So I stopped in here one day without my fiance. I have done a TON of research and knew that I wanted to buy a 6cly Outback. I hate the 4cly because it has the CVT transmission and it is NOT the car I want. I asked the salesman- "do you have any 6cly on the lot today" he said "oh honey, you don't want a 6cly, you want a 4cyl, it will save you on gas". I responded: "no, I know that I want a 6, I have driven them both. I do not like the CVT transmission in the 4". He said, "there is really no difference in the 4cyl and the 6cly". I said ok and I left. Went to Johnson Subaru of Cary, and couldn't be happier. No one there called me honey and no one told me that there was no difference between a 4cly and 6cyl (which if you drive them you will feel and hear the difference).