cyberbackpacker

I agree with most here... however, my 92 Legacy L FWD MT used to get ~32 mpg with highway driving. Kept car well tuned, no aggressive driving, etc. When I would drive at higher elevations I always got better mileage-- colder air maybe? Even then the most I would get is ~34mpg. In my experience though, as others have stated is important, those numbers were consistent over 40-50 tanks of gas. I didn't just get those numbers for a tank here and there-- I recorded every single fill up and averaged them at the end of the year. Nevertheless, you very well could have gotten ~39mpg for that one tank, but take it for an anomaly-- not something to be depended on. Fill up 3-4 times more times, and add total miles traveled over all tanks, including your 275 mile 7 gallon trip, and then divide by the total gallons used over all tanks for those miles, plus your 7 gallons from your trip. After that tell us what your numbers are, and most here will be more apt to give credence to the results. Even if you do a full tune-up, or anything else in there, over 3-5 tanks of gas you are going to see numbers that are more reflective of oem specs and/or general user experience. But, I would be excited about a higher than normal mileage out of a tank of gas too.

Well... today I just got a 95 Legacy L (BD). Quite stoked to be an all Subaru family again. The L is a one owner vehicle and I picked it up for $1500. I am pleased with that price. He started at $2200 but because of my situation, and the fact that it needs new wheels and front psgr cv axle, he took $1500. Have been looking since last november for something of quality in my price range, so it was satisfying to find this. In this area you can find lots of 1st and 2nd gen Legacies (up to 94) and tons of Imprezas, but very rarely have I come across a BD or BG in the 2000-3000 range. So... nevertheless I have new car purchase adrenaline. The car is in quite nice shape. No crazy mods planned... try and find a silver BD/BG hood with a scoop, new wheels, tint, freshen up the interior, redo the suspension (wrx stuff probably) and install my Nakamichi Deck. Might look into the JDM projectors too. Just wanted to share. Thanks.

Yeah, but again that whole "cannot really afford it" thing is kind of the pain... plus I am not going through the pain that is buying a car through a dealership again for a LONG time. But to anyone else, I thought the B9 was nice...

Yeah... we actually just purchased the '05 outback for my wife 4-5 months ago now. We looked at he B9 but the price was more than we could afford. Plus the 7 psgr seating really wouldn't help us, as no one could access them with two car seats in the middle row.. maybe they could, but it would be a pain. And no way would I put the kids in the back row. But yeah, they are pretty sweet. Took one for a test drive and they definitely are a subaru.

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Just stopping in to say "hello". Signed up as a member quite a while ago, and used the site before that for research, but now I am kicking it into high gear. I have owned a '92 Legacy, an '02 2.5TS Impreza Sport Wagon, and my wife's car is an '05 Outback wagon. My second child is due in February and I am looking for a good subaru to replace my Jeep Cherokee. I love it, don't get me wrong (and so does my two year old), but I have been wanting another roo for over the last year. This time last year I was ready to sell the jeep and pounce on a roo, and no sooner had I decided that than someone forced my wife off the road causing major damage, meaning I was unable to sell it to buy the roo. More followed, but long story short, it took until July to get it all repaired. Since then have been looking for a good vehicle, but haven't pulled the trigger yet. So... hopefully in the next two months before my baby girl arrives I will have another Subaru. Thanks to everyone on this board as it has provided a bounty of info for my research.

Check out this forum too: http://www.sl-i.net/FORUM/ It is a legacy specific forum and they deal with interchangeability, performance, etc. all the time. Some very knowledgeable guys there.