16th Mar 2015, 09:13
I bought a 98 Legacy 2.0L GT new in New Zealand, and I have 320,000 km and it has been a great runner. Always serviced, but it has had a pretty hard life up and down mountains. My mechanic thinks it's a great car, and it's not because he doesn't have to do any work on it.
1st Jan 2012, 01:01
Yes, I will admit that I should have avoided the car. The 1st Gen legacy GT I have owned was one of the best cars I have ever driven. But I think the 2nd Gen GTBs are subpar at best; when the engineers put the spark-plugs in a place you cannot get to without undoing an engine mount, you know that someone must have got something wrong! When buying a Subaru, it's mostly luck as to getting a good one, as most have been driven stop and go in Japan, and thrashed when imported. Was lucky with the 1st one, and unlucky to the point with the second Subaru, that it put me off ever buying another one used.