Is The New Subaru Solterra Any Good Off-Road - TFL Slip Test & Charging Review!
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Published 2023-12-27
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All Comments (21)
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If the rental agreement allowed off-roading, TFL would have left the license plates on the Subaru.
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They had to take the license plate off because it’s a rental. 😅 Roman and Subaru still hate each other after the Subaru crew sent repo men to Roman’s that one time.
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Legend has it, he's still charging.
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Tommy - great expanded version of the slip test video!! Would love to see an id4 PRO AWD on this same style of test.
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Compared to the Bolt, it's a great car. But for the price you could buy a Bolt and a Crosstrek....
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Thanks for another entertaining review Tommy! I leased one for the HOV stickers and free charging at work. Msrp was $46k, with incentives my payoff after leaving the lot was $32k, Subaru is putting a lot of incentives on these to where it’s not a bad lease deal based on your situation. Buying it for $46k would be a terrible idea.
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Great review, Tommy.
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"The Subaru does not make a lot of sense in a number of ways" is stated. I think customers have figured that out. Our local dealer had nearly 20 in stock during the shortage earlier this year while no gas models. Now they only have 6 on the lot, and a ton of the gas models (close to 100 with more in shipping). Even the Subaru dealers have very few of this model now.
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Thanks for the review. I’m leasing a Solterra premium and have been happy with it. I charge at home and use it locally so range and charge speed aren’t an issue. I also have a Jeep JL rubicon and got this to save on gas. I agree that leasing is the way to go which is why I went with the solterra instead of an Imprezza.
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Love seeing these videos! Have you ever tried a slip test in reverse? Some AWD EVs only have FWD in reverse. Which could be important to know.
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Good review Tommy BUT I was totally focused on the crooked license plate bracket, sorry my OCD was kicking in !! LOL 😂😂
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Some good testing there Tommy. I was most curious about charging and seems it's about the same as what Kyle got when he tested the BZ4X but he I believe actually stayed at the charger to 100% from 0%, lets just say about 4hrs later it was done. Not good. The other thing you didn't test but I believe it's the same as the Toyota it only allows a certain number of DC fast charges per 24hrs so road tripping could be near impossible unless you want to charge on AC.
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Are those the only xmodes? What you need for this is a rock setting.
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I recall you did the slip roller test on the Subaru Forester Wilderness a while back and it did a lot better in all the slip tests...Subaru needs to do some more AWD and traction control programming on the Solterra...or is it a Toyota? My understanding is its really a Toyota but has the Subaru drive train? Also....given the Solterra is electric, is the accelerator really applying throttle LOL.
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Out of box, Solterra's awd seems comparable to Subaru's standard awd. I'm curious if Wilderness version will be made.
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Are there any lubrication points on the rollers? They sound like they are binding a little. I hope they hold up for more entertaining testing.
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In regards to the slip test, I was wondering if the front brakes were larger than the rear, that could possibly explain why it had an easier time transferring the torque
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X-mode 1 assumes that at least one tire has traction, and it does its best to prevent the other tires from freewheeling, sending that power to the wheel with the most grip. X-mode 2 assumes that all tires have equally bad or no grip, so instead of trying to send the most power to one wheel, it sends just enough power to all of them and allows for more spinning. In a roller test, X-mode 1 should work better.
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Would love to se some mild off-road testing with a Model Y.
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This vehicle dosnt have the latest software update that shows battery percentage in driver display and also unlocks some mileage from the buffer and improves charging speeds and allows for 3.5 dc charges within 24hrs
