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Rank: Member Joined: 11/6/2010 Posts: 289
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Dear Guys all my friends suggest I import a Subaru forester YR 2006...any differing opinion ? please add in the pros and cons of this machine....
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Rank: Elder Joined: 5/21/2013 Posts: 2,841 Location: Here
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gesowan wrote:Dear Guys all my friends suggest I import a Subaru forester YR 2006...any differing opinion ? please add in the pros and cons of this machine.... If it was entirely up to you to decide (which it is), would you import it? If yes, go right ahead. If no, then don't. Ultimately it's your car, not theirs. Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/6/2010 Posts: 289
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Thanks @Rankaz13...am just soliciting for ideas to help me make up my mind and thanks again
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Rank: Elder Joined: 5/21/2013 Posts: 2,841 Location: Here
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gesowan wrote:Thanks @Rankaz13...am just soliciting for ideas to help me make up my mind and thanks again Ok @gesowan. May I suggest that you approach it from a different point of view. Begin by asking yourself: "What would I like my car to do for me?" Or in other words, what would you wanna use it for? Thus, if you want a car to ferry your family, you go for a station wagon or van for instance, whereas if you want a car that you'll use to mostly ferry goods, then in that case you go for a pick-up, and on and on. Let's hear the opinion of other wazuans. Wish you all the best. Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
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Rank: Member Joined: 10/31/2010 Posts: 154
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gesowan wrote:Dear Guys all my friends suggest I import a Subaru forester YR 2006...any differing opinion ? please add in the pros and cons of this machine.... Having owned 4 vehicles (2 of them being Subaru legacy - which is my current vehicle as well) in the last 6 years,I think I can offer you the formula I used: I looked at what I could afford and what I wanted the vehicle for. So, look into the following: -How much money are you willing or do you want to spend? - Maintenance costs - how often will your car need repairs/service and at how much. - Fuel consumption - bei ya mafuta ni ghali - 1500cc or 2000cc - the more cylinders/cc the more fuel it consumes - Safety rating - how many airbags etc - Where will you be driving - around town or up country - all wheel drive, front wheel, or 4 wheel drive? - Will this be your daily runner or for biz - How many passengers will you be carrying on average or most of the time I sat down, narrowed down my top 3 or 4 vehicles that I wanted. Plugged in the pros and cons into a spreadsheet - the one with most pros is the one I bought! One last thing: It'll be your car, get what your heart desires, the one that will make you happy! Personal opinion: Subarus are good cars. Been happy with the two legacies that I've owned! Good luck! “None but ourselves can free our minds.”
- Bob Marley
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/6/2010 Posts: 289
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Penny-Stocker wrote:gesowan wrote:Dear Guys all my friends suggest I import a Subaru forester YR 2006...any differing opinion ? please add in the pros and cons of this machine.... Having owned 4 vehicles (2 of them being Subaru legacy - which is my current vehicle as well) in the last 6 years,I think I can offer you the formula I used: I looked at what I could afford and what I wanted the vehicle for. So, look into the following: -How much money are you willing or do you want to spend? - Maintenance costs - how often will your car need repairs/service and at how much. - Fuel consumption - bei ya mafuta ni ghali - 1500cc or 2000cc - the more cylinders/cc the more fuel it consumes - Safety rating - how many airbags etc - Where will you be driving - around town or up country - all wheel drive, front wheel, or 4 wheel drive? - Will this be your daily runner or for biz - How many passengers will you be carrying on average or most of the time I sat down, narrowed down my top 3 or 4 vehicles that I wanted. Plugged in the pros and cons into a spreadsheet - the one with most pros is the one I bought! One last thing: It'll be your car, get what your heart desires, the one that will make you happy! Personal opinion: Subarus are good cars. Been happy with the two legacies that I've owned! Good luck!  willing to spend 1.2 -1.5 million maintenance cost is not an issue(disregard) displacement 1800(1.8 L)- (2.0L)2000 safety rating not an issue driving around town with an occassional drive to my rural home this will be for daily commute to work passengers -two penny -stocker weka hiyo kwa spread sheet yako unipe jawabu
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Rank: Member Joined: 10/31/2010 Posts: 154
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Quote: willing to spend 1.2 -1.5 million maintenance cost is not an issue(disregard) displacement 1800(1.8 L)- (2.0L)2000 safety rating not an issue driving around town with an occassional drive to my rural home this will be for daily commute to work passengers -two penny -stocker weka hiyo kwa spread sheet yako unipe jawabu What other vehicles are you looking at? I need to comparable....do you other cars in mind that you've considered? “None but ourselves can free our minds.”
- Bob Marley
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/17/2009 Posts: 3,583 Location: Kenya
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First Option *http://www.sbtjapan.com/bmw-118i-2006-10-319649*
another option *http://www.sbtjapan.com/audi-a4-2006-3-300656*
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 3/25/2010 Posts: 939 Location: Nai
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gesowan wrote:Penny-Stocker wrote:gesowan wrote:Dear Guys all my friends suggest I import a Subaru forester YR 2006...any differing opinion ? please add in the pros and cons of this machine.... Having owned 4 vehicles (2 of them being Subaru legacy - which is my current vehicle as well) in the last 6 years,I think I can offer you the formula I used: I looked at what I could afford and what I wanted the vehicle for. So, look into the following: -How much money are you willing or do you want to spend? - Maintenance costs - how often will your car need repairs/service and at how much. - Fuel consumption - bei ya mafuta ni ghali - 1500cc or 2000cc - the more cylinders/cc the more fuel it consumes - Safety rating - how many airbags etc - Where will you be driving - around town or up country - all wheel drive, front wheel, or 4 wheel drive? - Will this be your daily runner or for biz - How many passengers will you be carrying on average or most of the time I sat down, narrowed down my top 3 or 4 vehicles that I wanted. Plugged in the pros and cons into a spreadsheet - the one with most pros is the one I bought! One last thing: It'll be your car, get what your heart desires, the one that will make you happy! Personal opinion: Subarus are good cars. Been happy with the two legacies that I've owned! Good luck! willing to spend 1.2 -1.5 million maintenance cost is not an issue(disregard) displacement 1800(1.8 L)- (2.0L)2000 safety rating not an issue driving around town with an occassional drive to my rural home this will be for daily commute to work passengers -two penny -stocker weka hiyo kwa spread sheet yako unipe jawabu You can't just ignore maintenance cost for a Forester ! Assume you blow up the engine...Replacing it will set you back waay over 100K or even replacing the timing belt system this is about 50K Every time you do a major service weka between 30-40K.
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/6/2010 Posts: 289
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@nakajua for sure am not in the class of BMW and Audi..
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/17/2009 Posts: 3,583 Location: Kenya
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gesowan wrote:@nakajua for sure am not in the class of BMW and Audi.. suggested that because you mentioned maintenance cost is not an issue, the two cars actually are in the price range you mentioned
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Rank: Member Joined: 6/17/2010 Posts: 572
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gesowan wrote:Penny-Stocker wrote:gesowan wrote:Dear Guys all my friends suggest I import a Subaru forester YR 2006...any differing opinion ? please add in the pros and cons of this machine.... Having owned 4 vehicles (2 of them being Subaru legacy - which is my current vehicle as well) in the last 6 years,I think I can offer you the formula I used: I looked at what I could afford and what I wanted the vehicle for. So, look into the following: -How much money are you willing or do you want to spend? - Maintenance costs - how often will your car need repairs/service and at how much. - Fuel consumption - bei ya mafuta ni ghali - 1500cc or 2000cc - the more cylinders/cc the more fuel it consumes - Safety rating - how many airbags etc - Where will you be driving - around town or up country - all wheel drive, front wheel, or 4 wheel drive? - Will this be your daily runner or for biz - How many passengers will you be carrying on average or most of the time I sat down, narrowed down my top 3 or 4 vehicles that I wanted. Plugged in the pros and cons into a spreadsheet - the one with most pros is the one I bought! One last thing: It'll be your car, get what your heart desires, the one that will make you happy! Personal opinion: Subarus are good cars. Been happy with the two legacies that I've owned! Good luck! willing to spend 1.2 -1.5 million maintenance cost is not an issue(disregard) displacement 1800(1.8 L)- (2.0L)2000 safety rating not an issue driving around town with an occassional drive to my rural home this will be for daily commute to work passengers -two penny -stocker weka hiyo kwa spread sheet yako unipe jawabu in the alternate peg your spending range at 1.5m and you could get a neat c180 'One headache for famous medieval holy people was that someone might murder you to acquire your body parts for the relics trade'
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/9/2008 Posts: 5,389
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vky wrote:gesowan wrote:Penny-Stocker wrote:gesowan wrote:Dear Guys all my friends suggest I import a Subaru forester YR 2006...any differing opinion ? please add in the pros and cons of this machine.... Having owned 4 vehicles (2 of them being Subaru legacy - which is my current vehicle as well) in the last 6 years,I think I can offer you the formula I used: I looked at what I could afford and what I wanted the vehicle for. So, look into the following: -How much money are you willing or do you want to spend? - Maintenance costs - how often will your car need repairs/service and at how much. - Fuel consumption - bei ya mafuta ni ghali - 1500cc or 2000cc - the more cylinders/cc the more fuel it consumes - Safety rating - how many airbags etc - Where will you be driving - around town or up country - all wheel drive, front wheel, or 4 wheel drive? - Will this be your daily runner or for biz - How many passengers will you be carrying on average or most of the time I sat down, narrowed down my top 3 or 4 vehicles that I wanted. Plugged in the pros and cons into a spreadsheet - the one with most pros is the one I bought! One last thing: It'll be your car, get what your heart desires, the one that will make you happy! Personal opinion: Subarus are good cars. Been happy with the two legacies that I've owned! Good luck! willing to spend 1.2 -1.5 million maintenance cost is not an issue(disregard) displacement 1800(1.8 L)- (2.0L)2000 safety rating not an issue driving around town with an occassional drive to my rural home this will be for daily commute to work passengers -two penny -stocker weka hiyo kwa spread sheet yako unipe jawabu in the alternate peg your spending range at 1.5m and you could get a neat c180 Have you considered the fact that maybe (s)he could be fired if (s)he reported to work in a Mercedes? I remember the trouble I got into when I drove to work in a new (mtumba) car and there were no loan deductions on my payslip.
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Rank: Member Joined: 10/31/2010 Posts: 154
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gesowan wrote:Penny-Stocker wrote:gesowan wrote:Dear Guys all my friends suggest I import a Subaru forester YR 2006...any differing opinion ? please add in the pros and cons of this machine.... Having owned 4 vehicles (2 of them being Subaru legacy - which is my current vehicle as well) in the last 6 years,I think I can offer you the formula I used: I looked at what I could afford and what I wanted the vehicle for. So, look into the following: -How much money are you willing or do you want to spend? - Maintenance costs - how often will your car need repairs/service and at how much. - Fuel consumption - bei ya mafuta ni ghali - 1500cc or 2000cc - the more cylinders/cc the more fuel it consumes - Safety rating - how many airbags etc - Where will you be driving - around town or up country - all wheel drive, front wheel, or 4 wheel drive? - Will this be your daily runner or for biz - How many passengers will you be carrying on average or most of the time I sat down, narrowed down my top 3 or 4 vehicles that I wanted. Plugged in the pros and cons into a spreadsheet - the one with most pros is the one I bought! One last thing: It'll be your car, get what your heart desires, the one that will make you happy! Personal opinion: Subarus are good cars. Been happy with the two legacies that I've owned! Good luck! willing to spend 1.2 -1.5 million maintenance cost is not an issue(disregard) displacement 1800(1.8 L)- (2.0L)2000 safety rating not an issue driving around town with an occassional drive to my rural home this will be for daily commute to work passengers -two penny -stocker weka hiyo kwa spread sheet yako unipe jawabu You plug them in, rating them 1 to 10, 10 being the best. Unataka tukufanyie kila kitu, yawa! “None but ourselves can free our minds.”
- Bob Marley
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Rank: Member Joined: 4/2/2011 Posts: 629 Location: Nai
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You mentioned going to shags, how is the road? Some of the car models being suggested here cant handle those rural roads. In that sense, I can vouch for a forester.
na timing belt si 50k as someone said. its around 15k.
service with original parts is ;
spark plugs - NGK platinum 8k
Oil - 4,500 (Xenol or other synthetic)
Air cleaner - - range from 1k to 1500 depending on where you get it,
Fuel filter - around 3k but unaeza ngojea sale za subaru kenya
oil filter - 1k to around 1500 depending on where you buy.
The parts that you must never have to buy mataa - front and engine. if you maintain car well kwa nini engine iharibike?
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/6/2010 Posts: 289
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Thanks friends finally a subaru forester will be mine
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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/29/2006 Posts: 2,570
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gesowan wrote:Thanks friends finally a subaru forester will be mine Get a coloured one! The opposite of courage is not cowardice, it's conformity.
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Rank: New-farer Joined: 2/20/2013 Posts: 47
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Enjoy the driving experience.Once a subaru ,always a subaru.You may never go back to toyotas You were put on this earth to achieve your greatest self, to live out your purpose, and to do it fearlessly.
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/6/2010 Posts: 289
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jerry wrote:gesowan wrote:Thanks friends finally a subaru forester will be mine Get a coloured one! I got the wine red but I also liked the blue
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Rank: Member Joined: 10/19/2009 Posts: 671 Location: Nairobi
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Those days are approaching fast.  @gesowan, Congratulations on your new purchase. You want to avoid being caught talking over the phone by the cops. Look for me so we can sort that ---> HERE
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