2001 Subaru Forester

Folks:
I live at 5700 feet in the foothills of Western Colorado, I do have a flat gravel rural driveway to the paved county road, this winter was an active snow season, and I frequently used my FWD Ranger to break in the snowed in road. Although I collect vintage cars(not good in snow and marginal mileage), where I live an All Wheel drive is quite useful for snow and mountain driving in particular and good mileage is critical. I have several friends with Subaru Outbacks and Foresters. These Subarus are very popular in Colorado, They are especially popular in the "People's Republic of Boulder" where they have replaced the Volvo as the "in" pseudo counter culture vehicle(all true!!), but normal Colorado people like them also for practical reasons. The Forester was for me, for it is built for better carrying capacity(higher than the Outback), and the Outback does get a little better mileage(more streamlined). This Subaru, although used, was purchased from the original owners and still retains a new car look both inside and out. They drive like a dream, and I found out that interstate traveling still achieves about 25MPH. I bought in Nevada and drove it back to Colorado.