hello all, we just got a 14' crosstrek (put a 2" lift and 215/75-15 ko2's on it before i drove it) found this forum looking for a solution for mounting a full size spare (still open to any and all suggestions there) and this site seems like a cool resource.
we got this car as a 3rd vehicle, my wife drives our 21' tundra, i drive a colroado ZR2, and we do a ton of driving.... i currently have a 585 mile one way commute to work every week, we live on the south coast but have a home on the central coast and my wife still has her business there, so between bouncing back and forth between the 2 houses and my work, we decided to get something a little more economical for long drives, and i told my wife if she wants me to ever drive a car, it needs to be woods capable, because i spend a lot of time in the mountains.... the most obvious option was subaru, and i was kind of torn between an outback and crosstrek (either was going to be lifted with ko2's) the crosstrek seemed like the better bang for our buck, and somewhat to my surprise, i like the car so far.... still concerned driving a vehicle with c rated tires, but being as light as the car is, and the tires being relatively narrow, i'm hoping to build confidence in that rig off road....
if this all goes well, i'm guessing in a couple years we will start fresh with a new one, and probably do a similar lift/tires, but add a rear locker..... worst case, after a couple years, it should be basically free to own, it will legitimately save us 5-700 bucks a month in fuel at current fuel prices, so i'm hoping i continue to like this car
Mike
we got this car as a 3rd vehicle, my wife drives our 21' tundra, i drive a colroado ZR2, and we do a ton of driving.... i currently have a 585 mile one way commute to work every week, we live on the south coast but have a home on the central coast and my wife still has her business there, so between bouncing back and forth between the 2 houses and my work, we decided to get something a little more economical for long drives, and i told my wife if she wants me to ever drive a car, it needs to be woods capable, because i spend a lot of time in the mountains.... the most obvious option was subaru, and i was kind of torn between an outback and crosstrek (either was going to be lifted with ko2's) the crosstrek seemed like the better bang for our buck, and somewhat to my surprise, i like the car so far.... still concerned driving a vehicle with c rated tires, but being as light as the car is, and the tires being relatively narrow, i'm hoping to build confidence in that rig off road....
if this all goes well, i'm guessing in a couple years we will start fresh with a new one, and probably do a similar lift/tires, but add a rear locker..... worst case, after a couple years, it should be basically free to own, it will legitimately save us 5-700 bucks a month in fuel at current fuel prices, so i'm hoping i continue to like this car
Mike
) but if we do start with a new one from scratch in the near future, you have done a lot of mods that i will want to.... did you ever do a build thread on this car?
