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Or you can just put on a bra and be good to go!

I used to sell used rack systems, Thule is the best. Yakima is ok but rusts very early, I would sell 15 year old Thule racks in perfect condition Yakima's tend to rust after about 3-5 years.

Auto or manual?

99 was the last year of the 2.2 motor in the legacy as stated in other posts. I would be more worried about who did the work on the motor. Unless it was done by a Subaru specialty shop I would walk away. Also $4500 is not that great of a deal, especially with that kind of mileage and the motor issues. I also wonder what other maintance was lacking if they did not take care timing belt. i.e. did they change the oil regularly? Probably not.

Did you buy this car? I saw this car on craigslist and have been emailing this person since tue, they just got back to me today to say it is sold!! Would have been a smoking deal!!

Have you ever used a true dedicated snow tire? I agree these are great all season tires, but there are no all season tires out there that handle snow anywhere near a full on snow tire. Expect for Nokian WRs. I learned this last year, my wife's Honda was terrible in the snow, got a set of snow tires and her Honda did better than my outback in the snow. Now I have dedicated snow tires on my outback and the difference is amazing.

Run away from that shop!! If you are in Colorado there are lots of very good honest Subaru specialty shops, they also would have properly diagnosed the issue to begin with and saved you the $350 dollars. http://www.s-wingsstuff.com/ http://www.strictlyauto.com/ http://www.roosonly.com/

Why? The only reason many pull the motor is it is easier to do the work, this will have no effect on the repair.

$500 is way cheaper than a new motor. Visual is ok, but... one of my older Subaru's the belt looked perfect and snapped 2 days later. Better safe than sorry on an interference motor imo.

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Welcome, only real issue is possible Head Gasket issues with the 2.5 motors. Just watch for overheating, and if necessary take it to a Subaru specialty shop and have them put in updated gaskets.

Yea not many in Hungry,Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, or the UK. But there a quite a few in Peru. I think it is also because there is no diesel motors from subaru.

Does the car have keyless entry?

Another trick is idle the car, pull the fuse on the fuel pump, then let the car die. This will pull most the gas out the fuel lines so you can change it.

The best single tire out there is the Nokian WR "All-Weather Plus" these are the only tires out there that are true all-season with the winter rating. Or like others have said, get a set of cheap used snow tires of ebay or craigslist.

Actually it shows that the 2.5 motor does last. 96 with auto's only engine option was the 2.5, 96 5spd were the last of the 2.2.

Congrates!!! So how many miles on it? Looks like a great roo!

Yep, I just got a set of 4 factory outback rims for my studded winter tires for $150 on CL.

I would just find a matching color fender, way less time and effort than fixing it.

Yea I like the fact this will fit on a 93 outback, except this model didn't start until 95. I will risk parts like alternators, brake pads, etc, on aftermarket, but not precision parts such as timing belts, engine seals, etc.

Like eveyone has said, OEM only! Do you want to risk having to tear back into your engine to save a few dollars?

They are vaporware, i.e. waste of money, just fix the seals.

That is the truth!! Every one of my subaru's, all 10 of them!!!

There are two cam seals, but the rears usually do not have issues. Just replace the seal, not reason to replace the pump. If you have records on the timing belt then also change this since you are in there anyway.

Subaru 2.2/2.5 motors have some know leaking issues. Is the leak at the front of the motor? If so there are three possible culprits for this, cam seals, crank seal, and oil pump seal. The reason I asked about your timing belt is that you said you have 75k on your car and you need to change you timing belt at 60k. So if you did not have your timing belt changed at 60k you can do it all at once. While you or the shop is in there, they should replace all the seals, water pump, and then be done with it.