Faults:

Transmission won't go shift into drive, but fixed with a little spray cleaner.

General Comments:

General transportation, not fancy, but not the cheapest.

Faults:

Well, having just bought the car last week, I can't say what's wrong with it. I can surmise the car needs a general tune up, a new windshield, new power window motors, and probably needs the CV joints checked and/or replaced (these cars are known to go through many of these, though the ones on this car look in remarkably good shape). Also, the A/C needs to be recharged, and the cooling system requires complete flushing.

Oh, and I gotta install my new CD player and speakers. =) Gotta have those tunes when cruising down the road, ya know?

General Comments:

I'll start off by saying I have owned 7 of these prior to this one. I've never wrecked a single one, but they usually would finally fall apart enough that the cost of fixing it far outweighed it's worth. However, I did have one that ran beautifully in high school, but sold it because I moved to Seattle and thought (wrongly) that I wouldn't need it. Anyway, needless to say I've been kicking myself for selling it ever since.

Now I've got another one. It's red with a tan interior, with power steering, power door locks, power windows, power mirrors, the separate 'shift on the fly' 4WD differential with both HI and LOW (this system lets you switch in and out of 4WD while driving; no need to stop or do the wheel hub thing), and air conditioning, which I don't use much living here in the Northwest.

For a car I don't know the history of, nor the mechanical condition (yet), the car runs amazingly well. It's not pretty because the paint is faded, and the place where I bought it from had it parked under a tree so it's got green mildew all over it (nothing a good wash & scrub won't take care of). It handles like a dream and turns on a dime. I love it! Subaru are seriously one of the best made cars ever!

Faults:

Exhaust leak where header joins exhaust pipe, replaced oil pump, body suffered irreparable cosmetic damage when it rolled multiple times on the highway and landed in a ditch, but it didn't even mess up my hair!

General Comments:

Oh, how I miss this car. I miss the seats that felt like a family room love seat, the tape deck that shot cassettes into the back seat when I hit the eject button, the headlights that turned off with the ignition, the city bus-sized steering wheel, the bulletproof reliability, the astounding crash-worthiness, the dirt cheap tires, the flawless 4WD system, the spare tire in the engine bay, and the amazing zero turning radius.