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2015 SUBARU OUTBACK

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• Sept. 15th

• October 16th

2014

FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY AND RELATED SERVICES

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Nothing is better than a family road trip! This is the time when you become free from your daily schedules, and experience the open road, it’s an awesome feeling! But there’s noth-ing like having car problems to bring that great road trip fun to a grinding halt.

Now you can’t always avoid problems, but you can take steps to reduce the probability of get-ting sidelined on your trip. Let’s look at some of the auto maintenance related problems you might encounter on a road trip and what you might do to avoid them.

Let’s talk about some of the items on the trip inspection checklist.

1) The most common vehicle component to failure is the tires. Of course, you can’t always avoid a road hazard that leads to a flat, but you may be able to head off some mainte-nance-connected tire problems.

2) A good tire inspection will start with look-ing over the condition of each tire itself. Are there signs of uneven tire wear? Are the tires properly inflated? Is the tread worn to the point that the tire should be replaced? The answers to these questions may lead to a rec-ommendation to balance or rotate your tires. It may also be time to have an alignment ser-vice.

3) Now the second most common vehicle fail-ure is the cooling system. It may be time for a coolant exchange or flush. These services re-move old fluid that has become corrosive and replaces it with fresh, clean fluid that restores the effectiveness of your cooling system. The cooling system inspection will reveal leaks and weakened hoses.

4) Another thing people often overlook is

their transmission service. This is very im-portant before a road trip because transmis-sion problems tend to take some time and a lot of money to get fixed. Not the way you want to spend your vacation.

5) Your technician should also inspect your belts to see if they should be replaced. A failed belt is at best an inconvenience.

6) Of course, there are the usual things as well. An oil change, engine air filter, fuel sys-tem cleaning, and a routine tune up. If you need any of these things, get them done today - the improved fuel economy will be well ap-preciated on your road trip with less money spent on gas.

7) If your heater or air conditioning isn’t working as well as you’d like, let your service consultant know. They can easily check to make sure your heater and air conditioning systems are working properly.

8) If your heater or air conditioning isn’t working as well as you’d like, let your service consultant know. They can easily check to make sure your heater and air conditioning systems are working properly.

9) Replace your windshield wipers if they aren’t working well. And don’t forget your headlamps. They gradually lose their bright-ness and you don’t even realize it. Many peo-ple replace their lamps once or twice a year.

All the items mentioned are part of any good vehicle maintenance plan. These are things that you want to take care of anyway, but they all come into focus as you plan for a trip or daily driving. They’ll always save you money in the long run and may prevent inconvenient delays on your travels.

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for the road trip?Brian Bowersock

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Outback2015

SubaruIn previous model years, we’d have been more likely to say that it’s the former, a Legacy wagon, given a little more buff and brawn. But with the finer attention to detail that the Outback has been given for 2015, what you get is a vehicle that can more effectively than ever play both roles.

The Subaru Outback has, for nearly 20 years, been ‘the way’ that Americans like their wagons—more rugged and butch than a sport wagon, but not nearly as tall and imposing as many of the other utility vehicles that work for active families. Then there was Major Change for this model five years ago, as Subaru sized it up from where it had been a generous-sized compact to what’s essentially the generous end of mid-size. It’s not tre-mendously surprising that Subaru hasn’t messed

all that much with ‘the way’ in this fully redesigned version of the Outback. Again based on the latest (and recently all-new) Legacy sedan, the Outback is just as family-orient-ed than ever, while is by a long shot the best-selling of Subaru’s models in the U.S. Fundamentally, the Out-back hits the sweet spot of the U.S. fam-ily market; at around 190 inches long, it’s easy enough to park, and unlike some vehicles this size, there’s no attempt to wedge a third-row seat in back. Instead, the emphasis is gear; Outback buyers are outdoor types (far more likely to venture beyond where the pavement ends, on the way to kayaking or mountain climbing, for instance), and so with space for up to five adults and gear,

assisted by the nifty ‘convertible’ roof rack, the Outback does what many SUVs are intended to do only with a better ride, more nimble handling, and better fuel efficiency. Inside, the new Outback is also an evolution rather than a radical rethink, but we see it as uncontro-versially better in every respect. Subaru has lost the upright, ‘winged’ look of the previous instrument panel and instead gone with more of a squared-off, high-end-audio look at the middle, with smooth, organic curves to the trim elsewhere and the corners pushed outward even more. With additional upgrades to the seats and the quality of the trims, the 2015 Outback is definitely stepping further upmarket.


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Powertrain offerings, performance hardware, and the layout of the Outback are all going to be famil-iar to those who have considered this model before (or owned one). Across the lineup, you have a choice be-tween 2.5i and 3.6R models. The Outback 2.5i models come with a 175-horsepower, 2.5-liter horizontally opposed (‘flat’ or ‘box-er’) four-cylinder engine—the new FB-Series version—while the 3.6R models get a 3.6-li-ter boxer six, making 256 hp and 247 pound-

feet of torque. Steering goes electric-assist across the model line, and the ratio is quicker than that used in its predecessor; brakes get an upgrade, too, with ventilated four-wheel discs now in all models. And a new X-Mode system, aimed at lower-speed driving in challenging conditions where traction might be limited, helps the Outback’s systems maintain compo-sure aided by Hill Descent Control, a Hill Holder mode, and a special logic for the stability control and all-wheel drive systems.All versions of the Outback now have a Lineartronic continuously vari-able automatic transmission (CVT). Engineers have gone to extremes we’re talk-ing serious extremes—to hide the fact that

you’re driving a CVT, and the ‘motorboat’-like sounds and rubber-band sensations they can sometimes bring. The programming with this one has it being a great pretender, most of the time following ratios all the way up the range and shifting as if it were a somewhat relaxed automatic transmission. Ride and handling are better than ever, too. Former versions of the Outback ended up involving some pretty pronounced tradeoffs in ride and handling in order to achieve that off-the-pavement tough-ness; finally, for 2015, we feel like the Outback

doesn’t involve as much of a sacrifice in its on-the-road role in order to achieve that tough-ness. The Outback’s cargo floor is relatively low and easy to get to; very few people will have trouble lifting the hatch with one arm either, although in Limited models you get a power liftgate with memory height settings. Seatback release levers for all models are now back in the cargo area, and flipping the rear seatbacks for-ward is an easy, one-arm task.

The Outback has a great reputation for safety, and with top ‘good’ crash-test results from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and its Top Safety Pick+ nod, that’s already be-ing reconfirmed for the new model. A rearview camera system is now included, and Subaru’s

EyeSight suite of active-safety systems (top-rated by the IIHS) is available on most of the model line. Subaru’s EyeSight active-safety system, which uses a multiple-camera system to incorporate Adaptive Cruise Control, Pre-Collision Braking, and Vehicle Lane Departure Warning, is available, as is Cross Traffic Detec-tion and a new Subaru Rear Vehicle Detection System (standard on the Limited model) that can see vehicles in blind spots, warn you of ap-proaching vehicles in adjacent lanes, and de-tect vehicles cross traffic as you back out of a

driveway. The 2015 Subaru Outback offers a lot of value in 2.5i and 2.5i Premium forms; Limit-ed models offer even more, although they push the Outback up against rival models from Audi and Volvo. If you go for a four-cylinder 2.5i, the 2015 Subaru Outback is offered in three different models: standard, Premium, and Limited. These three trims add progressively more equipment—and stepping up to each re-spective one involves a rather large step up in price. The 3.6R adds a six-cylinder engine, but it’s only offered in top Limited form. Premium models include a power driver’s seat, dual-zone climate control, heated front seats, heated side mirrors, a windshield de-icer, leather steering-wheel trim, fog lamps, and an upgraded enter-tainment system.

Trail prowess and all-weather ability have always been the flip side of

the Outback’s performance appeal, and they get a step better in the new Outback, as it inherits the Enhanced Active AWD system and new

X-Mode from the Subaru Forester.[ [

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