[NutmegCarrera]

Here’s my latest experience:
I have a 2018 Subi outback 3.6R. Love the car. Great power and great handling (for a mid size wagon).
About 2mos back, I had issues with it not starting. Was cranking slow for a few weeks prior to that.
It started to get cool here, and one morning it just wasn’t gonna start.
Hooked up a charger for a while, and no issue - started up.
Actually was able to drive the 996 for a couple days, and then - no go on the Subaru again.
So I took it in to Advance Auto parts to have them check the battery.
“No Problem”. You’re only down about 20 CCA.
So I pressed them a bit more - “Yeah, these cars with all the HMI screens don’t deal well with slight reductions in battery life”.
Bought an optima battery and dropped it in - no issues at all.

Here’s the cool thing:
I expected all of my preferences to disappear. (I physically removed the battery to take it to the car parts store, so the car was disconnected for a couple hours). No preferences were lost. My radio and all other settings were where I left them.
-With one exception: The stupid tire pressure indicator ‘units’ change to kPa whenever the car is disconnected from the battery. And on this model - finding ‘how’ to adjust that required a YouTube search.

All better now. We’ve been in the low teens a few times since, and no issues. I think the Optima was a great choice.

Oh - and I really like the Outback. This is #4 for us. First with the H-6. And yes - it has the CVT. No issues, drives great.

Not sure is the Acsent is much different - but it may be. Those came out just as I purchased this car. Good luck!