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The voltmeter is jumpy, but only in a 12-14ish range. At night it will sometimes not come on at all. Also, with the dash occasionally needs a "love tap" to light up when the headlights are first turned on. On cold mornings the LH turn signal is reluctant start blinking, and the same for the intermittent selection of the wipers. The alternator is fairly new, I checked it at a solid 14V when I first got the car, even during periods of weirdness, so I'm just chalking it all up to dirty/loose connectors Other than the headlights being mostly useless, this is a great beater!

Thank you all for the warm welcome! AWD rally cars are 1/2 the fun! :cool: But seriously, I like doing things a bit differently... probably the reason I ended up here The Dude Abides: You might like my bumper sticker The car only has 122k miles on it, so I think it'll last me for a while. Besides the odd drivetrain noise every now and then, and the possessed dash electrics, seems to run like a champ! I drove it in my first ice storm this morning, and came away impressed. Thanks again, -Matt

Just wanted to introduce myself. I've just picked up a 1986 GL wagon 4wd for winter beater duty. It's laughably slow, but strangely entertaining to drive. I picked it up for cheap, it has a few dents, and the wheels were rusted (now rattle canned) It seems to have a weber 2 barrel instead of the stock carb, and plenty of emissions stuff removed/moved As I am quite hard on cars, I'm sure I'll be around for a while asking stupid quesitons, and I thank everyone in advance for putting up with me. I come to subaru from driving a Nissan 240SX for 6 years: This car has been my motorsports whore, being put through autoX, rallyX, drift days, and track duty. And while it is unstoppable in snow with its VLSD and snow tires, I can't in good conscious put another winter's worth of rust under it. My daily driver is a BMW 540i 6speed. 300hp and 1wd is miserable in the winter, and like all great german engineering, breaks quite often. So I'm with Subaru for the winter/ however long this car lasts -Matt