Baldwin

Also, remember that the adjuster per thousand dollars in a lease in somewhere around $20 per month...therefore and extra $5,000 on the price equals another $100 per month. P

I just got one and it's not as cheap as they may lead you to believe. Yes, you can lease a new Legacy for around $319 per month, but if you want to step up to the GT (or even the GT Ltd), depending on options, you're going to be looking at a MSRP of somewhere in excess of $31-$32K. Coming in with little or no down, you'll be in the mid-$400's monthly, but you still have to add your local taxes to that. Bottom line, depending on model and option, for a 39 month lease at 15,000 miles per year, I would expect to be around the high $400 range TOTAL. The only good news? Subaru's promotion will include standard maintenance. Could be worse! I jumped out of a lease on our '02 Xterra and had negative equity of $4,000 which we had to build into the new lease. Leasing can really suck, unless you can write off the payments/insurance/gas/etc through a business, which fortunately I can. Good luck!

Howdy All! New to this group, but just got an '05 GT Wagon. I like the handling and the finish of the car, AWD, the looks, and of course the value. I had to compromise on the tranny as it's primarily my wife's car, so we got an auto. I hear that the 2.0 liter GT in Japan puts out 290 HP and am wondering if there's any software upgrades available already to help boost performance?