I know most people love their Subaru-so I will probably be the lone dissenter.
We bought our Forrester in 2004-in 2009 (at, 74,000), we started hearing a clicking noise when turning the vehicle. We took it the dealer and they "thought" it might have to do with the transmission and it was going to cost us 800 bucks. However, they couldn't guarantee that this one repair would work, and said we might even need a whole new transmission.
This was before they started offering the warranty that they offer now on the drivetrain, so we were out of luck (since we were just past the five years, 63,000). I don't know about your city, but the dealership we bought from is now offering a lifetime warranty on the drivetrain.
Seeing as how we didn't know what the problem really was and we thought it ridiculous that we needed a whole new transmission at 74,000-we traded our Subaru for a Honda CRV.
There were a few reasons we just threw in the towel:
1) We live in a hot climate where it rarely snows, so the AWD was more of a nuisance than anything else (every time we lost a tire, which can be often in a large city with lots of freeway debris, we had to buy FOUR all new tires). We just didn't utilize this feature, and really it was our fault for not considering it more when we bought the car.
2) We live in the South, where not a lot Subaru's were around yet (however, I have been seeing them around more). Trying to find a reputable mechanic that specialized in Subaru's was impossible. That meant the dealer-whom I absolutely hated. They sold us our car and wanted nothing more to do with us.
3)The parts for a Subaru were extremely expensive compared to Honda.
3)We were concerned that this was just the beginning of more and more problems and we just didn't want to deal with it. But, maybe, we got a lemon.
OP, I think you live in a cooler climate up East, if I recall your info correctly? So, some of these points may not be valid for you-but just thought I would throw them out there.
Hope I won't get flamed too much since I know most Subaru owners love their vehicles

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