| Previous :: Next Topic |
| Author |
Message |
Cyclopath
Faster than light
Joined: 20 Mar 2012
Posts: 4277 | TRs
Location: Seattle
|
| Is an Impreza up to the task of getting to trailheads at the end of nasty, potholed dirt roads around here? I assume it'll do just as well in snow and ice as any other Subaru, but it's got less ground clearance than I'm used to and I don't know just how much is required around here? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Brian Curtis
Trail Blazer/HiLaker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001
Posts: 1552 | TRs
Location: Silverdale, WA
|
Current Imprezzas have 5.1 inches of ground clearance. That would be fine for most trailheads. Though I ended up buying a Crosstrek, which has the identical body to the hatchback Imprezza, because it has 8.7 inches of ground clearance. That extra few inches makes most logging roads a stress free drive.
--------------
that elitist from silverdale wanted to tell me that all carnes are bad--Studebaker Hoch |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Backpacker Joe
NWH Joe-Bob
Joined: 16 Dec 2001
Posts: 23594 | TRs
Location: Cle Elum
|
Ive been looking at the Crosstrek Hybrid. For some reason they are of limited availability.
--------------
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Damian
Member
Joined: 18 Dec 2001
Posts: 3189 | TRs
|
| Brian Curtis wrote: |
| Current Imprezzas have 5.1 inches of ground clearance. That would be fine for most trailheads. |
Maybe. But the current Imprezza clearance will bottom out on anything more than a slight pothole in my experience. Or even a minor change in steepness as where a driveway meets the road. This was my experience and I got real tired of it. I ended up selling my 2016 after less than 2 years. Kicked myself for not having thought this through the first time. Replaced it with a Forester. Quieter and adequate clearance for all but the worst roads.
I would not recommend the new Impreza's for even around town due to the low clearance and noise. If you like the Impreza, and it is otherwise a pretty good car, get an Outback. A downside to both Impreza and Outback is the road noise. Which is awful. Hard to talk on a phone at 70 on I90. No exageration. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Brian Curtis
Trail Blazer/HiLaker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001
Posts: 1552 | TRs
Location: Silverdale, WA
|
The 2016 was prior to the current redesign. At 5.9" the ground clearance on the 2016 Impreza was even higher then the current offering.
I do really, really like my Crosstrek.
--------------
that elitist from silverdale wanted to tell me that all carnes are bad--Studebaker Hoch |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Damian
Member
Joined: 18 Dec 2001
Posts: 3189 | TRs
|
| Thanks Brian. Wow even lower! Then double emphasis on what I said. Crosstrek is a solid vehicle. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
EJ
Member
Joined: 02 Oct 2009
Posts: 242 | TRs
|
| I had a 2015 Impreza and scraped the bottom of it a couple of times on potholed forest service roads. I replaced the Impreza last year with a Crosstrek and haven't had an issue so far (though I haven't gone on a really, really bad road yet.) I really like my Trek. It's the car I should have bought in 2015. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
