

SUBARU ONYX OUTBACK UPDATE
The guy who sold me the car told me today that Subaru will have an update in the summer of 2021 for wireless Apple CarPlay, so that's cool. It's the overall quality of this car that makes it worth it. My friends make fun of me for driving a wagon, but whatever. I love being able to start the car and adjust the temp from an app on my phone. I got mine basically loaded for about $36k rear leg room is good and the back seats recline the cargo space is great the liftgate is awesome the safety features are great - you basically can't do anything wrong without the car yelling at you (each of these features can be disabled) the "leather" is nice if you have kids, get the rear sun shades. Here's what I LIKE: overall, the value is good. You have to go into SUB menus for both, which is a pain (especially when it's cold and there is a huge delay when navigating through the screens) rear-camera picture quality is so-so advertised gas mileage is false: my combined average is about 24 mpg (slightly better than my 2016 Outback) and that's driving like a normal person there is a slight vibration when the car is idling in drive. Subaru didn't think that one through no cap-less gas tank? Sheesh, Subaru base engine is underpowered, but that's what you sacrifice to get good gas mileage the auto-stop start is rough (Jeep's was smooth) too much touch screen and not enough buttons: heated seats and auto stop-start should ALWAYS be a physical button (are you reading this, Subaru?).
SUBARU ONYX OUTBACK DRIVER
I mostly like the Outback but here … are my (nit-picky) complaints: you can't put the visor all the way up b/c of the Eyesight Driver Assist thingy blocks it, so it only goes 3/4 of the way up. I test-drove the XT as well but didn't notice enough of a difference to warrant the extra cost and worse gas mileage. I didn't like the Jeep for various reasons (mostly the unbearable road noise) so I traded it in for a 2021 Outback. I had a 2016 Outback Limited for 5 years and traded it in for a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland so I could be cool.
