r/trailseeker

Just got mine this past weekend and can't say enough. Feel likes it's the perfect vehicle all around. Have about 400 miles and have been able to L1 charge mostly while I wait for my L2 to get installed. Was the first Trailseeker the dealer sold and was one of only a few in stock in the region. Didn't get the best pic side by side with the Outback cause I was so excited about my Subie but you can see they're very close in size. Love the wagon shape, used to have a 3.6 Outback and this is just so much better in every way. Averaging about 4.2 mi/kwh as well with a lot of highway. Crazy efficient.

After living and breathing what felt like the entire inventory of every single trailseeker from the West to East coast I managed to find a Trailseeker at the price I felt was fair.

Out here in the PNW Trailseekers were flying out of showrooms with pre-reserved units of course and any available inventory being sold within hours of being listed.

I was targeting the “sweet spot” in my mind which was the limited but got an amazing deal (at least on the West Coast from my perspective) on a Touring with roof rails and rear cargo mat thrown in.

Originally I had also targeted Daybreak Blue, but ended up with Brilliant Bronze and honestly the pictures/web configurator does not do it justice.

One thing I do have to say is that Tesla v3 chargers while you can charge on them, the cable is not physically long enough to reach the NACs port on the front. I ended up having to park across two stalls just to get the car close enough. I hear with v4 superchargers (the new ones with payment interfaces) those should be long enough, and my home charger which is a Tesla unit is plenty long enough.

I wish there was a way to set the Trailseeker to auto fold in the mirrors when the car locked, but aside from those minor quibbles the car is everything I hoped it would be and more.

Obviously it’s no ultra lux unit and you can tell where they saved money in areas people care less about, but from the driving dynamics, interface, ride comfort and power there’s no complaints.

I did have to drive over 160miles to pick up the Trailseeker but it held up well and got about 240miles (estimated with the 40 miles remaining). I honestly did get some range anxiety when I was going up the mountain as I was unfamiliar with the route I was taking back, but thankfully there was a downhill section that allowed for significant regen.

Great work by Tom Voelk and team, didn't see him post it up here yet:

NWAPA Mudfest 2026

Ohio to Chicago… no issues. Fun to drive!

Parking my Trailseeker beside an old friend 😀!

Didn't snag a pic at the dealership, but it's my first EV and I'm having a blast so far.

Hopefully, the Subaru/Toyota can solve the issue of this error message after I attempted DC charge.

Little background, this is our first Ev. So we wanted to try out the different charging options. We tried slow charge station of ChargePoint. Couple days later, I tried electricitfy America dc charger. There was another customer at that station who was helping me. I had plugged in the car but for some reason it didn’t recognize my phone. The person helping suggested that I just use the credit card swipe and pay. This seemed to do the trick and proceeded to charge up to 80 percent. However, I got an error message after I started the car. Took it to the dealer, they thought it was a simple problem. Two hours later, the service advisor gave me the bad news. The techs don’t know what is wrong and have to consult Subaru. So, I am now using a loaner Solterra.

Partner picked up a Trailseeker Touring with leather on Monday in Ft Lauderdale FL. We spent weeks searching inventory for this exact color combo and kept coming up short until last Friday when a random one popped up on cargurus located 175 miles away in Ft Lauderdale. Within 3 hours of initial contact with the dealer we signed the paperwork online and picked up the car this past Monday. We’ve both owned Outbacks (23 and 24 Wilderness Models) and I’m thoroughly impressed with the Trailseeker. Night and day difference between them though with the Trailseeker you definitely feel like you’re driving a rebadged Toyota product. Arrived home after 175 miles of consistent 80-85 mph highway driving, air conditioning at 69, ventilated seats on High, radio bumping and a few spirited pedal to the floor moments with 50 miles left of juice. Pretty impressive! Looking forward to soaking up the miles in this one.