PadreScout

Well, a internet buddy of mine tells me that a 88 or 89 is the way to go - they have fuel injection and since I'm not invested one way or the other, then I should go that route. Personally I don't mind either way and I did find a '85 with everything I want in Arizona, which is about as close as I am going to get. So I'm mulling over the whole "do I really really really want fuel injection?" I need to work out how this optional low range transfer case works though. Evidently I can get the car in 1 of 3 configurations.. FWD (boo!), FWD with no-all-the-time AWD, or ..... FWD with not-all-the-time AWD and a 2 speed transfer case? I know the not low-range ones have a button for AWD on the shift knob, but I saw pictures of one with the low-range and its shift knob lacked the big orange fun button. I'm pretty sure it's not all-time AWD cause.... 1985 and the car doesn't say Audi on it anywhere.

Yeah! Back in high school I went through a series of Increasingly decrepit off-road vehicles: from a '82 GMC Jimmy to a '72 FJ-40 to a '70 Scout. Every one of them was on it's last legs before I laid hands on it and as a enthusiastic 16 year old I dutifully proceeded to thrash the lot of them. The GMC kind of disintegrated around me. The FJ was tough, it only had some serious stroke inducing brake problems before I traded it for the Scout; which had 250K miles on it (former postal vehicle from Colorado or some-such) and stubbornly refused to break, in any way. The years since then I have driven a little car and frankly I'm sick of a little car. Don't get me wrong, little car is reliable, gets good mileage- but in my present state of mind this equates to superb backup car for when my prospective 20 year old fun wagon inevitably breaks down. I need more room and I want a little off-roading adventure fun - nothing serious, I'm not trying to cross the Sahara here. So you know, wagon where I can bounce through the occasional field, move my stuff when I need, carry more than 1 passenger - this good plan, plus wagons are cool! I know reliability wise Subarus are the automotive equivalent of owning an anvil so I looked around the internet until I found a model that spoke to me, that'd be the GLs; I can't explain why, but I /must/ own one. It's a compulsion of some sort. Anyhoo, thanks for the welcome! Sorry about the wall of text, I seem to have gone on a bit of a tangent here. Thanks again!

Greetings! I am not actually a Subaru owner, I'm in the market for a GL but trying to buy a car when most are several states away is proving tough. Oh well, here's to stupidity.