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Article: Subaru's Forester excels where some SUVs fail.(Auto Weekend)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- April 2, 1999
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A friend of mine just bought a new sport utility vehicle and wants to return it. He hates the seat. Never mind he spent several hours during three trips to the dealership to check and recheck his selection before signing the contract. Never mind he brought his wife and two children along to see how they fit. All three of them loved the SUV. "Buy it," they said.
A week later, he's miserable not only with the seat that doesn't tilt to accommodate his skewed tailbone injured in an accident, but also with the visibility factor. When he's driving, the left A-pillar, one of the struts that holds up the windshield between the roof and the hood, is so bulky he ...