Kaidan

TL;DR, I wouldn't really recommend this as a college car. They don't take well to neglect, parts aren't tremendously cheap for them, they're not amazingly simple to fix, and they're not really that reliable, all things considered given the other cars you could find in their price point. People recommend Miatas to young guys like us because A. They're cheap enough to buy used, B. they're super reliable, C. they're super cheap to insure, and D. they're fun as hell without being so fast they'll get you into trouble. Thanks for your reply, I really thought it through and ended up purchasing the car, the price point was really good, only 5000$ and the owner took extremely good care of it and it came with a bunch of new things, ie: newer tires, new winter floor mats, just had new struts comes with a Thule roof rack and a kayak... quite honestly it was a heck of a deal even if I end up flipping it/trading it... I wanted to get an AWD car and this fit everything I was looking for except for the fact that it isn’t a hatchback. I’m gonna rebuild the turbo, put a cat-less up pipe and do the other mods recommended.... thanks everyone for their reply. Any other suggestion let me know! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So if I replace the turbo (since it's near the end of it's life) and get a catless up-pipe do you think that it would be a good car with the preventative maintenance? I know your saying just don't buy the car but I think that it's a really good deal and I will do the preventative maintenance... I know Subarus aren't for the faint of heart with head gasket issues and what not, but the car I have RN is not exactly reliable, and I need a new car before the school year ( I want AWD) and from what I read, if you do everything that the car requires (top off oil, check the head gaskets regularly for problems), it will be relatively reliable... I'm not quite sure how the turbo failure works and if replacing it will actually help the car become more reliable but more insight would definitely help me make my decision.

Hi everyone, I'm eyeing up a 2005 Legacy GT Sedan 5 speed Electronic Automatic Transmission. This car was owned by a single person purchased from dealer and has only 83,000 miles. Car is in pristine condition and have all service records for all repairs done. (Every single repair was done at a Subaru dealership even oil changes.) This car is basically what everyone looks for when purchasing a car Old Lady owned who only used it to go grocery shopping, Garaged its entire life and went to the dealer for maintenance every 3,000 miles. This car wasn't exactly what I was looking for I was looking for a Stick Shift Manual Impreza Hatchback but can't find anything that cheap, with that little miles with everything serviced at a dealer and Old Lady owned. Since it was always dealer maintained none of the turbo preventative mods were done to it (Cat-less up-pipe) and the Head Gaskets were never changed. She is asking 5,000$ for it, but it needs a new timing belt and has a tiny bit of rust and I'd like to put the cat-less up-pipe (to prevent turbo from killing the engine) and a cat-back exhaust. I'm not able to bring it anywhere to get a pressure test done. Anyone have any insight on whether or not I should buy it/ Keep looking for what I really wanted? Purchasing as a replacement for my Volvo S60 2.5t AWD since it has over 200,000 miles. I'm in college so I'm not looking to spend a lot of money on repairs and need a solid car to drive to and from school without much issue but since its such low mileage I can imagine it won't cost that much to maintain, especially compared to my Volvo. Anyone know what I should look for when buying one of these cars (first Subaru but all my friends have Subarus).