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Tires wil be shot. There is a chance you may have wheel bearing issues, but soobie wheel bearings for those cars are so over designed. Rubber hoses may be an issue. Critter damage may be an issue. Try turning the engine by hand first to make sure it will spin. Squirt oil in all the cylinders and hand rotate. GAs will probably be icky, but strange things may happen (like ti fires right off). Frozen parking brake. At the very least change the oil first and a new fuel filter. nipper

Hint Smokey the bear would not be happy.

Let us know what it is like I like the looks of it. nipper

Been there done that with a 78 civic. Was interesting to hear the death wales of things popping. nipper

Rule of thumb, well two thumbs. First one is the more critical the part, the nmore important it is to be OE. Second thumb, if it lasted X number of miles, the OE replacement will last just as long if not longer. nipper

what he said. I did the same thing and MAN what a differnce, and not for the better. People underestimate how that 10/90 through to /50/50 split makes a huge differnce. nipper

Depends upon how much they are asking. I'm going to assume since its a california car it doesnt have a rust issue. Are you prepared to buy a non running the car that may need an engine overhaul? nipper

Shifter issues are easy, they are just bushings. It is also possible the car is stuck in two gears at the same time, again a shifter issue. You cant tell anything till you get under the car and shift the tranny from there. nipper

I rotate mine twice a year. Tire rotation has been around as long as there have been tires. nipper

Usually it just takes some drtiving around to break off all the rust. This is not an uncommon thing with disc brakes. This is also why you dont set the parking brake if your going to be away fopr a long peroid of time. It should go away. What airport? Was there an excessive amount of rain? nipper

Thats where i was heading. nipper

BAD! BAD! back away from the tools. Your timing is way off. Never Ever use marks on any belt. You always use the marks on the gears as per the mfg. Go to www.endwrench.com and look at the procedure. nipper

Leave them alone. Just follow the procedures that subaru specifies when you first install the headgaskets. nipper

Ok so we confirmed your ignition switch is good. That leaves the (replaceable) starter contacts. They are cheap enough to just throw in the car and see if the problem goes away. nipper

Its going to neutral, 1st or reverse. Does the shifter feel like its moving anything, or does it just feel stuck (you cant move it into any gear). Forget about the transmission for now. nipper

Was the head resurfaced? nipper

not true. You can actually roll a car more then you would think with it stuck in gear. A few inches is possible, if you stop and think about gear ratios, all the play in the drivetrain, and how healthy the engine is. You still need to compress air in the engine in order to stop the car from rolling. nipper

Your close. It keeps anything with mass from getting caught in the belts and driving the belts off the pullies. Packed snow can do this, along with sticks and stones ... they arent just for bones anymore. nipper

They may not fit. The outback has larger disc brakes. If they do fit, swap the spare tire also for her car. nipper

Get under the car and try the linkage dirtectly. Can be a problem with the shifter. Can you push the car? nipper

They may be too brittle for real world driving. They may look cool, but the extra expense aint really worth it. nipper

More like the only solution (aside from all 4 new). Professionally I really dont like it, but if your in a crunch for money and have no choice, you have no choice. nipper

there are kits. Also do a search here. lots of info nipper

For the record, its not just subaru. Jag and volvo have the same warining, just to name a few. nipper

Actually the new VDC systems dont have this problem. And they would need to use a steering angle sensor to let the car know its going straight as well. nipper