The diesel Scooby isn't all that good on jungle juice Rob, torque is a wee bit low too compared to a conventional 4 cylinder TD.
However, it is a super smooth engine if a little thirsty compared to other TDs.
Depending on what happens with work I might be looking at a Forester soon, at the moment they're hard to find without a slushbox though 
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I have no issues with buying a Subaru with an auto. I have one now...superb! Also, you get better MPG, around 2-5 over a manual. I was a bit worried about an auto in snow and ice having had an auto disco, but the subaru version is amazing when it gets iffy.
I average around 32-35 mpg with the petrol, and with petrol being cheaper, service costs being cheaper, the fact they are £2k cheaper than a diesel to buy and only 8-10mpg less than the diesel, I may buy another petrol as I do like the boxer engine (mine is a 2.5). Cass is getting around 38 mpg from her 2.0 boxer. There are everal online running cost calculators that show over a 3 year period, the petrol works out cheaper is averaging 15k a year.
