[beachedwhale42]

Welcome to the forum!

Never dealt with an OB (or a Legacy, for that matter) on the beach, but if you're worried about ground clearance (and I would be too), just go with the OB. How well does your Cruiser handle it right now (clearance-wise)? If I remember correctly, the 100 series Cruisers were somewhere around 7-8"? Most of my Cruiser experience has been with my dad's lifted FJ60 :-D

 

[beachedwhale42]

Let me pose another question: do you consider the outback an old man's car? I love them, but my wife and friends think I am crazy. Any thoughts?

I get teased more about it being a Lesbaru....never been teased about it being an old man's car. But you know what? I can always get from point A to point B in the snow. More importantly, I can always make it home from work.

 

[beachedwhale42]

Look at it this way all the homes in my hood are worth north of 1million a pop. In 09 when we moved in we had the only Subaru around the entire area. All the houses had Mercedes GL's and top trim Toyota's and lexus, a couple of Tesla sports cars - lots of Land Cruisers and every other house seems to have a 911. Three years later I've counted about 10 Gen4 Subaru's legacy, OB and even two new Imprezas. I think value for the money speaks louder than the old rainbow sticker on the old clapped out beater OB. LOL

Haha....true that. It's mostly just my friends that tease me (and they're pretty much required to....if they didn't, they wouldn't be my friends). I'm originally from the Greater Los Angeles Area, and it was nice moving to New Hampshire.....less of the latest/flashiest BMWs and Benzes (thankfully) and more of the practical Subarus. People always ask if I'll be able to get into work due to snow.....my response is that I have an Outback, and people are all "oh yeah you're fine." AWD + ground clearance ftw.