Should I be interested?

[p38arover]

My wife is thinking of swapping her current model Forester X for a new turbo Forester because the standard 2.5 litre Forester is a gutless slug. You push the pedal down and all it does is change down a cog and make more noise. It doesn't go any quicker. It is frighteningly slow to accelerate when one wants to overtake.

She took a turbo for a test drive today and asked me if I wanted a drive. I didn't as I have absolutely no interest in driving one.

The salesman was surprised I didn't drive it. As I told him, I don't like driving them and I didn't even drive my wife's car for the first year she owned it. I'd much rather drive a Land Rover and still avoid driving the Forester whenever possible.

Should I show interest in my wife's choice of car? Should I test drive the turbo? I find them very ho hum.

If she bought it, it would be our third Forester.

[Sprint]

1: Does your input on the car matter in regards to your wife choosing her new car?
2: Does it matter to YOU what its like given that you will rarely, if ever drive it?

[p38arover]

1. Not to me but probably to her.
2. No.

[RichardK]

Hi Ron, I think it's a girls thing...............Dru loves the loud pedal, I daren't suggest a supercharger for her Rangie it will never go fast enough.

Go on let her have her wicked way............................

[p38arover]

Go on let her have her wicked way............................

Oh, I don't care if she buys it. I'm just not interested - nor was I when she bought the current Forester.

As a passenger I find them uncomfortable. The toeboard is so short that I can't sit comfortably unless I splay my feet.

[Brian]

Oh, I don't care if she buys it. I'm just not interested - nor was I when she bought the current Forester.

As a passenger I find them uncomfortable. The toeboard is so short that I can't sit comfortably unless I splay my feet.

Ron, Go for a spin, the turbo version absolutely flies, as it is basically the same running gear as a WRX on a 2.5l engine, the earlier WRXs are only 2l.

I test drove one many years ago and didnt buy it because I thought it would either put me off the road with too many points on my licence, or kill myself.

cheers
Brian

[Narangga]

Should I be interested?

Is the question about the vehicle or your wife and her interest?

[p38arover]

More that should I be interested in what she wants to buy?

She's going to look at another one today. Maybe I'll drive it - maybe not.

[Narangga]

Interested in what she is interested in - I would say yes (but then I love my wife enough to do that).

Interested in a vehicle that I am not interested - pass.

My two cents worth for you.

[frantic]

I have a reasonably decent knowledge of what cars are on the market so when my wife and I decided we needed a 7 seater (and I could not talk her into another defender or a used D3) I went through and helped with the models available and we ended up with a multivan instead of a kia Grand carnage which was her choice on price.
In the forester range the XT(turbo) now has a higher performance version called the S edition which has 193kw compared to the xt's 169 and the S also gets WRX-STI bits thrown in the suspension dept. It's not a rangie but it is a good gravel and tarmac car.