I thought I'd jot down a few notes about my initial experiences.
Generally good, very comfortable and large, certainly easier to manage with than the impreza it will ultimately replace.
Goes well enough although maybe not as quick as I had imagined. It might be that you don't get that much sense of speed but the numbers do increase pretty rapidly.
It's not all that loud either but that might be part of its appeal.
There have been a few niggles too, mainly electrical.
I find that if I don't use it for a couple of days the drivers mirror will sometimes not unfold. If I relock and unlock it will behave then. Similarly for the cargo blind. It sometimes doesn't raise with the tailgate and once it has once its fine.
I've had 2 faults on the dash. ESP popped up on a long drive. Didn't make any difference and as the tracking needs doing - steering wheel isn't straight in the straight ahead position - I think that explains that.
Also one episode of the visit workshop and the car and up arrow, so suspension. Not happened since and the car sits level enough and repsonds to the 3 settings. I haven't tried the raise button.
Also today I stopped the car and there wa a loud buzzing from the front passenger side of the engine compartment which didn't stop when the ignition was switched off.
Once we set off and travelled for an hour it seemed to stop quickly and certainly wasn't on when we arrived at home. No error messages.
I think this is where the air suspension pump is but I'm not expecting issues here as the inspection noted it looked new or in good condition.
Hopefully it will not reoccur but I shall keep and eye on it.
One last thing, is there no way to display the time on the centre console?
You don't see the clock well from the passenegr side and it would be odd to have all those functions and not the clock.
Cheers
David
Generally good, very comfortable and large, certainly easier to manage with than the impreza it will ultimately replace.
Goes well enough although maybe not as quick as I had imagined. It might be that you don't get that much sense of speed but the numbers do increase pretty rapidly.
It's not all that loud either but that might be part of its appeal.
There have been a few niggles too, mainly electrical.
I find that if I don't use it for a couple of days the drivers mirror will sometimes not unfold. If I relock and unlock it will behave then. Similarly for the cargo blind. It sometimes doesn't raise with the tailgate and once it has once its fine.
I've had 2 faults on the dash. ESP popped up on a long drive. Didn't make any difference and as the tracking needs doing - steering wheel isn't straight in the straight ahead position - I think that explains that.
Also one episode of the visit workshop and the car and up arrow, so suspension. Not happened since and the car sits level enough and repsonds to the 3 settings. I haven't tried the raise button.
Also today I stopped the car and there wa a loud buzzing from the front passenger side of the engine compartment which didn't stop when the ignition was switched off.
Once we set off and travelled for an hour it seemed to stop quickly and certainly wasn't on when we arrived at home. No error messages.
I think this is where the air suspension pump is but I'm not expecting issues here as the inspection noted it looked new or in good condition.
Hopefully it will not reoccur but I shall keep and eye on it.
One last thing, is there no way to display the time on the centre console?
You don't see the clock well from the passenegr side and it would be odd to have all those functions and not the clock.
Cheers
David