The entire current Subaru line are amazing cars; our family has had 5 in a row now, never taken one into the shop; my current hand me down has 110k miles on it. The AWD is one of the best out there short of an Audi, and with the low center of gravity, you can slalom ditched SUVs through any winter storm...they used to be very slow, though, I believe that was fixed ca. 2002. Here's a question, though, one of the things I've been most impressed about the LAS is their non-emergency transport service; it seemd like a great way to unload some of this cough-and-cold BS from real EMS; I gather it's underused? If so, why? Liability concerns?