Stage 2 2015 Subaru Forester XT Review!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ก.ย. 2018
- Finally I Review my 2015 Subaru Forester XT A.K.A Forester Gump. I purchased the car new 4 years ago, and it has been tuned since it had only 900 miles on it. Custom Tuned by Ray @ Turbotek
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I’m still smiling from ear to ear! Absolutely LOVE this review! On a side note, the B-roll with you staring into the sunset was a nice added touch too. Nicely done. 👍🏻
Such a comprehensive, extensive, and enjoyable review! My wife had a 2015 forester XT and now i got her a 2018, and I love these mods, I bet she would too, so I plan on using this information in the future to set her up nicely, especially a stage 2 tune, sounds so sweet!
Sarah - Look at your channel pop! 92k subscribers WOW. Its your natural charm and car savvy that makes people eager to see your very next video. Great content. Looking forward to seeing what color you picked for TT.
I just sat through a 12:02 review of a Forester and - loved every second of it. Why anyone would be watching a review of a McLaren Senna or a Porsche GT3 Touring of equal length, say, is beyond me. Here we learn the ins and outs of a modified Forester that still only gets 2 beans and move on to something else with a smile pasted on our face. Honestly, Sarah, another fun video packed with information.
Good review .... it’s amazing how fast you can get a handle on electrical & mechanical problems .... your mind is clicking faster than most shop mechanics.... ten years from now, when my little one is ready to drive, I’m gonna pull up your vids & probably light a spark
Very well done review, Ms. Sarah. It's great to see you smiling again. 😁 Seeing your Forester makes me miss the heck out of my Subarus. Keep up the good work, Ma'am!
Thanks for the tour of the Gump Sarah! Gotta love the accessibility of the oil filter on these cars. Nothing wrong with an exhaust that talks a bit.
Thanks to TH-cam's suggestions, I finally found your channel. It wasn't mentioned anywhere on TFLC - somehow logic. It's always a pleasure to see you.
Nice review, Sarah. Your car looks and sounds great. I like the upgrades you've done to the car. Keep up the good work.
sarah like your sense of humor love the added trunk feature
Sara you truly are the wish of any car nerds dreams! Cute, Funny, quirky, and all around lovable with a knowledge of cars and a passion for them. Keep up the great work!!!
I love how much fun you have in your videos and how informative you are
Love the Subaru Forester XT videos!
Keep em’ coming.
I have a 2018 Subaru Forester XT, and hope to do some modifications in time.
I learn from your videos what to do or not to do!
Thank you!
I just bought a 2016 2.5 forester and it was love at first test drive. I wanted an suv for a long time and this was perfect, much more roomy than it looks. I love your forester gump!
I dare say this is one of your best videos yet! You are amazing - go Sarah!
Sarah, you're definitely not alone with being a bit apprehensive about the XT at first, but then just "getting it" after driving it. Mine sold itself on the test drive...there's really nothing else out there quite like it.
The review I've been waiting for. Loved it.
Thanks for the vid. I just picked up 2016 XT premium this weekend and love it.
Only channel that I will follow for my forester needs. I just got a 2018 Forester XT and love it! It is actually my third forester. I especially like launch control hehe. I plan on doing a lot to the car, but nothing too drastic as i love the car and the simplistic look. Thanks for being a channel that actually explains mechanical workings and doesn't just show mods being put on! It's nice when people speak "car" and not "bolt-ons" haha.
You've got another sub because of this video. loved the humor, loved the content, the car was pretty as was the host. well done.
Forester can really handle in those twisties.
I was looking for someone who did good mods for Forester XT and I found your video. I bought 2018 Forester XT end of last year and searched for what mods I can do. Thanks for the video.
best looking forester to date. the wheels and the front end are unique to a few model years.
Hi Sarah always a pleasure watching your videos
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I feel the same way about my 18' forester xt. She's got character for sure and carries all my gear for surfing, fishing, etc. Keep up with the fxt content. Thank you for inspiration on building my car!
Incredible! 18ft long? Wow, didn't know they were that big! LOL.😎. I'm guessing you mean '18, not 18'? It's all good! 😂
Paul Johnson haha yeah '18 not 18ft lol. We're not talking about a navigator or escalade.
i traded my 16 fxt in for a 19 wrx... videos like this make me regret it, but then i remember i love this 6 speed. your fxt is legit!
Amazing Sarah! Forester Gump is awesome! Keep up the wonderful videos! PHRASING!!!!
I had my laugh out loud moment for the day when you were in the back of Forester Gump and said you were Scotty Kilmer's daughter, LMAO! Gave the video a like and subscribed immediately.
I love your Forester Gump, Sarah! I am digging your mods!
Thank you, you given me loads of great ideas for updates to my Forester XT
I'm not even close to having seen all the videos on this channel, but so far, this is my favorite.
Great review, I always wondered about Forester Gump. Seeing your Forester when I first found your channel made me seriously consider buying an XT. As someone with an 09 Impreza Outback Sport, I want more power so the WRX/STI was natural, but the utility of the hatch (like my car) made the XT so attractive. In the end, I'm waiting until the next gen WRX to replace my aging hatch. Thank you for your channel and have learned so much about cars from watching you. Also it is nice to see Tucson again (I once lived there for just over 3 yrs).
Even if you don't need full-on winter tires out there (I run Blizzak WS80 195-65R15s here in New England), I can't overstate how awesome decent summer rubber is over all-seasons. I put Conti ExtremeContact Sport 205-50ZR17s on my '14 Impreza hatch, purely for wet grip in my case since it rains a bit here. It means I can drive pretty much normally no matter how wet it is. And they've made me want to do suspension upgrades because they're SO much better than any all-seasons!
PS: I went with the ExtremeContacts because almost anything summer will have more dry grip than I would ever need with a stock Impreza daily, but the Conti's had the best wet grip in every test I found. Plus they have the cool imprint that tells you when they've worn enough to reduce both the wet and dry handling enough to matter.
Oh, yeah, and keep the AS tires for going to the mountains, with two sets they'll bothlast twice as long!
Thinking of getting this exact model XT and I love your mods, may incorporate some of yours in mine, especially that tune 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾🔥
Hi Sarah, great video ! I sold my manual SG XT and upgraded to a white SJ XT last week. Your videos on your foz have been really informative - thanks! I agree it’s a great daily. I am currently planning a lot of similar upgrades to mine. Already got the rally armour flaps fitted.
In the UK the SJ isn’t popular and no one stocks parts so I will be looking to USA & JP for parts. Love your humour 🙂
Thanks for the great review Sarah! I’ve had 6 Subaru’s. A1978 4wd wagon, 1985 4wd wagon, 1990 awd wagon 1997 outback. Currently I have a 2008 Outback and my wife has a 2017 legacy sedan. Love the legacy despite the Cvt. I avoided doing the complicated cvt fluid change and paid the dealer $280 to do it🙁
wow. I'm in love with your forester. new subscriber and love your videos. I definitely need to supp up my Forester but love what u did with yours. definatley will be watching your other videos on your forester gump.
Hi Sarah after watching your videos I went out and brought a 2012 Forester X here in Australia 🇦🇺 needs a lot of work. Keep the videos coming
:) you made FG oh so cool. Thanks for bring us on the ride. Great Hosting , Great video.
Loved this review. Glad a practical car gets some airtime. Nothing wrong with getting something that has "more tricks per pony" than a saloon. Really interesting mods. Thanks for highly watchable review :-)
Love how much u know about your car !! Great job beautiful
Awesome video Sarah, I love me a subaru of any kind. I really appreciate all your knowledge and experience you have put into your videos and cars. It always answers questions I have wondered about certain models and the why and why nots. The first camera angle you had on foz Gump made it look like a kei car lol. As always enjoy your content and what you produce is A grade . Cheeers for all your hard work B-)
I like what you've done to your Subaru.
Thanks for sharing
Your vehicle reviews are spot on!
That was a great review. So much fun!
This was a very refreshing and straightforward review. Thank you for not being a mindless fan-girl.
My A3 2.0T is straight pipe with the cat still there and it crackles and pops just like your Forester when I let off I love it
You are so awesome! Keep on living it to the fullest!
we've got to love a women who cares about keeping her daily driver tuned. sarah's amazing!
Thank You Sarah !!! Great to see the Great Forrester Gump from way back when !!!
What a great review and awesome build!
Looks a little like you were running up and down highway 83 toward Sonoita. Nice ride! Keep the vids/reviews coming. Also, from a fellow veteran, thank you for your service!
G’day Sarah.... I love your video’s and more particularly your sense of humour. I’ve never seen a Forester XT STI here in Australia - certainly the local Subaru dealers didn’t stock it outside of it being a Grey Import from Japan ....I’ve seen plenty of Forester XT of your vintage however.
I only just now stumbled upon your channel when looking for reviews on the new 2019 Forester... I’m not planning on taking it up bush tracks quite as harsh as you thought :). Keep up the wonderful reviews
Scotty Kilmer’s daughter joke made roll! Really!! 🤣🤣🤣 great video, as usual!!
I think you are my new favourite channel, Sarah
Howdy, Sarah! Very grateful for your video of the Stage 2 upgrade of your 2015 Subaru Forester XT ("Forester Gump"...love that nickname!). Being the owner of a 2020 Subaru Outback I am very interested in on- and off-road performance upgrades, and your work to bring out the beast are helpful. From a selfish point of view, I do hope that you will keep Forester Gump for many years and progressively upgrade the vehicle's capabilities. Thanks for doing what you do so very well!
Just contacted Ray after seeing this. Pretty much going to piggyback off of your tune since we have similar mods haha my original tuner didn't do the best job and he couldn't provide me with a burble tune so for showcasing your car today, I thank you! Be on the lookout for a review of my modded SJ soon!
I have one XT 2016 and love my car !!! It is a beast when needed !
Sarah, Im a truck guy but I find myself anxiously awaiting on your next video wondering whats next?! Its like an unexpected package showing up at your door. I don't know why but I literally had a smile on my face during this whole video!! Keep it up! Looking forward to your next video.
You make Subaru cool Sarah. i notice Subaru's around town now. All because of you.
Very nice mods to Forester Gump! He sounds awesome, Sarah! BTW, you and Scotty should so do a video together!
Love your foz! I have a ‘17 in black myself. I am convinced that a forester xt is the best option for a daily!
great video, great car amd awesome sound and 4x4 SAWD traction system. Comgrats !!
Post credit edits are always fun. Really want a Forester as my next car. Cannot beat the AWD system for snowy, wet roads here in VA.
I love my 2008 FXT and was saving up to get a new 2019 XT this year but guess I'll be holding on to my old one for a while now.
Side note, it looks like a nice area there to drive.
Great review as always!!!
Think I just fell in love!!!! Oh and the Subie is pretty awesome too!
Great ride, great video! From an old Forester CVT owner. I can only dream.
Reminiscent of your TFL reviews which are awesome as well. Burbles rock😎
I love my XT!! Haha!! Those backfires and pops are epic! Now you need the STI pink springs like I have. They are awesome! Looking at your black mirrors makes me want to do mine. Nice Video!!
killersushi99 I want BC racing coilovers and upgraded lower control arms.
BCs are nice but very stiff for DD. Depending on what roads you drive they will beat the hell out of you. Just something to consider = )
One of your best videos.
Awesome video ! Love your humor too !
Sarah, good to see you. I hope all family matters are taken care of. You have been in my prayers.
Heard the sad news that pulled chocks with TFL. You are a great reviewer and I will miss your Sarah-isms on TFL.
Love your expressions when you give it the beans, your eyes get bigger as the rpm's increase.
Keep the burners in stage 5 and light up the night with reheat :-)
No more Sarah in TFL? Boo!
Todd Dembsky I was stretching myself too thin doing two channels while maintaining a decent quality of life standard.
Not a bad thing.. I like your channel but hate TFL. I think you can do something better on your own. Your content is more entertaining and different from the usual TH-cam reviewer !
Sarah -n- Tuned I can understand that. I truly enjoy this channel and will always look forward to your fun way of doing things. Here is to more growth, an actual life, your smile, and the dream that someday my 2015 Kia Soul with the 1.6l 6 speed manual will be a project car and a turbo gets installed :-) I am with you, I like three peddles on the floor...
TFL's lost, hopefully better for Sarah's subscribers.
Yep as gorgeous as she is, It really is that SMILE that is infectious . Teamed with her honest , direct reviews /opinions & quirkiness its no surprise her subscribers are growing fast.
The exhaust sounds really good Sarah. Not too loud
Great review, I can tell, you’re in love!
You are ace, great vid, funny, rude, down to earth, petrolhead with a hint of cheek..love it
My 5 year old daughter was watching this and asked "Can I say hi to Sarah?"
David Santora hi 👋🏻
Zoë is going to miss the turbo boost when I sell my 2016 FXT soon. Hopefully she will like the sound of the 5.7 liter hemi in the 2019 RAM 1500 crew cab I plan on buying as soon as I sell the Subi.
We are driving my wife's slightly modified 2015 Unlimited Rubicon to the Maine Mountains Jeep Jamboree tomorrow. Next year we will trailer my highly modified 2007 Unlimited Wrangler behind the RAM.
Pic or didn’t happen
Pic of what?
David Santora haha that’s usually a saying when someone says something really cool or cute, that some people lie about for attention. Like proof that your daughter wanted to say hi. He’s just messing with you.
I found your channel doing pre-purchase research on Subaru’s. I ended up with a new Outback. I call her Margo Gru, my Subaru. (Margo is the big sister on Despicable Me.) Please keep the Forrester Gump content coming. Awesome content Sarah!
That brake face was quite epic! Glad to see 'ol gumpy gettin' some more screen-time!
Enjoyed the review, Sarah. 👍 I love my MY2004 Impreza WRX STI PPP. I have owned it for 13 years and drive it every day. Subaru sales have taken a massive dive here in the UK, because of the high fuel and road tax prices.
Wow your Forester rips! Awesome an hilarious as per usual.
I also have a 2016 Subaru Forester, I like it. The CVT always has the power ready to go.
This Video wa brillant and very entertaining! Funny and a very good summary about your Forester.
Love it, keep on with the good work, since I watch you, (around buying Mr doze) you keep getting better and better!
Greetings from Germany!
PS: please stay as crazy and weird as you are ;)
I like forester gump. Glad you still do little mods on him here and there
Enjoyed the review, well shot with the angles. Liked the tongue and cheek humor. Wish you talked more about the power caught at the end your estimated spec.
You've literally done everything I want to do to my (currently bone stock) '15 FXT. They're no track or canyon monsters, but they're fun, practical daily drivers that can take you off road as well. I think few vehicles exist with as much bang for your buck as an FXT.
We have a 17 Forester XT. His name is Finn. White like yours and looks like a stormtrooper.
Nice car for a SUV and did not expect it had 250 HP, sounds well too. I do like hatchbacks too so roomy and spacy, much better then any sedan!
Love your channel :) Keep up the great work
Awesome review and quite honestly a very good sound from the exhaust. I watch a lot of Scotty's videos. Lol at being his daughter. You will have to move a lot like he does
Hey Sarah, I just bought a 2017 Forester 2.0XT Touring last week. It has the saddle brown interior and I pearl white. I went from a 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland CRD (diesel) to this. So I am going to probably go more towards adventure style than street JDM. By that I mean the suspension (probably 2" lift), wheel/ tire will be meatier, and outside will be a bit different for gear but I want to do all the performance upgrades power wise. I can't wait to empty my pockets on it. Haha. Thanks for the great video which got me more excited and gave insightful help on what I want to do.
You have hands down the best subie name. “Forester gump” is just 👌👌🤙
“You can take that how ever you want.” LMAO I do like your commentary!
great video Sarah you rock
Watching this video makes me really miss Arizona...and driving those empty desert roads. Sarah, there is a great tuner shop in Arizona called DynoComp in Scottsdale. Richard is the owner, and tunes everything from Bugatti’s to Subaru’s. I believe they even had a very featured WRX back in the day. Check them out sometime.
That was a very cool video Sarah! Nice outfit to go in a nice clean vehicle.
My dad drives an XT, stock. Can’t wait to tune it up!!!
Congrats on pulling off the projector retrofit. 👍👍. Yes, they’re a royal pain, but so worth it in the end!
Great video, your knowledge, passion, sense of humor, and beauty stand out again! Which routes did you film on? I am planning a road trip through the southwest, and scenery looks awesome!
Okay can I take always the fact that Sarah is like the biggest pun artist of like the car world I mean I can’t go one second without hearing one and I can’t stop laughing because of it. Sarah I love it it’s an amazing quality I mean Sarah makes it fun for me to watch a car I’ve already seen on the channel before it’s funny and engaging this is why I go to Sarah first well that and I have nothing better I can watch rather than someone getting rkoed😂