Blueprint's 2022 Crosstrek Limited

[Tortoise]

I'm sure there are scenarios where having a record of services at the dealership would make things go smoother. I encountered that when one of the DEF lines had a bubble that threw an error code.  The dealership was giving me grief about using aftermarket DEF*, I eventually got my way but it wasn't without a fight.

*They were being ridiculous because all DEF is made to the same ISO standard. I stopped going to that dealership after that (it was a new service manager).

[Blueprint]

I dropped the car last night and came back home with a "free" loaner, a 2026 Crosstrek in basic Convenience trim with only 650 km on the odo. A bit quieter than mine, but man what a dollar store level of interior furnishings... Has a physical key to start it and those odd twin screens Subaru still uses in the base trim.

[Blueprint]

Temps finally went up to around -6°C yesterday, turning our solid snow streets to muck, and downtown the whole mashed-potatoes-with-gravy brown slippery slush conditions were full-on. Pefect commuting conditions for the Scoobie. It becomes a point-and-shoot tool, powersliding around corners, finding lanes were snowbanks are and swallowing frost crevices and potholes. Yes, fwd will get you there, but a Crossie has a f**k winter attitude that is pretty endearing at this time of the year.

[Oliver]

I dropped the car last night and came back home with a "free" loaner, a 2026 Crosstrek in basic Convenience trim with only 650 km on the odo. A bit quieter than mine, but man what a dollar store level of interior furnishings... Has a physical key to start it and those odd twin screens Subaru still uses in the base trim.

My buddy had a base Crosstrek for a couple years, he recently replaced it with a non-base Impreza and it is so much nicer inside.

[Blueprint]

I dropped the car last night and came back home with a "free" loaner, a 2026 Crosstrek in basic Convenience trim with only 650 km on the odo. A bit quieter than mine, but man what a dollar store level of interior furnishings... Has a physical key to start it and those odd twin screens Subaru still uses in the base trim.

My buddy had a base Crosstrek for a couple years, he recently replaced it with a non-base Impreza and it is so much nicer inside.

I sat in a new Limited at the auto show, methinks my previous-gen Limited has a much nicer interior. The base cars were / are pretty stark in comparison.