30K Miles in the Subaru Forester: Best Served with Ice
Key takeaways
- Three-quarters of the way through its stay, our Forester tries out for the World Rally Championships.
- View exterior photos Michael Simari|Car and Driver Seasonal affective disorder, known by the appropriate acronym SAD, is particularly prevalent in Car and Driver's home state of Michigan.
- Well, it wasn't right in our neck of the woods—we had to go some 540 miles northwest to the town of Eagle River, Wisconsin, were we met up with the crew at Ice Driving USA.
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Three-quarters of the way through its stay, our Forester tries out for the World Rally Championships.
View exterior photos Michael Simari|Car and Driver Seasonal affective disorder, known by the appropriate acronym SAD, is particularly prevalent in Car and Driver's home state of Michigan. Rather than hibernating in our dens for the winter, we decided to lean into the cold weather and take our long-term 2025 Subaru Forester on a winter adventure. In our neck of the woods, that means ice driving.
Well, it wasn't right in our neck of the woods—we had to go some 540 miles northwest to the town of Eagle River, Wisconsin, were we met up with the crew at Ice Driving USA. The winter rally school is run in conjunction with Flatout Sweden and the experts from DirtFish Rally School. We joined for a $3279 two-day course, though the school offers single- and three-day courses as well.