What I will miss about the Bronco Sport (Compared to Subaru Outback)

[o0260o]

I just jumped ship to Subaru after owning a couple of Fords and wanted to make a post reflecting my initial impressions.
I put on a quite handful of miles on the BS and my recent torque converter developments had me worried. Decided it was time. I got the top trim Outback with the turbo engine so coming from Big Bend, it's a different league. The thing rippppps even with the CVT. I also missed the more sedan-esque sitting position and the Outback looks like a better fit for me.

• I miss the buttons already. Not a huge fan of controls being moved to the touch screen. This trend needs to die.
• The pin code entry is so convenient. I would go ride my bike or run and leave the keys in the car. Outback has something similar but nowhere near as useful.
• On a related note, the free connected services like remote start will surely be missed. I think everyone else except Ford charges for this? Crazy.
• The rotary dial shifter gets a lot of undeserved hate. It is so quick to shift back and forth when parallel parking.
• Radar based cruise control feels like a better solution. Even if camera-only system works just as well, I can't bring myself to trust it.

There are other small QOL things that are not worse, but different, which I am stilling getting used to.
I might be back to Ford or even Bronco Sport one day when they make a car that fits better for me.
For now, I am shopping for bumper stickers to cover the rear hatch with that properly reflect all my interests and causes.

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[jkernitzki]

For now, I am shopping for bumper stickers to cover the rear hatch with that properly reflect all my interests and causes.

I thought Subaru's came with a bumper sticker starter pack included!

Side note, my sister developed her own IQ test: Assign everyone a base IQ of 200, then subtract ten points for every bumper sticker attached.

 

[Dude]

I just jumped ship to Subaru …

The [BS] pin code entry is so convenient. I would go ride my bike or run and leave the keys in the car. Outback has something similar but nowhere near as useful.

Can you elaborate more on the Outback’s similar function that makes it “nowhere near as useful”?

I had a 2016 Subaru Forester 2.0XT Touring with neatly the same engine HP and Torque specs as my Badlands which made for a nice transition

I sold the Subaru for similar reasons, transmission had to be replaced and the replacement had to be replaced, Subaru added an extended warranty but only to 100k miles and I hit just over 112k. Almost every 10k like clockwork a sensor would fail and it had a similar battery issue recall like the BS.

Nice vehicle but before I buy another I’ll check to be sure the transmission issues starting with 2010 models (and going to at least 2022 before I stopped looking) are solved

 

[o0260o]

Can you elaborate more on the Outback’s similar function that makes it “nowhere near as useful”?

There is a button on the trunk where you can program a sequence of presses to unlock the doors.

Nice vehicle but before I buy another I’ll check to be sure the transmission issues starting with 2010 models (and going to at least 2022 before I stopped looking) are solved

I have the warranty until 100k and will try to stay on top of the maintenance.

 

[Dude]

There is a button on the trunk where you can program a sequence of presses to unlock the doors.

Thanks… I forgot about that pain in the rear (pun intended) feature. Almost never used it because of its difficulty and no “SubaruPass” App back in 2016