I also believe the reputation of Honda and Toyota is a thing of the past. I bought several new Hondas, and several new Lexus vehicles too (which are supposed to be better than ‘regular’ Toyotas), and left them when I started having all sorts of issues. I’m on my first Subaru (’24 T-XT), but was a bit disappointed that 3 of the wheels had mounting damage (yes, from the factory), and my oil came overfilled by a quart (probably dealer error, but now I think it’s possible it was the factory too, since I never ever had wheel damage before, and even less with the tall tires of the OB). The wheel damage of 2 wheels is very minor (like 1″ or two), so I’m okay with that. The RL, however, has more than 1/3rd with the same gouge like 1/4″ off the wheel edge, and it has about 2″ of actual ‘rash’ at that same level. Selling dealer is looking into that, but hope the rest of the car is reliable
. I changed the oil yesterday, removed the belly pan, and no oil leaks of any kind, so that was good (hope it stays that way). And experts here said no potential future side effects of running 629 miles with engine overfilled with 1-qt, so hope they’re correct. Looking forward to many years of Subaru ownership, after having to change freaking vehicles every year or two due to issues.
. I changed the oil yesterday, removed the belly pan, and no oil leaks of any kind, so that was good (hope it stays that way). And experts here said no potential future side effects of running 629 miles with engine overfilled with 1-qt, so hope they’re correct. Looking forward to many years of Subaru ownership, after having to change freaking vehicles every year or two due to issues.
