Day 2 of 7

In 2 hours time I will be off-work, and for Legacy to "start work"! Today's challenge is to ferry an aged parent to-and-fro dinner between West and Central part of the island, while keeping her comfortable and her dinner within her for the trip :p

Update:
I just got back from the dinner outing. Our elder was all smiles and with shine in her eyes when we surprised her with the car pulled right up in front of her. She got into the car with ease as the Legacy's rear passenger seat was neither too low nor high (as in the case of my Forester XT) for her. The first feature of the Legacy that delighted her was its generous interior space. The Legacy offers more than adequate leg room and overhead clearance that are expected of a typical luxury sedan. She was also immediately impressed by the Legacy's quietness as we began the drive. However, she seemed to attribute the Legacy's quietness to its newness as she assumed I bought it new. Ever since the first time she sat in my Forester XT, she has been persuading me to send it for repairs as she thought my blaring exhaust, turbo's "psstt" sounds, and the occasional exhaust back-fire "pops" were symptions of a faulty car. And so she was disappointed when we told her that we will only be driving the Legacy for a week. She asked me to buy the Legacy but she did not ask again when I told her that I could buy buy 2 more Forester XTs to keep as spares instead. Anyway.....

Superb Road-Holding Capabilities of the Legacy
On my way to pick up my companions tonight, I tested the Legacy for its road-holding capabilities.....with and without its traction-control activated. Not surprisingly, the Legacy handled sharp bends with its AWD and traction-control turned on very well. Guess we all expect that from a standard Subaru. But what was surprising was that there really wasn't noticable difference with the traction-control turned off, when taking medium bends at 75 km/h and even hard turns at 50km/h. No screeching of the tyres or wild tilting of the car. When I inspected the rear tyres subsequently, I was even more surprised to discover that they were actually far from being brand new! They appeared quite worn in fact :S I was also disappointed to see that the rims were of size 16" only. My take is that the Legacy's road-holding can be further enhanced with broader rims and tyres.

Suspensions and Ride Comfort
I was very surprised that the Legacy offers a better ride comfort than my Forester XT with both on stock suspension. I am quite sure of this as I deliberately drove the Legacy on the extreme left lane along AYE, that had became rough due to the harsh punishment it receives from large lorries and buses on a daily basis. My Forester XT would have rattled traveling on that lane and my wrists would have felt the roughness of the road through the vibrating steering wheel. The Legacy on the other hand, did not produce similar symptoms.


On my journey back home, I stopped by SPC to refuel as the low-fuel warning light had already came on. I took over the car yesterday when its fuel guage reading was just below the half-tank mark. I might have travelled some 150km before the refuel, but I am not sure as I could only vaguely recall the odometer's initial reading. I have since refuel with S$60.00 (before discount)98R SPC petrol and resetted the trip meter. Although the Legacy had incorporated the "mileage per litre" measurement gauge, I could not make heads or tails out of its readings. Anyway, will update again on my estimation of the Legacy's fuel consumption. Till next time then......thanks for reading :)