I have an 01 Forester S with ~50K miles. It is a very good, reliable family car. Obviously, it's a world of difference from the p5. It feels like driving a brick: heavy and compact. It definitely handles ok for what it is. In case your going AT, I would check to see if they fixed the crappy shifting on later models. In certain situations, it takes a long time before shifting which I find EXTREMELY annoying. Seems to always happen when speeding up after slowing down to less than 20 mph or when you hit the gas hard.