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Thanks for all the advice! Just to attempt to give a little more info . . . - Rotors: I was at work when they looked at it, but they showed it (on the lift)to my girlfriend. They said something about rust and a gap between the rotors and pads. I dunno. I'm an automotive idiot. Yeah, everyone has rusty rotors in New England, but maybe they're warped too. I'll take it to a brake shop. - Oil pan: Like the rotors, they do rust out here because of all the winter salting. Plus, the SVX rides very low to the ground. Still, I almost never need oil but I do have it changed fairly regularly. I'll probably ignore it for now. - Y pipe: The problem is where it attatches to the "cat." I think the cat. converter is fine, it's just the pipe I guess. Sounds like a job for an exhaust specialist. Good to know that it doesn't all have to be done at the dealership. They charge ~$50 an hour labor, and if takes 5 seconds to fix something, well, that's a "subaru" hour. Parts for the SVX are really expensive. I needed a new sun visor for the driver's side: $150 for the part. Plus, I guess this was a dealer's car and it has an engine it made by Alfa Romeo (so I was told . . .).

Hi, New here and not a car expert by any means so please excuse any newbie mistakes. Anyway, I have a hand-me-down 1994 SVX w/ 130,000 miles on it, and I totally love it. An incredibly reliable ride. I took it to the dealership recently to have something minor done and they found another $2,000+ worth of repairs I need to have done. I'm wondering whether much of this work could be done elsewhere for less, or am I stuck w/ the dealership due to the problems of getting parts. Here's what they said needs done (as I remember it) and the costs: - Front right stabilizer rod (or something like that) - not gone yet but close: $116 - Rotors (rusted) and pads for all 4 wheels: $600 - Y pipe (part of the exhaust sytem; rusting out): $1,280 - Leaking oil pan: $280 I love the car and would spend the dough in an instant . . . if I had it. As it is, I can swing the stabilizer rod, but not much else for awhile. Any of this doable by a decent mechanic for less? Thoughts.