I upgraded to continental dws 06+, for the price I don't think you can beat them. more than double the treadlife of the stock tires, great performance in varying driving conditions.
Subaru knew their customers were gonna pitch a fit about this so they way overbuilt the starter. It’s rated for 260,000 starts which breaks down to a little over 70/day every single day for 10 years. It’s also physically much larger than the standard starter from previous generations.
I'm on my third set of Pirelli Scorpion AT plus tires. IMO it's a wildly underrated tire. I put a lot of highway miles on my Forester, and while I haven't done any wild 4x4 stuff, they've never left me stranded.
Wild peaks are the shiz! No vibrations beasts on snow, ice, and rain. And drive smooth in the summer months. Overall these have been the best tire for the money.
Update: I bought the Powerstop z26’s (I thought I bought the z23’s) but they so far work great!
Overall the Outback performed better than I expected with 4 occupants and a trailer, however I wouldn’t want to tow any more then 1500 pounds for the distance I traveled. Acceleration was obviously impacted but not as much as I feared, the 2.5i does have enough power for the load I was putting it under. At really high elevations and fairly steep grades I did have to decrease my speed to keep my RPM’s down
Im in AZ, and I was hitting up in the 225+ coolant after a Grimmspeed FMIC, and so I went ahead and upgraded to a koyo. Now I’m staying around 196-206 depending on situations. Highest I’ve seen is 208 or so.
When you get your first replacement, don’t get an OEM get a Pilkington brand.
I got the Yokohama Avid GTs which are by far the worst tire they make. My Outback couldn’t turn in the snow.
I despise those mishi radiators they take up too much space. Makes it hard to do anything on the front of the engine without ripping it out.
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