floppiless

Something else is coming UPS - I missed the door yesterday and have a notice saying they were going to deliver between 10:30 and 2:00 today and they haven't shown up yet. What a way to waste a day.

 

Canada Post is the carrier for USPS items in Canada, they left a delivery slip yesterday for me to go and pick it up today - I guess they just want a signature as they didn't leave it in the mailbox. I have been waiting for UPStupid so I can go get the thing at the Canada Post station. It was mailed on Jan 4.

I got mine yesterday at my parents' place. I ordered on the 7th, it didn't take too long, I guess. But I won't be able to get to install it until the end of the month when I go up there. :S

At first I had my wife test drive a RBP LGT wagon that was on clearance, but no Legacies, GT or otherwise, came equipped exactly how she wanted (power seats, cloth, seat heaters), so we started looking at Outbacks. Right at the end, I mentioned that the dealer had an '05 XT demo for only about $1,000 more than we were paying for the '06 2.5i, but she didn't bite. Unfortunately, it was in October, when gas was ~$3.50 for premium. She didn't want the worse fuel economy and premium requirement of the XT (she also wasn't real keen on the color of the demo XT).

 

I was initially pushing her to get a Legacy wagon, because I thought there would be a handling penalty with the OB. As it turns out, the OB seems very well balanced, looks nice, and is actually pretty fun to drive.

I drove a legency before as well when deciding which one to get, since the legency base is about 2 to 3 G cheaper than the Outback. But I like the ride, suspension and the options of the Outback better.

Yeah, as I ended up with the XT, was in the similar situation with your experience. It was a manager's demo, ended up paying around 2g more than the OB base model for it.

Welcome to the board. My wife has an OB 2.5i, and I'm surprised how nice it is to drive.

Oh yeah, I agree. Although I have the XT, but I did drive the 2.5i first. I compared that with many others, including Outlander, Equinox, Escape, Matrix, and so on... I finally decided on the OB... As for getting XT at the end, that's another story...

floppiless, do you have the 06' or the 05'? I have an 05' XT in red.

Mine is a '05 as well. Just never discovered this site till last night!