dgoodhue

I have low mileage OEM one that is basically rust free. It came from FL Legacy and I think it has 75k mile on it.

Subaru as well as other manufacturers do this. This is part of the VDC.

The service history does not always show oil changes (or someone did their own oil changes). They probably didn't go 50k miles between oil change (48k to 98k) My car never see dealership except for warranty repair. Sometimes you have to judge it by condition. I looked at 2018-2019 3.6R Outback and Legacy before giving up. The low mileage one were in the mid 20's which was more than I wanted to spend for a used car. I am planning on replacing my 2009 Outback with a 100k ish OB 3.6R or Forester XT. This 3.6R looks pretty clean but I don 't know if I would want a 166k mile one. Even though the price is cheap I can see this being a difficult to sell vehicle in 3-4 years when it's over 200k, so I would probably pass.

Yes I did order the TR. The port date is a scheduled for April 14th and it should arrive at the dealership a couple weeks after that. I am pretty excited about it. it was an exhausting day swapping the exhaust and removing the tow hitch. I moved the stock tires out of storage but didn’t get around to putting the stock rims on yet. I had to push around one of my other cars with a completely dead battery. I am beat.

I sold my 2012 Legacy GT. the new owner wants the stock exhaust and wheels, so I will be doing the swap tomorrow. I am going to be sad to see it go, the car is still in excellent condition even at 131k miles. The only problem I have had with it is the stock charge pipe bursting at the track, otherwise it has been dead reliable for me. I still have my 2010 Legacy GT winter beater for now, but I plan on selling that one eventually too.

I have the Q300. The quiet down after a little bit after a couple thousand miles. In the car they are pretty quiet and around town at idle with a little bit of rumble. I they sound great on throttle, with a little burble between shifts. My only complaint would be is they are slightly louder than I would like on the highway. It am just being particular as I didn't;t want a loud exhaust. My car has the stock j-pipe and cat though. I have a friend who interested in buying my 2012 GT but he wants my stock exhaust. If he buys my car I will have my use Invidia Q300 exhaust, it has about 25k miles on it and never drive in the winter.

Oh I wish I had known. I have a spare cat off a 75k mile GT. I bought it just incase I ever needs one.

I know how rare the Celica All-Trac are. They have similar total production numbers as the 5th Gen GT has. You can also look a GT with Burnt Valve. I have bought two and I have seen other GT for sale with them as well.

A 3.6R is not less than 1hp lower than a typical STI. A 3.6R manual was never made by Subaru only the 3.0 motor 6MT in the prior gen in non us markets. The JDM motor has different compression ratio than the USDM motor. If you want it to actually run right, you need to swap the pistons or spend money for a custom tune or aftermarket ECM. The JDM motor may not be complete either. Your best bet is finding a donor but as I am sure you’re experiencing is they are rare and hard to find.

I worked on my 2010 GT yesterday. It has been using coolant which I can smell under the hood and my drivers front wheel needs air every 2 weeks or so. I took the wheel and it has not punctures so it must be leaking on the tire bead or at the tire stem. I kind of doubt it is the stem since I bought new stems TMPS for the car. I have friend with a tire shop, so I have him look at it. I checked the coolant system pressurized it with mityvac coolant system kit I have, it has a leak on the passenger top side and it is pooling on the block and leaking down into the under body tray. It must be something I messed up when I assembled it or maybe the prior lessened something I didn't check or wasn't expecting. It will probably be a cheap fix but may not an easy one. I will wait until it warms up and I can pull the accessories off the top of the motor for a better look. Hopefully I don't have to remove the intake manifold.

Yesterday we had a near 60F degree day so I washed and vacuumed my '12 Legacy GT. Today I changed the oil and took it out for a ride. I haven't driven it since late November. I am going to miss this car when I sell it.

Those STI wheels are nice.

I keep my Koni/Eibachs at 1 turn F / 0.5 turn R. As I wrote this, I remember that my ‘12 2.5i rode better with this set up than my ‘12 GT. The 1st owner of my GT used whiteline poly bushings all through out my suspension. I removed the front lower control and put in stock one to help with the ride. I have group N front struts mounts. I went to in mid my rear with oem upper rear control arms but once I pulled the rear subframe assembly down I found that poly rear control arm bushing used non stock bolts (threaded into the bushings) and I found the rear spindle had a solid bushing pressed in where the lower bars bolts to. I never bothered to go back and fix it, so my 2012 GT does probably ride stiffer than your car.

Yeah I am getting older (50). I like having the back up of all those safety features. The reason I ordered the limited was for the blind spot detection. I talked to my sales guy, the person who authorized the orders will be in this afternoon. He said it looks like the TR can be ordered from his screen but he won’t know until that person comes in. If it can be order, I will be getting the TR.

Maybe I should have ordered a TR with the Recaro's, Brembo's, 19: wheels. I am doing my research now, I left a message with my sales person.