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mcduffmcduff

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    1999 Legacy GT wagon, 5 speed

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  1. I loved this car the entire time I daily drove it. It used to look nicer, but it accumulated plenty of NYC street parking blemishes from all of the other people parking with me in front of my apartment in Brooklyn. The biggest blow was when someone smashed my rear hatch window with a Goya ginger beer bottle. I temporarily replaced it with a burgundy Outback hatch, but I never got around to sourcing the correct GT hatch with correct color before the clutch went and I decided to retire it. I still love it and will hate to see it go. Fun parts installed are: -JDM MOMO STI V7 steering wheel with red stitching -JDM MOMO STI shift knob matching the steering wheel -Unknown sport shift linkage installed (short-ish shift kit? Feels great, whatever it is) -2002 USDM WRX wagon front and rear seats -JDM STI front and rear struts -2002 USDM WRX front brake calipers and rotors -JDM Legacy front projector headlights -Dealer optioned with a bolt on Brospeed stainless steel sport muffler.
  2. As for LegacyGT Marketplace, the listing guidelines are perfectly clear. To be eligible to post, I believe there's an account age requirement, and a 'number of posts' requirement. It's not exactly spelled out in detail, and eligibility is mentioned, but not defined.
  3. It wasn't window shoppers really. It's trying to sell the car to some one ethically I guess. Because the car was being listed at a low price, it attracted people looking for an inexpensive car to get them to work, not someone looking for this specific car, or a Subaru for that matter. It needs a clutch, and I don't even think some of the people knew what that meant. The cars stuffed full of JDM and USDM STI and WRX parts, so it's been tough trying to get this listing to the target market. I've heard that Facebook Marketplace is a good spot for classifieds now, but I'm not a Facebook user.
  4. I've searched, but I can't seem to find the answer. I understand that having only users with post history will lead to a more healthy marketplace. I wouldn't want outsiders and scammers being able to flood the forum marketplace with bad posts either. I'm stuck in a bad spot though. I've never really been one to post in the forums because I never felt like I had anything to contribute, and I know that's what's stopping me here. But I'm desperate to get rid of my 1999 5 speed GT wagon, and I've run out of options. Craigslist people have been uniformed and looking for a daily driver to save their lives, but my car is not that. It really needs an enthusiast buyer who understands the listing description and what they're looking at. Even if it doesn't work here, do you guys know of any other options?
  5. It may be obvious, but have you checked the age of your battery? Also, you could buy a cheap multimeter and at least check the DC voltage at the battery to see if the alternator is charging. Corroded grounding points are always a likely culprit for things like this as well. Probably not the ants.
  6. Currently at 190,000 and the engine sounds better than some of my other Subarus with lower mileage.
  7. Years I was driving up the NY State Thruway at high speed when my catalytic converter broke up. My 1999 Legacy GT almost shut itself down and I was barely able to limp off to the next exit. Momentum was all I had going for me. It really all does depend on if your car is running well or not.
  8. Before I made this post I searched for answers to this exact question to see what everyone had to say. What I found was that no one had both cars on hand, and would have needed to source a donor car. At that point, it would have not been worth it, and those people should have just sold their 2.5i and bought a GT or XT. I seem to be in a different kind of situation than the typical person asking about swapping a 2.5i. This wouldn’t cost me any real money outside of rebuild parts and maintenance parts replaced for convenience while swapping parts. I have both cars on hand for free. I don’t have to source and purchase the donor car. And theoretically the donor car is totaled, without having ever been crashed, and is good go for giving up all of the needed parts. I would never want the Outback to become a ‘real GT’ either. I like it as an Outback with the cladding and ride height, so not a concern of mine. I’m not looking to purchase a 4th gen outside of coming across a $500 deal or something that a friend owned, etc. I know very much that under normal circumstances this question could be perceived like every other millionth post by some kid turbo swapping something and it literally never makes sense. It’s pervasive and exists in every car forum I’ve been in for the last 20 years. My situation is very much based on this particularly odd circumstance, and honestly I’ve never seen anything like it come up. I would personally never recommend any swap anything ever for the most part because it’s usually kids who have no idea what they’re getting into.
  9. I've got a funny situation on my hands, and I'm looking for some thoughts on it. I currently have two 4th gen Legacy vehicles in my possession, and I'm a little torn about what to do with them. The two vehicles are a 2006 Outback wagon 2.5i and a 2005 Legacy GT limited sedan, both automatic. Both of these vehicles were owned by family members and both of them had their head gasket issues manifest within a couple of months of each other. For those family members, those cars are done, and they've moved on to other vehicles. The reasonable and logical part of me just wants to get rid of them both and have them out of the way. The enthusiast project loving part of me doesn't want to let the turbo motor go for fun's sake. What I'm considering is taking all of the good and necessary parts out of the Legacy GT and swapping them into the Outback. I would completely rebuild this motor in the process, not just addressing the head gasket issue. I have all of the required knowledge, skills, and means to do this, so that's not something I need to consider. Worth it? I'm still trying to figure it out. The reason I'm not interested just rebuilding the Legacy GT motor and reinstalling it is mostly due to one issue. Aside from me preferring wagons by far, the major issue for me is that the Legacy GT was heavily smoked in for the last year. It's a heartbreaking story, but it is what it is. The car was mint in every way upon picking it up a little over a year ago, with the exception of the usual rust on both rear wheel well quarter panels. My inconsiderate and irresponsible family member spent a significant amount of time basically hot boxing this car with the grossest, cheapest 100 size cigarettes day in day out for the last year. I'm so repulsed by this, it has theoretically totaled the car in my eyes, motor aside. I've cleaned the car out, deep vacuuming and decent interior clean/wipedown. It was bad in some ways, better than I thought in others. Sprayed the windows with glass cleaner and the liquid that ran down was yellow, thats how bad it gets. Legacy GT has 150k miles on it and The Outback has 130k miles on it. Generally speaking I figure the parts I would end up needing to swap to get this motor in would be; motor, transmission, subframe, driveshafts, rear diff(?), wiring harness(partial?). I'd probably take the brakes and wheels as well. I think they're bigger if I recall. I'm sure theres a bunch of other things. Probably gauge cluster swap, Automatic climate controls being the wiring harness would travel with everything. That's the basics off the top of my head. So what do you guys think? Would you even bother with something like this, or would you let this mess go? The end result would just be an extra car for me. My daily driver is a nice AWD V8 300hp Mercedes station wagon, so I don't exactly need another powerful AWD wagon. Not to mention I still have a 1999 Legacy GT 5 speed wagon full of STI and WRX parts that I still need to get rid of. But I do love that turbo engine. I'm torn and looking for insight. Help me.
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