just bought a $220 96 legacy brighton, questions...

differences between 96 legacy BRIGHTON and 96 legacy OUTBACK? both AWD.. is it just trim?

 

also taking slow turns the AWD system seems to "shake,jitter,shutter..." any ideas on that?

Yep that's just a difference in trim, and I think the outback has a little bit of a height and luxury advantage on it.

 

As far as shaking...hmm...does it change with speed? Is it hardly noticeable at highway speed?

that sounds like the center diff.....

sounds like if you paid 220 bucks for the car. dont do ANYTHING to it, maintance, repairs...nothing. drive it till it dies. then take it to the scrap yard. its worth more in scrap than what you paid for it. so think about it as driving a free car.

good post for your 1500 post count.

i didnt even notice. damn, and i wasted it giving someone advice

Check your cv joint

^^ this. but one bad bg's 1500th makes alot of sense. if it still drives and it's not obnoxious or worrisome, then drive her into the ground. literally

if the hood is good you could probably sell it for a good price. you could make a little money off that thing. i know alot of people that post on craiglist saying "wanted subarus".

 

wait your on a island.... wtf subaru in hawaii?!?!?! i didnt know they would waste the freight to have one shipped there.

although mean^ i kinda agree. but before you scrap it, if you have the room, i would suggest to part it out on 3 or 4 subaru forums. i made about 1300 parting out mine, it took about 9 months, plus 200 bucks to the scrap yard.....AND they picked it up for free

i think im just gunna fix it up, get it legal, and sell it. hard not to make profit when i got it for 2 bills

how much fixing up do you need to do besides the "awd turning" problem?

i think pics are in order here. i want to see a subie that runs and drives for 225 bucks.

you see mine for double that every day here on the forums.

It's completely drivable with the awd problem. It's just at slow speeds with wheel turned all the way (parking, etc.) . Highway driving is smooth. It's got a nice crack in the windshield, therefore cannot get it safety checked or registered ( backed 1 month) other than that it runs cherry, I've been doing a little bondo work. Has a few rust spots but nothing too major to fix. For 220 bucks in my eyes it's a good investment. Really likes to Whip donuts also. 8)

I'll try and get some pics up, cameras acting up.

Damn you havin sum issues with everythin huh.