Originally Posted by suesheboy

My mother totaled 2 cars (Volvo's) in the last year of her life and my father had 2 wrecks (also volvo's) in the past 3 years. He is a horrible driver and now 86.

After looking into collision avoidance systems, I realized all all 4 accidents could have been avoided with the new Subaru eyesight system so I bought him a legacy (had to be ordered which took almost 4 months) and I feel much better.

Most everyone I know here in the mountains has at least 1 Subaru for when the driving gets bad. The attitude is if the Subaru can't make it, we shouldn't be out.

Sadly as his skills including memory have gotten worse, he may not be able to drive more longer. When that happens I plan on selling my car keeping the Legacy. Far from as nice as a loaded Volvo, it gets way better mileage, is more reliable and is much safer.

Before anyone makes any comments, my father refused to stop driving and going to his doctors (all his friends) they told me he is not bad enough to be banned from driving yet.

Spending 28K meant that he so far had a year more freedom and I feel as comfortable as possible knowing that the chances of him hurting someone is reduced as much as I can.