Pretty much the only subie vids on YT.

Ya I agree as well.

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Club it is. Welcome :) 61 here and first time I met a Subaru at about your age. I have my second Crosstrek now, and just simply cannot even let the faintest idea start to plan taking shape in my mind to change brand. I drive it in mud, dirt, woodland, and - it is unfair, I know but - it is such a fun to see all the other cars in snow...

Shocking that the Crosstrek Wilderness didn’t add one.

@drivingsports Yea, it's a real miss for a company that seems to be in tune with people who take their vehicles off the road from time to time.

Another thing Subaru should do, and it would cost nothing because it's all software based, is put dual mode X Mode on all of their vehicles regardless of trim level, things like this may cause me not to purchase a 5th Subaru....

@alsheremeta Another thing they could easily do that is software oriented for a car with GPS technology is give us an altimeter so when we're in the mountains, we can tell the elevation. My Outback must have 4 or 5 compasses they could replace one of them with an elevation readout.

I have that on my forester wilderness

Yours is better tbh

You considered a Golf R against a Crosstrek?

@MisterMister5893 after some research, no. But we did cross shop them. My point is... give us the power of a Golf R with the offroadability of a Crosstrek(or more), and people would buy it.

We love ours 😁

I hate spending more money to swap out tires on a new car.

@@billricheter5678 then the Wilderness edition would be perfect for you.

@@RetirementGoals1 hope it is available pretty soon

I don't drive off pavement but I would still like to get those Falkens

@@dougmanck4149 they are much much better on the road than the Falken Ziex low bid all season tires that came on the car. The Ziex’s ratings are SO bad and I can vouch they are very bad in the wet.

how is the sound insulation? would you consider it to be loud when driving?

@@DaleDub Livable. But the main the big qualities of the Crosstrek is handling in all conditions and value.

I would still take a manual over a cvt. Rebuild cost on a cvt is about 5K more than a traditional manual trans.

@@Creighzeemofo Cost amd repairs aside, the manual still has a taller starting gear compared to the newer TR580. That is a fact that cannot be refuted.

All automatics in general won't spin out like a manual would offroad. But keep in mind the manual crosstrek has a true power split of 50/50 through the transfer case. Most people do not know that even with the improved new x-modes on cvt it isn't the same, so manuals do perform differently. Either way a crosstrek is not a true offroad suv, it's more like a weekend niche vehicle. 5 grand more for a cvt rebuild compared to maybe a clutch replacement for 1K doesn't sell it for me.

@@Creighzeemofo The manual Crosstrek does not have a true 50/50 split. It has a viscous center clutch system like any other modern Subaru transmission (including automatics other than the STI), which requires friction to spin all four wheels up to 50/50 front to rear, just by moving forward. They have a nominal bias towards the front before torque is sent to the rear; so no, the manual Crosstrek does not have a full-time 50/50 split like a 4WD. Being that the manual also has open differentials, 50/50 will be lost once past of least resistance occurs where the wheel in the air will continue spinning. Manual Crosstrek transmissions also have shorter final drive ratios (4.44) to make up for 2.0L's lack of torque, paired with a very taller starting ratio (3.818), which is why it needs to "spin out." Whereas the 2.5L equipped variants have taller final drive ratios (3.7) because they have more torque. Why did Subaru not pair the 2.5L with a manual is a question only they can (or can't) answer. Repair costs will vary. CVTs are relatively easy to tear down and rebuild for the mechanically inclined. Common failures come from heat due to lack of fluid servicing. However, the CVT design keeps improving by reconfiguring the forward/reverse drive mechanism on the TR580; something manual lovers don't know themselves. I myself favor manuals over autos. In fact, my '21 Crossttek Sport is my first personally-owned automatic car, ever, after nearly 30 years of driving. I can agree that Subaru's aren't off-road monsters or rock crawlers. However, adding a manual transmission to a Crosstrek/Forester/Outback, won't add any benefit to off-road performance unless the gear ratios are suitable for it. Subaru's current manual transmission choices aren't great to begin with, except the STI, which is for an entirely different application.

for us in asia, especially for me in SEA, I think the wise choice is just buy the crosstrek then if you need more space then just go buy the outback and just ignore the forester. sad that we got shafted big time.

Not a significant difference.

Did you end your buying one?

@@martinamadorr5284 - Bought A Black on Black Outback / Wilderness 2024 - Fully loaded - Best Car I've ever owned !!!

Video says that the wilderness review is coming later this year

That's a loooooong drive.

@@drivingsports LOL! Meet us at SIA!

@@drivingsports Going from Seattle to Spokane is a loooooong drive. How can it be much worse for you? haha

Hopefully they work well. The low beams on my 2019 Impreza (base model) are atrocious, almost to the point of being hazardous. Fortunately, I drive very little at night except for lighted city streets and freeways. I think there actually has been a recall pending for a long time on them, but I have not received notice yet that the fix is available.

Crosstrek is great! Only caveat I would say is if you drive in an area that gets lots of snow, you’ll want to stick to a winter tire during the snow months. The AT3W is better than an all season in the snow, but it still struggles in icy conditions.

@@drivingsports We are in Canada and chose the Continental Vikingcontact 7 - they had reviews as best performance on ice - our area is known for bad black ice at times and we haven't suffered any 'scares' in 3 1/2 winters now 👍

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October!

@@drivingsports Thx! I'm taking delivery of mine in Sept, so I can give you my own first impressions 🙂

I don't live in a hot climate so I can't say I've had that issue.

Is the hybrid not a tad heavy for off-roading? - How do you find it? Also Michelin Crossclimate seems to get good reviews as a genuine 4 seasons tire. I'm in Canada and run 2 sets of wheels with full winters for 6 months of the year LOL 😁

@@Hoojammyflip I am not a hard off-roader, though Crosstreks are not made for rock crawling anyway. I have found it to be really smooth and capable in light off-roading honestly. It takes dips and rocks better than my Outdoor used to, since the suspension is a bit softer. Overall, I find it fantastic. But again I am doing light off-roading on trails to caves, remote snowboarding locations, etc.

It's on all cars sold in the USA.

Yes

CVT is not going to likely give you any issues. The seats are much more comfortable on the Subaru.

No issues.

Avoid roof tents. They aren’t worth the trouble, cost and having to set up and takedown nightly.

Avoid roof top tents . Cost, they are inconvenient, really just a trend. They will be out in a year or 2

you can always upgrade with some aftermarket company like Katskin, which refurbishes your Crosstrek seats and adds heat and ventilation, haven't tried it myself just waiting for my original cloth seats to wear off a little bit more

Turn on the AC? 😂

Lol, my 21 sport has 12k

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@@ziggyli99 谢谢

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Lol. It's not that difficult to raise or lower it with your hand/arm.