2007 subaru forester vs. 2009 forester dilemma

[wawa1992]

I'd get the 2009 if I were you. It's a more modern design and it's safer. (The 2007 is a 2003 design and the 2009 is a 2009 design). Plus, it will last you a couple more years. And it probably has more luxury features. For the price, there's no question.

[pth]

Originally Posted by duster1979

One thing to consider is that cars between 60K and 110K miles will need to have a lot of the more expensive service items (brakes, shocks/struts, exhaust, etc) replaced. So besides getting a couple of extra years of service out of the lower-mileage car, you would likely also have a couple of years at the front end where you could reasonably expect to not have much in the way of repair bills.

This is a very good point and one that im trying not to make to myself because I had a lot of fun with the older one hahaha.

The cool thing is, an older lady owned the 09 limited and she was religious about keeping it up..so it's in pretty great condition.


UPDATE: I was able to get the guy down to 15500. But I still think the 09 is the better deal.

[pth]

or i could get an old volvo wagon and keep the extra cash...