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Then what's a good price?

Sorry bout that - $7k

I am going to look at a 1999 Outback later this week. The car is said to have 90K and no current overheating/headgasket issues. I figure I will need to put about another 1K into the car for timing belts, brakes, regular maintanence, etc... Is this a pretty good deal? I'm currently looking to replace my 97 Legacy with 210K.

I'm looking to replace my 1997 Legacy w/210K miles sometime this year. I think I will stay with either the Outback/Legacy or get an Impreza. What are the bad years, enginewise for these cars? I thought I remembered that 1998 to 2002 were the headgasket issue years? Please correct me if I'm wrong. Any other years and problems to avoid? I'm looking for a good daily driver as I put over 30K on the car a year - the only reason I don't want to buy new. Thanx

The car has 185K miles on it. It's weird, but he said the couple of times it happened, it happened late at night and it was drizzling. It never happened during the day, regardless of weather. Odd, but maybe it's time to check the o2 sensors. What happens if a cat dies? Does the car die too?

My brother in law just bought a 98 Subaru Legacy a few of months ago. Shortly after he got it, he got a CEL. I lent him my code reader and it came up with P0420, which is a Cat issue. He cleared the code and it went away for a month. Last month, the same code came back up. He cleared it again and said that he was going to bring it to the shop. When I spoke to him over the weekend, I asked him if he ever got his car fixed. He said that the hasn't come back yet, so he says that he's going to wait till the code reappears. Is there any harm to that?

I do regular maintenance (tuneups and such), but everything else goes to my mechanic, who is really reasonable. The car is paid off, which is a good thing. I'm just not sure how much more "big" money issues would come up, as I could put that money towards something newer?

It's already a 2.2

I have a 97 Legacy that has had significant work done on it since I got it, including timing belt, water pump, radiator, brakes, tires, TPS, alternator, knock filter and such. The car has 171k on it and I put 50K over the last 2 years. I need new rear bearings, have a possible leak in the oil seal, plus I've gotten a P0420 codes pop up a couple of times over the past 6 months. Should I keep repairing it, or should I start looking for a new daily driver?

My 95 Legacy L wagon had 204,000 before I got rid of it. My current 97 Legacy L sedan has 150K so far. I bought it 1 year ago with 119K on it. Hoping to get a few more years out of it.

The code was P0325, and there was no power loss that I felt. The light came on when I got stuck in stop and go traffic. I will continue to monitor it, but if it is a 2 drive cycle code, I will know when I go home today.

Over the weekend, the CEL popped up on my 97 Legacy. When I went to get it checked out at the local advanced auto and the code was 325 - Knock sensor. So, I decided to buy an Actron scanner and double check the code, and it was still there and still knock sensor. I then erased the code and it hasn't reappeared yet. How long after resetting the codes should the CEL come back on if the sensor is really faulty? I will keep an eye on it, but should I get ready to replace the sensor anyhow?

I guess I'll do the fronts then. The rears are on the deck behind the back seat. They are also 6.5's.

Yup, so if I only have 1 pair to replace at the moment, would it be better to replace the fronts or rears?

I replaced the head unit on my 97 Legacy last year and now want to start replacing the speakers. If I start off with one pair of speakers, should I do the front or rear? I have a sedan, if that matters.

That's great news - how do you get to the bulb on a 2003 Legacy.

The fog lamp on the driver side of my 03 Legacy SLE just went out. Is this an easily replaced part and if I replace 1, should I just do both? In the manual, it says that it should be done by the dealer - how true is this? Also, how expensive are they?

I replaced a bad wheel bearing and did a wheel alignment. My 97 Legacy was averaging 24 mixed and 26 highway. Last month, I started hearing a loud rumbling in the rear that I thought was the muffler/tailpipe. I had the tailpipe replaced a few months ago and thought going thru snow maybe loosened the pipe, which caused the noise. When I bought it into the shop, it ended up being a bad rear wheel bearing. After replacing the bearing, and getting a wheel alignment done, my mileage went up to 28 mixed and 31+ highway. I'm pretty psyched... I guess the friction of the bad bearing and bad alignment was eating up all of my gas.

I replaced my radiator and everything was fine. The mechanic originally put in a generic thermostat, but then change it out with an OEM Subaru. Everything is fine now.

On my 70 mile drive to work today, the temp didn't go above the 1/2 way point. It may still be too early to tell if the thermostat change did anything permanent, but it looks good so far - fingers crossed.

Well, on my 40 mile drive home tonight, the temperature only went up slightly above half. I'm gonna keep my eye on it, but I think I will get ready for the new rad next week. Gotta get to work...

I have a 97 Legacy 2.2 sedan that has been slightly overheating for a couple of days. It is usually below the mid point, but it will now sometimes rise to about the 2/3 mark. It normally will go back down below middle after a little while. I changed the thermostat, which is the inexpensive thing to do. What would be the next step, radiator? The car has been running fine since I purchased it, although I put about $1500 worth or necessary work into it (T belt, water pump, seals, breaks, alternator, etc...) Any thoughts? I don't think it's HG, but I want to nip it at the bud. The car currently has 135K on it.

Well my dealer knows about the alternator as he has sent me a notice to bring my car in to deal have the alternator replaced. I'm not sure if the recall would be in place for a previously replaced alternator. I would think so because the faulty alternator would have needed to be replaced in order to put another one in. I'll just call my dealer and find out.

The alternator in my 97 Subaru Legacy just went bad (battery and brake lights are on). I found out that there is an alternator recall for my model year from mysubaru.com, so I can possibly get it get it replaced for free. How can I tell an OEM alternator from a replacement? I guess if the previous owner replaced the alternator on his own, then it wouldn't qualify for the recall. Does that make sense?

I was planning to have it done soon, so guess now is a good time as any. Should I go with OEM, or is anything fine?