Subarus with Benefits!

"Haimatox" (haimatox)
01/15/2015 at 07:53 • Filed to: None

I've had my Subaru Outback 2.5 for about a week now. Quite a good car, and its CVT isn't even that bad. That said, the only CVT experience I have is from a Prius. Also, can I just say that this has the most accessible oil filter I have ever seen. Ever.

*Not my actual car, because it's 3 degrees out and I don't want to freeze my fingers off.

DISCUSSION (13)

spanfucker retire bitch > Haimatox
01/15/2015 at 07:57

Kinja'd!!!

I've never understood why more companies don't provide full enclosures for their batteries like my Mazda3 does. I had so many issues with crap building up on the nodes in my Matrix, and that was with 3 totally different batteries. The only similarity between those batteries was the salt-tastic environment during the winter.

Kinja'd!!!

Haimatox > spanfucker retire bitch
01/15/2015 at 08:01

I've never thought of that. It makes sense to protect it.

GTI Sprinks > Haimatox
01/15/2015 at 08:21

After having bottom access oil filters the majority of my driving life, it was an amazingly pleasant surprise to find my 2010 tdi had a top-load oil filter. Makes oil changes a snap, especially if you use one of the oil extractor devices. Practically eliminates the need to crawl under the car.

DipodomysDeserti > Haimatox
01/15/2015 at 08:25

BMW puts them up there too.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Haimatox
01/15/2015 at 08:31

Kinja'd!!!

Yep, I don't understand why this isn't where everyone puts it. My BRZ has the easiest oil change ever.

The Magic Rev Matching 4Runner > Haimatox
01/15/2015 at 08:39

My trucks is placed such that when you remove it, you dump a cup of oil on the front axle... I want this now.

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Haimatox
01/15/2015 at 09:02

I haven't done an oil change in my Crosstrek yet (dealer supplied maintenance through warranty period), but I thought it kind of looked like a PITA, like oil would drip everywhere when you removed the filter. Maybe not.

I know years ago I had an oil cooler on my S-10 pickup, and that one was about as simple as you could get for an oil change. I could crawl under the truck without a lift. That was maybe a ten minute job (or however long it took the oil to drain out completely).

Just1BeforeIDie > Haimatox
01/15/2015 at 09:18

I noticed that on my wife's Legacy, very convenient!

BaconSandwich is tasty. > spanfucker retire bitch
01/15/2015 at 10:06

Interesting. The other weekend, for the very first time, I had to change my battery. I was surprised by the plastic box thing around it, and had no idea why it was there. Now it makes sense.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > The Magic Rev Matching 4Runner
01/15/2015 at 10:06

My Civic isn't much different - it dribbles down the back of the block onto an exhaust cover, so I get to smell the joyous smell of burning oil for the next week if I don't clean it properly.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Haimatox
01/15/2015 at 10:08

Is there any logical reason for not having this? I'm constantly amazed at manufacturers and their creative ways of making an oil change some form of torture. I really think there should be a checklist that every manufacturer has to go through before releasing a car. Included on the checklist should be:

Is the oil filter easy to change?

If they can't check that box, the car doesn't go out of the factory. (Unless it's an electric car, but I digress).