Subaru Forester

We got a new car today!!! Brian was driving a Saab 9-2x Aero (which is essentially a Subaru Impreza WRX). It was a cool car but was becoming impractical for our family since we wouldn't be able to fit a convertible car seat in it. We like not having huge cars, but it was just too small for us.

Carter saying bye to the Saab ...


So, we sold it to CarMax and bought a new 2010 Subaru Forester from the Subaru dealer. It is very similar in size to my 2007 Toyota Rav4. But, it has a manual transmission! This was a big selling point for us. We both learned to drive on manual transmissions and prefer to drive a manual when given the choice. The car has a huge moonroof which I bet Carter will love once he's facing forward in a carseat.


Carter getting his first driving lesson ...


The dealer let us take the Forester home last night to think about it and drive it a little more. We parked the car in the garage because we had a chance of rain last night. When we went out to the car this morning, we discovered that it was making noises. It sounded like there was an animal stuck in the body of the car. We could hear something like little claws pawing around. It was really freaky! We tapped on the wheel well and the noise stopped. We moved the car out to the driveway and we haven't heard the noise since. We told the dealer about it and they just sort of laughed (I think they thought we were crazy). So, if the car starts smelling in a couple of weeks, I hope the dealer is willing to fix the problem for us!