I've spent enough to make me personally consider my 05 Legacy GT to be single worst purchase of my life. I'm 41 and have put more money into repairs in 2 years of ownership than every single repair combined on every other vehicle (10) I've owned since I was 16.
Honestly I'm lucky I didn't end up buying a short block. It was -11F when my turbo died so I drove it 20 miles to a dealer instead of waiting/freezing 8+ hours for a tow due to a winter storm towing backlog. Somehow I managed to not grenade the short block and have run over 40k miles since the turbo failure.
Additionally I have done all the repairs myself except for the turbo so I could easily be out a few more grand in labor if I wasn't handy.
Car $9k (total with tax, tags, etc)
Turbo replacement by dealer (too far from home to fix it myself) $2k
Repairs due to my failed crank pulley trying to destroy all that is holy+better replace it while you are in there parts.....
Perrin crank pulley $120
New belt $20
Used A/C Compressor (used from site member) $65
Timing Belt Cover $30
Timing Belt Kit $240
OEM Thermostat+gasket $25
Coolant crossover pipe $27
Repairs due to clutch failure
06 WRX ACT Streetlite Flywheel $260
Exedy clutch and pressure plate $294
TSK3 Kit $175
Misc repairs
Valve cover gaskets (leaking) $40
Struts (All 4 bad) $250
Axle (cracked boot throwing grease on exhaust) $65
Redline shockproof/Motol 300 (bandaid for bad 4th gear syncro) $65
Grimmspeed uppipe (cat was plugged causing massive power loss) $235
Grimmspeed gasket set $100
Rear Wheel Bearing $50
So I've put $4061 in repairs into a $9000 car that I still owe $5k on. After the aforementioned $4k in repairs I still have a 180k mile ticking time bomb I won't drive further than 30 min from home that still has a cracked window from the stupid wiper defroster, a rusty dog leg, bad suspension bushings, and a broken windshield wiper mechanism that needs fixed.
And like I said.....honestly I'm still "lucky". By all rights I should of needed a shortblock and if I had not done all the other work myself I could easily be pushing $9k in repairs if you add a short block plus all the labor on everything else.
My only hope is now that I really don't drive it, it'll hold up long enough for me to pay it off and ship it down the road.
I bought this car based off my 02 WRX going 170k miles with the only non routine maintenance out of warranty parts replaced being rear struts and the A/C belt tensioner pulley. I just can't see myself in another Subaru.
Every morning I wake up and it's still in my yard I die a little inside......