1999 Legacy Outback. 194K miles, engine is a '96 w/160K. New clutch, Head gasket, timing belt, and water pump. Loaded and clean, only rust is a few nickle size bubbles on the rear wheel wells. Price is $1800, but I know the seller and my fiance is a friend of the family. Acctually she bought her 2 civics from him and he has cut her good deals on both.
This would be the new DD and the neon will be my toy.
NO. I will not talk you out of that.
93celicaGT2 wrote: I'll just leave these here....
You've come to the wrong place to be talked out of it.
I once owned a near-new 2001 Outback that handled like Garfield after a jumbo serving of lasagne and was painfully slow even with the 5-speed manual.
To each his own. I do hear that they are fairly reliable.
i want one, but my girlfriend keeps telling me that they are lesbian cars....
DukeOfUndersteer wrote: i want one, but my girlfriend keeps telling me that they are lesbian cars....
Now I want one.
In reply to 93celicaGT2:
My fiance owned a 2000 that was a dead ringer for your car, except that it had the OEM gold wheels. Tough as nails, reliable, and decently easy to work on. But my gawd it was slow. I mean, couldn't get out of it's own way kind of slow.
Although our dog associates the sound of the 2.5 boxer with us. If one of is taking him for a walk and if that vintage of outback/legacy is a block away, he perks up at the "diggy-diggy-diggy-diggy" sound thinking that it's the other one of us driving to meet him.
In reply to DukeOfUndersteer:
You could always make the claim that you're lesbian trapped in a man's body. That would explain your attraction to her and Subarus.
so i take it the milage shouldnt be an issue, with the work it just had done?
klipless wrote: In reply to DukeOfUndersteer: You could always make the claim that you're lesbian trapped in a man's body. That would explain your attraction to her and Subarus.
haha, just told her that, she said she still wont let me buy another car...
The '96 engine is a phase 1 ( assuming it too is a 2.5 ) and they are prone to internal coolant leaks which means coolant in the oil, unless it was a preventive HG change. If it was a leaker then I would proceed with caution.
I'd probably go for it either way, though, even with the high miles.
DukeOfUndersteer wrote:klipless wrote: In reply to DukeOfUndersteer: You could always make the claim that you're lesbian trapped in a man's body. That would explain your attraction to her and Subarus.haha, just told her that, she said she still wont let me buy another car...
Who says 'you' would be 'buying' 'another' 'car'?
You see it all depends on what the definition of the word 'is' is...
The way I see it, you could have your GF purchase a small suv (since that's what Subaru now calls their wagons) by putting it in her name. That way you didn't buy another car, she did, and it's not a car, it's an suv, so you don't have 'another' car, my logic is flawless...
Get it, drive it, break it, and swap it. Then Rally X/Auto X/ road race/drag race/hill climb it . That's what the natural progression is for N/A Subarus. 
We just sold our '99 Outback. It was a very good car.
In the year that we had it, it only needed a window switch and a battery. The car had 183k miles on it.
neon4891 wrote: 1999 Legacy Outback. 194K miles, engine is a '96 w/160K. New clutch, Head gasket, timing belt, and water pump. Loaded and clean, only rust is a few nickle size bubbles on the rear wheel wells. Price is $1800, but I know the seller and my fiance is a friend of the family. Acctually she bought her 2 civics from him and he has cut her good deals on both. This would be the new DD and the neon will be my toy.
Boy, did you come to the wrong place to be talked out of that...
DukeOfUndersteer wrote: i want one, but my girlfriend keeps telling me that they are lesbian cars....
That would be the Forester, the official car of Provincetown, Mass.
DukeOfUndersteer wrote: i want one, but my girlfriend keeps telling me that they are lesbian cars....
Just tell her not to wear her softball uniform when driving it.
What? That's not PC?
P.S. BUY IT!!!!
Between my parent's 1997 and my friend's 1997 GT:
So, one of them is still running well enough on its third engine. The other was sold for the cost of the most recent repairs.
Cool cars to look at and to drive, but I personally was underwhelmed with the reliability.
And why the hell am I thinking about one of these? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SUBARU-BAJA-AWD-5-SPEED-LOCAL-TRADE-CLEAN-CARFAX-/270583810487?cmd=ViewItem&pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item3f000d49b7#ht_25827wt_993
Goodish rallycross car and tow vehicle for the Bmod car.
I think I need to see if I can take it for a test drive. 2 years ago I test drove a 2.2L '95 outback and was disapointed with 2 things, shifter feel and drivetrain noise.
'96 Impreza 2.2 sold at 217,000 miles. Other than a crank sensor and a worn out ignition switch, only maintenance until the a/c broke (why we sold it).
Currently running a '02 Forester 2.5. Yep, had the HG's done. Some check engine light nonsense on occasion but so far nothing else. Has around 130,000 on it now.
HG failures, yes. Complete engine failures on non-turbos? Can't say I've heard of any.
why would we talk you out of it?
Join us. '01 Impreza RS I've got the Phase II SOHC, so not so much of a problem with the head gasket problems. Phase I bad yes, I just don't remember If they switch to the Phase II in '99 or '00.
Hehe, I drive a lesbian car...a turbo lesbian car. 
one day I will have a stupid-roo. More than likely a Baja, or a Forrester with an STi swap.
I'm waiting for my cousin to get sick of her 2001 VDC H-6, which she uses for a mobile hay wagon.
I have eVil intentions for that car. STi struts figure prominently. So do Volk TE37s in gold.
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