Offroad Chops

The offroad portion of Subaru's press drive consisted of a lengthy course on California's Catalina Island, and I had a chance to tackle some fairly demolished dirt roads. I imagine a tiny fraction of Forester owners will take their SUVs to these lengths, but it performed well nonetheless, clawing up steep slopes and rutted pathways with well-controlled body motions. The wheels stayed well-connected to the dirt, allowing the nose or tail to swing wide only under the most sudden turns. (All deliberate, of course.)

    See also:

    Front fog light switch (if equipped)
    The front fog lights operate only when the light switch is in the “” position. However, the front fog lights turn off when the headlights are switched to high beam. To turn on the front fog lights ...

    To open and close the trunk lid from outside
    The trunk lid can be opened using the remote keyless entry system. Refer to “Remote keyless entry system”. To close the trunk lid, lightly press the trunk lid down until the latch engages. NOTE Do ...

    Door interlock switch
    1) Door interlock switch Although the map light switches are in the OFF position (manually off), the map lights can be set to illuminate automatically in conjunction with a door opening, etc. b ...