Planet Subaru

I purchased a 'buy back' subaru forester. I was told the problem had been found and fixed. It turns out that the problem wasn't fixed. It is intermittent and unusual making it difficult to replicate, diagnose and fix. The car, vin #JF2SJGXC5GH427945, will suddenly lose power. Terrifying when it happens, especially if at night or when entering traffic at any speed. It turns out that this is the exact same issue the first owner had and was the reason it was returned as a lemon. The problem was never fixed, just intermittent and unpredictable enough that it took the first owner 17K miles to turn it in and me about 20K miles. From my perspective this is still the same lemon since the problem was never fixed. Planet subaru and subaru of america view this as another sales opportunity for them. They offered me 8K less than their lemon (5-6K less than KBB) buy back formula and tried to sell me a car a year older without turbo or eyesight and with an extra 5K miles for 1K over KBB! Despicable companies. I informed Jermaine Fischer, the regional SOA rep and Nate Roman, the planet sales manager of the life threatening failure this car has. Neither will agree to take this car off the road for good. Since the problem is so intermittent and difficult to replicate, they could change the oil, test drive the car for 500 miles without a problem, and claim to have 'fixed' it again. Two different dealerships and Subaru of America have tried numerous times over the life of this car and have been unsuccessful. After weeks of unsuccessful repair attempts, an unsuccessful attempt to get a promise that the car will come off the road, and an unsuccessful attempt at getting fair reimbursement (lemon equation or KBB value) I have come to realize that I am stuck taking whatever they give me for the car. I will never drive it again and I am just happy that no one in my family dies driving it. I can't sell it elsewhere because I would never pretend that there wasn't a fatal flaw in this car. In the end Nate Roman from sales offered me KBB value in exchange for me not speaking out about this car and his management of the situation. I said no. I won't sell my soul for a couple thousand bucks. I feel that it is my moral obligation to see that this car is never on the road again. Do not buy this car! I would also avoid Planet Subaru. It turns out the 'Undealership' really is just like all the rest.