For a variety of reasons, we decided on a Subara impreza '17 premium w eyesight; put refundable $1k to hold it. wd be the first Suby for our family. But at least three people have offered cautionary opinions on problems of maintenance (competence) and parts cost and availablity due to the lower comparative volume of Suby relative to toy, honda, and gm. These are opnions basewd on what their common sense says, btw. W/o alot of suby cars on the road, presumably there wd be less competence of the workings of subarus, specially w/ the fancy computerized eyesight - goes these doubting thomases..
Wd joe blow corner mech or jffy lube be ok for oil changes and the like?
Or wd we always have to go to the subaru dealer for basic maintenace and certainly for anything bigger?
Implied questions to this forum:
1) Where do you all get your maintenance done on you Soobies?
2) Have you found the maintenance costs or the parts costs and availability ( and hence turnaround) to be bad?