready to update our '17 XT. Ive given up on another turbo, so the thought is maybe the hybrid will have better performance.

Yeah, the Outback is 0-w20. I haven’t looked into the Forester yet other than the quantity being 4.7 U.S. quarts if I recall correctly. I love that Subaru engines don’t often need the extra over priced single quart bottle lol. 😂

Hell nah. I put 5w30 in our 60k+ forester and in my OBW.

Absolutely!!

Yeah, of course. 🤦‍♂️😂

Good insight! Since this vehicle is no longer capability or AWD limited for traveling across states or adventuring I’m sure it will be driven a lot more than the car it replaced. The sedan had become more of just a back up car. But also some good fuel and fuel treatment periodically will likely help! Thanks for watching. 🙂

@@AutomotiveAnonymous208 I believe they have a DIY carbon treatment kit sold at Subaru dealers. Maybe you can do a video on it when the time comes.

@@chuckwalla2967once a week when you get on the highway on ramp. Wide open throttle if you have the room and it’s safe. Helps the carbon brake lose.

Hahaha now that’s a good excuse to drive it. I like driving so much I’ve almost considered something like that in the past lol. 😂

Haha. Subaru definitely needs to figure out what they’re doing with their tail light designs.

Yeah, sorry I didn’t clarify that in this video. We ended up buying the 10 year / 100k extended bumper to bumper and powertrain warranty that Subaru offers. I personally don’t like the idea of feeling like you should buy an extended warranty. But Subaru offers a really comprehensive one and with mechanics now costing like $150 an hour the warranty costs pennies of what potential problems could cost over the next decade.

@@AutomotiveAnonymous208 Does that extended warranty include the electronics and computer?

How much was the extended warranty?

As far as I can tell from the brochure it seems like it covers basically everything except tires and wiper blades, lol. Plus Subaru of America customer service is currently really good and would likely also help work out concerns even if a dealership gives a difficult time on any legit warranty claims. I just am not allowed to share my exact pricing. But I’ll make a video soon sharing what I can on the financial side of what this all cost.