I figure every generation needs this thread.
So I'll begin:
I saw a 2020 Onyx today!
So I'll begin:
I saw a 2020 Onyx today!
Great review. I have had my Touring for 9 days and am gathering my thoughts for a review.I'm letting my Gen 6 rest today after putting about 1500 miles on it over the past week. Some things I liked (if this was yesterday, it would be what I was doing with my Outback Limited driving home to Atlanta):
Some things I don't like:
- Drive is really quiet once you reach speed and it's very smooth.
- Great gas mileage with the 2.5L - Averaging 29.3 mpg over 3 tanks. The first tank was all city driving, one was all highway driving and another was mixed. Impressed with that so far.
- Acceleration was ok with the 2.5i; actually better than I expected. Interstate entrance ramps weren't an issue. Yes, it tends to groan under acceleration, but I'll take the higher overall gas mileage over the XT.
- The acceleration with the cruise control after moving lanes to pass a slower vehicle is great when you choose the most aggressive setting. This can't be configured in our 2017 Forester, so I really like it.
- The whole Start/Stop issue is really a non-issue with me. Save that gasoline. One thing I hate is to be sitting at a light or in traffic with the engine running. The system does a good job of restarting the engine if, for example, the temperature rises in the cabin and the AC is on. There are a lot of inputs it uses to make the decision to stop the engine, and sometimes I couldn't guess why the engine wasn't stopping, though.
- I really like the infotainment system - it isn't too hard to find what you need after using it a few times. It's great for the Nav, and I can see the XM radio station that's playing at the moment (really important to me, )
I'm sure I forgot some things, and if this doesn't belong here (maybe in a review thread), I'm ok with moving it.
- Navigation is not as easy to use as Google Maps through Android Auto. I couldn't get it to do things like "Find the closest Dunkin Donuts". But I used it exclusively on our trip and it's traffic information is up to date, like Google Maps. It found and suggested alternate paths when appropriate and my copilot was checking it's accuracy on her phone with Google Maps. It does a decent job, it's just the searching that I haven't quite mastered yet.
- There's a bug when I'm connected with Android Auto and a text message comes in; I get an error on the infotainment screen. If I disconnect the USB cable and a message comes in, it works as expected.
- When you plug in the USB cable to your phone, by default it switches to Android Auto on the infotainment screen. If you're using the built-in Nav, this makes you have to do a couple of screen presses to get back to the Nav. I found the setting to disable switching to Android Auto after a while.
- Driver seat and mirror settings - you can do this with the buttons on the door for two drivers or you can use the driver monitoring system to store the settings for up to 5 drivers. They aren't synchronized. Plus, if you take your time getting into the vehicle, the scan of the driver will fail and you can either manually rescan or use the buttons.
- Driver monitor system - it's a work in progress, IMHO. It has a tendency to report false positives if you are taking a drink of coffee. Through my testing, it's looking for your head to drop or move to the right. That would set it off guaranteed. If I looked up or to the left, it didn't complain. If you were driving and nodding off, I think it would definitely catch it, or if you were trying to find a radio station or digging around in the console, too.
Cheers!
Dave.
Is it hard to get life insurance with your wild lifestyle?I drove it one mile to work. Then I used the Starlink remote start function to start it over my lunch hour. Drove my car around over lunch for fun. Went back to work. Drove one mile home.
Very exciting stuff, I know.
Nice car. Great choice of having it owned and drivenPicked up my car from the dealership today and drove 200 miles. First impression is it felt quite luxurious and very smooth adaptive cruise control and lane centering.
Added XPEL ppf....front bumper, hood, headlights, side view mirrors, and a-pillar.
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