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18th June 2010, 01:27 AM
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I test drove one a week ago. First gear is reasonably low - not as low as the petrol in low range, but seemed lower than the petrol in high range...if that makes sense. The diesel is typically revving lower, as well.
You DO need 6 gears on the diesel. Real power starts at 1800 and is all gone by 3500rpm. Mind you, it really squirts through that range, definitely feels quicker off the mark than the petrol. I was shifting a lot more than in my 03 NA Forester. THe other thing was that it was pretty quiet at cruising speed, and until I got used to the relationship between the speedo and the tacho, I couldn't always work out what gear it was in. A bit of turbo lag, which takes a bit of getting used to, particularly trying to do a lane change into faster moving traffic on the freeway. It is downshift, push the accelerator, then move - power will come in around halfway across the lane. Oh, and reverse needs you to pull up a lever on the gearstick. A trap for young players. It took me about 5 minutes to get out of the carpark (I got to do my test drive solo without a dealer rep). 
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11th July 2010, 04:13 AM
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We have just traded our MY03 forester X on a new Diesel Forester (our 3rd Forester)
Seems to have a lot more power, is much more economical (6.6L/100K compared to 10L/100K), Quieter at cruising speed and has more room.  At 110Kph it is doing just over 2000RPM compared to 3000RPM in the petrol, so is very quiet and economical It will be interesting to see how it goes with some extra kilometers on the clock Last edited by phil; 11th July 2010 at 04:48 AM.
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11th July 2010, 04:52 AM
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G'day phil &
 to ORS.Congrats on the new Forry. Regards Mr Turbo
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13th July 2010, 12:55 AM
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After a week or so in the new Forester, I drove our Corolla to work today. I kept thinking I was revving the nuts off it...was actually shifting at around 3000rpm. The brain has obviously already adapted to diesel driving.
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20th July 2010, 06:39 AM
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I just watched this review and thought this may be of interest to you all....
http://www.mynrma.com.au/cps/rde/xch...u-forester.htm
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20th July 2010, 08:33 AM
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2nd August 2010, 11:52 AM
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I finally got around to taking one of these for a test drive.
Even putting aside my Subaru loyalty, this is one outstanding engine. I was quite taken by the VW 2.0 TDI (in a Tiguan) engine in terms of power/torque, 'revability' and refinement but the Subaru diesel matches it for power/torque and revability and beats it for refinement. It revs past 3000 rpm with ease, though it's not often necessary to do so even for fast acceleration due to the torque on offer. It makes for a lovely combination with the 6 speed manual as well. I think first is a little shorter than first in my car, but gears 2 to 5 are more spread out and taller. With the torquey engine this means fewer gear changes around town which makes a nice change from the closely stacked and (in my opinion) too-short third and fourth in my car. I think there is less driveline backlash than in the 5 speed as well. The gate is quite narrow and at first glance would seem likely to promote incorrect changes, but actually just needs slight pressure to the left for 1 and 2, no pressure left or right for 3 and 4 and slight pressure to the right for 5 and 6 - easy! The change is slicker than the 5 speeder as well and didn't strike me as 'rubbery' as has been reported. My thoughts on the general SH Forester package (compared to SG) remain the same: Pluses:
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