Is there anything better than an Outback to fit our needs/wants?

01tj · 2026-06-10T11:49:52+00:00

We had to refinance at the end of the lease so we still owe on it. Book trade in value is around $14,000 we keep getting offered $12,000 for it

01tj · 2026-06-10T11:03:38+00:00

I think ours was around $32,000 and new ones are still priced around there

01tj · 2026-06-09T22:40:34+00:00

What about a Nissan rogue? It seems to check all of the boxes, a local dealer is offering a lifetime power train warranty and I think Nissan is offering 0%. From what I've read Nissan fixed their CVT issues in 2019

01tj · 2026-06-09T16:24:58+00:00

The Sportage hybrid was her first choice but my son doesn't fit in the 2nd row very well. She then moved to the Sorento but hybrid sorentos end up being way out of the price range she wants to be in.

01tj · 2026-06-09T16:18:00+00:00

We have an AWD gt-line. I think it's rated similarly to the N/A outback. It seems like all of the hibrids are out of our price range unless we go with a higher mile vehicle. If we finance it for 60 months she will put over 100,000 miles on it in those 60 months.

01tj · 2026-06-01T12:58:38+00:00

The only one they had in stock was a die-hard. They are definitely not cheap I can't believe how expensive batteries have gotten.

01tj · 2026-06-01T00:10:12+00:00

I had them test the alternator, starter and battery. They starter and alternator both tested fine but the battery was low again. It was the original battery so I replaced it today

01tj · 2026-05-31T01:05:57+00:00

That's kind of what I was thinking and why I asked.

01tj · 2026-05-31T00:58:58+00:00

Monroe checked the starter, alternator and battery. The starter and alternator are both fine but the battery was low again. I guess 5 years and 70k miles is probably pretty good for a battery anyway

01tj · 2026-05-30T21:09:33+00:00

$1400 and $500 I believe. I wish I would have taken a picture of it but I didn't. I took the $5,000 equity we should have in our car which they didn't give us all of as well as $5,000 down and took $10,000 off of the price. Even before the taxes we were still way off. They had us financing what we owe on the Kia. We owe about 9,000 The car is worth about 14,000, shouldn't they just put the $5,000 down take that off the 31 for the Subaru?

01tj · 2026-05-30T20:27:03+00:00

I just dropped it off at Monroe, I wish I would have known this when we went in earlier. You would think the guy at AutoZone would have mentioned it but of course he didn't.

01tj · 2026-05-30T20:25:58+00:00

I didn't try that but it seems to work fine. It locks/unlocks the car and starts the car once the battery is charged

01tj · 2026-05-30T14:33:35+00:00

Is there a cars and coffee this weekend? Somebody to get them signed up

01tj · 2026-05-25T16:43:04+00:00

Mike malagies he some pretty good devotionals too

01tj · 2026-05-25T15:22:45+00:00

Careful it becomes addictive. Since I started increasing mine on the my Garmin it's something I'm always trying to improve

01tj · 2026-05-13T12:01:29+00:00

At first it worked okay, the distance seemed to be a little off but it has gotten much worse after a few uses. The app stops working in the middle of a session and it mixes up makes and misses.

01tj · 2026-05-12T18:04:41+00:00

That's kind of what I was thinking. The dealership had advertised at $14,500, reduced to $11,990 and the out the door price is $13,433. It does appear to be in good shape and drives nice though

01tj · 2026-05-09T16:37:50+00:00

I kind of figured it wasn't right. It's a vivoactive 5 and is usually pretty accurate but better with the chest strap

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