mtsmiths

If were me shopping I would bump up to the $10K range and get a '00-01 Outback. The later models avoid possible headgasket issues, and the drivability and creature comforts are a lot better. Oh wait, that's what I *DID* do!

SO, oystein, where in NW Montana are you. I'm in Whitefish. 'Cept for Olney, Trego and Eureka, it's about as NW as it gets up hereabouts.

I know nothing about your exhaust system (although I own the same car). But I'll tell you one thing about your dealer ... RUN! You can most certainly do this (whatever it is aftermarket). Do you live in an inspection state? DUH, never mind the last ... I just looked.

Watch out for them "Minutemen"!

If you can't find the shift key ...

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=33819 Submonkey has a set of Pug 15's with tires (to at least get you going) for rea$onable In Spokane. Take a drive in your new toy, enjoy the spring, help out a board brother, and get your wheels ... all in one fell swoop.

Should they, you bet. Will they, almost assuradly not. This one is prolly not worth the battle to get them to pay. A tank R&R is a pain, but doable, hie yourself off to a wrecking yard and find a replacement, or remove the tank and have it professionally repaired. If you try it yourself, you may end up in the next county!

I waited until the deal was signed, sealed and I was actually getting in the car to drive it home (I bought the car in Spokane, WA and live in Whitefish, MT ). The salesman was standing there with his big "Oh boy I made my day's commission" smile on his face. I just innocently rolled down the drivers window and asked how I worked the Cruise Control, cause I couldn't find it. Big"UH-OH" moment on the sales manager when we both walked back into the office. I was polite, had all the cards (both printed and on-line ads, and sales contract in hand), and was insistent. I also 'happened' to have the web address for the Washington State Consumer Affairs office in my folder.

Bon-Ami, "Hasn't scratched yet", then any good polish/wax.

Yeah, ratz! I was on-line doing my taxes (which took all day) and I completely spaced it. And to make matters worse, I got back more than enough to buy it, fly down and drive it home. What an idiot! (me, the idiot was me, not the seller ... I really meant to snipe it, just forgot all about it doing the Turbo-Tax Tango)

Thanks wait, howsomever - be aware that I was willing to go ahead with the deal, even if my ploy didn't work. Cruise or no cruise wasn't a deal breaker. BUT, I do enjoy having cruise, and FWIW the aftermarket on the 2000 works a LOT better than the OEM on our 95 Leg.

Do what I did when I bought my used 2000 Legacy. It was advertised with cruise control. When I inspected the car, there wasn't a cruise. So, I bought it, then innocently asked "Show me how the cruise cntrol works". They said, Oh it doesn't have one, I pointed out that the ad (in fact several ads claimed it did) and they guessed they must have made a mistake. I told them, no problem, just install one, and they said it would coast $400.00. So I asked them which would they prefer: 1. Install the cruise as advertised, and as I purchased the car. 2. Refund me the stated cost, so I could have one installed on my own. 3. I take all the ads, sales contract (make sure the accessories are listed) and their response to the state consumer protection office. They wrote me a check for $400.00, on the spot, and I had a very good aftermarket cruise installed when I got the car to my home town.

Well, gag me with a brake spoon.

*I* think we should look at the date!

The steering column rocker switch turns on front and rear parking lights. I second, another Subaru virgin bites the dust. There, see how easy a fix that was?

You 'might' save 2 mpg. Handling loss wouldn't be worth it to me.

I'm gonna make ae statement right up front: "NOTHING looks stupider than big tall ghetto wheels and skinny little rubber band tires on an SUV". There's some fool running around like that in our valley in a Cadillac Escalade, and he's the joke of the county. It flies in the face of the purpose of the car, might just as well slam it and put hoppers on it. Find something real to do with your money.

Most countries (and I have to believe Canada is one) hits you with a HEFTY import duty. If you buy a 'used' car you typically avoid this. Don't know how they define used, dealer demo, maybe? Check specs, they may be different in Canada. Buy one down here, I'll drive it to you, heh, heh, heh.

It looks better naked, then with it's skin on.

Well, my '58 Chevy had red bulbs in all the instruments. They didn't make them then, at least in the sizes I needed, so I used glass dye and painted them red. Dome light too.

In Whitefish, MT, far NW corner of the state. About 40 air miles south of the Canadian border and 95 miles east of the Idaho border. Very top of the Flathead Valley, right at 3,000' elev. We're at the base of Big Mountain, which is relatively low, (about 7,000') but usually has great powder, and we can be sitting in on the lift 15 mins from our driveway (thank you Subaru). We've had the warmest driest winter on record. We actually LOST money on our ski passes this year. We watched storm after storm veer south from the WA coast and dump on you guys on the CA/NV Pacific Crest ... SIGH! BTW, love the Merc!

Brian, I just noted your location ... dug out yet? I lived up Hwy 4 below Bear Valley for years, and my ex lives in Tragedy Springs (with about fifty sled dogs). I guess they had almost fourteen feet on the ground at one point.

The cruise on my '95 2.2 is seamless, except when It downshifts on a hill. Our '00 Leg has an aftermarket cruise, and it also works seamlessly. I've never felt either car buck or drag going downhill.

Gray would be perfect on The Pretty One's 'Honu'* * Hawaiian for green sea turtle, her car's name and plate.

I've been considering this fix for The Pretty One's '00 Legacy wagon. Forest Mist green (or as she calls it 'sea turtle green'). Her whole front valence is blasted down to the plastic from the sanded roads (at least it's not SALT!). The black seemed like it might be a little extreme for so large an area. Maybe not.