Fastest mom car in the neighborhood sitting in my garage...
Maybe pics tomorrow. It is F-in cold tonight.
Blizzard + the gas company blew a natural gas line so they asked everyone to turn their heat down to 55F. -50ish wind chill tonight so yeah my bedroom is a little on the cool side.
I had a nice long response written and I inadvertently closed the window...
Yes it is a CVT, but it is the best one I have ever driven.
It is well behaved and I'm confident the Forester would make my stage 2 saabaru work to keep pace up to 100 after that I think the saabaru would just keep going and the forester is probably limited since they only put H rated tires on it.
The stock tires on it are 18" Bridgestone Dueler H/L 400s which are made for comfort rather than handling and speed. We'll see what I think of them once summer roles around. They are total crap on ice.
I should be getting a set of Michelin X-Ice Xi3s tomorrow. Once I have those I will have a lot better idea of how the car really does in the ice and snow. The stock tires were not much fun as I managed to do a few 4 wheel skids with the car. I wasn't impressed with the control I had when I did it. The computer systems in the Forester are not happy when the car goes sideways even a little.
Interesting how they did away with the hood scoop for the intercooler on the Forester. I was going to ask where they put it until I scrolled down and saw the photo where it's still sitting on top of the engine. I guess they are reserving the scoop for just the WRX and STI?
