What he really wants is one of the Subaru B5 hybrid hatchbacks that they were showing off in concept, and in the meantime I'm trying to convince him to lease an Impreza wagon or Outback.
I think he wants to get rid of the Forester (it's a '98 Forester L) to a) have something newer in terms of style and features, b) hopefully get better gas mileage, and c) not have to put much more money into keeping the Forester running. It needs a bit of brake and suspension work done and he seems to have decided that he'd rather have a new car to spend money on than have to drop money into replacing old parts on this one.
Hopefully he'll decide to go through with it - I want to buy it off him. I don't mind putting a bit of money into a used Subaru if I didn't pay a whole lot for it in the first place.
