Faults:

Wheel bearings, transmission bearings and suspension.

General Comments:

Love it! 30 MPG with a reliable boxer engine, and locked and loaded AWD. You can feel the pull through corners and snow. Drifting is a cinch, just tell it what you want and the car is predictable. No electronic nannies or part time AWD.

The wagon has plenty of utility, and I can lay the seats down or seat 4 comfortably.

Worst mileage was 15, best was 30.

Wish I could buy this exact car new today. Good scoops and robust roof rack make me smile. 5 speed is great, transmission is a tank, built for rallying and turbos, so it worked fine for me.

Subarus are simple to work on, so this is a good car for tinkerers.

Faults:

I bought this car from a young gal who had done great maintenance with it - new front brakes, new clutch, timing belt, changed the oil regularly - so over the last 20,000 miles I have literally only had to put gas in it, and of course regular oil changes. It's been awesome that way! I do foresee, however, a timing belt change in my near future.

General Comments:

It's not a fast car, but it is faithful. It handles and shifts well. After a 180k miles, you'd think it would be a bit more shaky.

Can't tell if the AWD is functioning at 100%, but haven't had it checked out.

Cabin noise is a bit more than desirable.

Seats are aren't as plush as other car, but get the job done.

Faults:

Leaking exhaust manifold @ 175000km.

Worn out head cover gasket @ 175000km.

Electronic head light adjustment failed.

General Comments:

Car feels tight and predictable in the bends.

The Subaru 4WD-system is perfect for snow and winter conditions. The car is very controllable and predictable on loose surfaces.

Noisy engine (which is half the reason I own this car). The boxer engine with unequal exhaust manifold sounds incredible!

Some interior parts feel cheap.

Stable and comfortable front seats (if you're slim).

Faults:

Blown radiator at $500. A month later it overheated, and a good thing I had my skateboard in my trunk cause I had to skate 5 miles home..

Plenty of fluids. Head gaskets not blown.. No idea whats wrong!

Check engine light comes on & off constantly.

Faults:

It's a bit heavy on the tyres; always needs new drop links for its MOT?

General Comments:

I love the car, it never let me down and it's still very nippy, even though it's a non turbo model.

Faults:

Front seal at 86,000 km

Clutch at 86,000 km (I have had two Hondas which went over 200,000 km on the original clutch!)

Speedometer at 60,000 km

Front struts at 53,000 km

Master cylinder at 115,000 km

Squealing brakes from day one - 4 trips to the Dealer couldn't fix, finally had to fix them myself!

Passenger door speaker died after 70,000 km (we don't listen to music loud at all!)

Power window switch broke at 50,000 km.

General Comments:

We bought this car because it had very good ratings. Nothing but problems and poor quality.

Very poor quality carpet - worn out at 90,000 km

Cheap plastic interior - very easily scratched.

Uncomfortable seats - you can feel the wire frames if you need to get anything out of the back seat.

LOTS of squeaks and rattles because they use push in plastic things to hold the cheap plastic interior rather than proper screws.

Very poor service from dealer - had to argue with them that there was a problem and they hadn't even seen the car yet!

Very poor warranty of only 60,000 km - obviously there was a reason for the short warranty period!

Poor performance: 137 hp is barely adequate for a vehicle this size.

Huge gearing hole between 4th and 5th - major loss in performance.

Out-dated cable adjusted clutch linkage - you have to adjust it every 10,000 km or less otherwise the clutch burns out. Any modern clutch is hydraulic - no adjustments.

Poor gas mileage.

The cup holder is directly over the radio, guess what gets covered if your drink spills!

On the plus side - excellent AWD and ABS - fantastic for winter driving.