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Bought my girl new. 160K miles. Driven about twice a week (little old lady drives to church and to foot doctor and that's about it). She sat from Jan 1 through May 1 during horrible winter when I was ill. My son jumped it and I drove it to Subaru garage because of another ongoing issue. They said I need new battery, terminal cables and terminal fuse box because they cannot get it to start without jumping it. So there goes 800 bucks right from the get go. Ok..we cannot find out what else is wrong unless the thing runs. My old girls leaks oil (needs new gasket) but I keep her full. Same with all the other leaks...Go into Minute Lube about once every two months and they fill up all the leaky places (free). But she has been running wonderfully. EXCEPT...NOW HERE IS THE CORE PROBLEM (Aside from the expensive battery repair). She goes through a monthly cycle of not starting. She will start up fine half the time. Then all of a sudden, she won't start just turns over and over...until I do this: put in neutral, put on emergency brake, push gas almost all the way to the floor, then crank .....then she sputters, and spits and starts with a roar. Smoke pouring out the back. (not black, but gray...I think...hard to see when you are at the wheel). Mind you I only drive about three times a week. So I've been doing this for about 3 years. Finally, I decided to see what was wrong. Naturally, for the mechanic (not a subaru garage) she did not do it. He kept it for two weeks and it started up perfectly every time.My son suggested I go to a subaru dealer who probably know problems this subaru had. I am nervous. I don't want to end up redoing the car completely but so far...800 bucks..not a good sign. You see, my grandson really wants to learn about how to repair cars and this will be his project. He loves anything mechanical. His dad will help him, and I will pay for parts. So if you were to guess ..off the top..what would make a car start perfectly one day and suddenly not the next? Weather is not related to this (does same thing in all kinds of weather, same kind of gas, etc). Once they get it on the diagnostic machine I am sure they will want to do EVERYTHING to it. And I will proceed with caution.