Crime is low in rural Norway. I tend to leave my car unlocked, and nothing funky ever happens. Buuut my LED bar got stolen recently. Brutally twisted out from its mounts and wires cut. And a old man once pulled the handbrake while the car was parked outside my house and let it roll out into the street. He was visiting my neighbor and wanted to park where I parked.

The four wheel drive has indeed been very handy in the harsh climate here. I've driven home on unplowed roads with snow up to the headlights, and the Subaru just chewed its way through. In a previous job I was regularly driving through mountain passes throughout the country. My commute is more predictable now, but I still drive about 20k a year and run into snow and ice heavy stretches of road. I have been to Switzerland, and I saw that Subarus are popular over there, maybe because of the mountains.

I did some research before buying that car, and the problems with the crankshaft was solved in Euro 5 (mid 2010 and onwards). I had zero mechanical issues with it for 60k kilometers, until I let a friend borrow it.. Then I got it back with less than half a transmission and a constant Cessna sound while driving. After finally paying a mechanic for changing out the gearbox this week, it is whole again. Gained some valuable experience about renting out my stuff from that whole ordeal ;) But I'm glad it was not the engine that exploded at least.

The injectors is still something I am unsure about though. Some of these engines can indeed have problems with that. I am not that worried about the particle filter, as I always drive at least 100+ km whenever I start it up. Generally though, the Subaru diesel is experimental. They eventually figured it out, but the early ones have its quirks. I've owned a Forester S-Turbo before, and those engines really are incredible for the reliability. It was automatic too, even! But the fuel efficiency was miserable. I could never have something like this again with the kilometers I'm driving now.

I did notice how fun the Yaris is! I was surprised, but it has much better driving properties than you'd think from looking at it. And it is genuinely well built. I haven't tested it in winter yet (still "warm" here), but it can probably do okay with studded tires. Definitely no match for four wheel drive though. Both cars use between 5,2-5,5 liters of fuel per 100km, which is very good.

I don't need to sell one right now, but I think I'll wait for a while and consider it. Always good to have one in reserve too. I'm already being asked by people if they can borrow a car now that I have two, but bad experience tells me to say no..

Holy crap, I laughed out loud imagine the scene. The crazy part of me (the dominant one) imagine a stoic old man, Clint Eastwood type, telling your neighbour while he unlocks the brakes and let the car drop into a river: "these kids nowadays don't even repect older people, I'll show him!".

Hahah, that's probably how it went down. There are no rivers close there fortunately, but the car can go off a cliff if you're not careful in that area :) I discovered my car was in the middle of the road when a bunch of cars were queued up in the street and couldn't pass it. When I ran out to park it, I went over to the neighbor and asked his friend why he thought creating chaos in traffic like this was a good idea. He said.. "I had no choice".

Is flavored yoghurt healthy?

I'd think it has lots of sugar and unnatural additives to it. I personally eat plain nonfat yoghurt with nuts every evening, along with an avocado and rye bread with hummus and a slice of cheese (edam). I gather that should be pretty healthy, even if I could still drop the cheese away but it tastes soooo goooooood.
Thanks for that!

As for my Pop Tart adventure, there was a setback when I realized our supermarkets don't carry them on the store like I thought they would, but I'd have to order them online. I just never got into that, ordering them online.

Moreover, I'm now in my "trying to avoid all unhealthy food" mode, even declined to eat a yummy McDonalds Double Quarter Pounder meal with a large chocolate milkshake yesterday even though I had the opportunity. I've also told my wife that she shouldn't bring any buns and pastrys to me from her work because I will not eat them and they go to trashbin if no one else eats them either. I've even cut my consumption of meat quite a bit.

Sooo... I guess I am avoiding Pop Tarts as well, but I guess trying a few out of curiosity wouldn't hurt.

Also, as I mentioned somewhere, somehow I've lost my sweet tooth over time, ie. I am not really craving for sweets that much anymore, not even chocolate, which I guess is a plus. As a kid and also young adult, I used to eat sweets many times a week and just couldn't get enough of them. It is a miracle I didn't get fat and lose my teeth.