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I'm shopping around for a used Subaru Impreza in the 2001-2005 range and would like some suggestions on what to look for. This would include things to ask the seller (either private or a dealer) over the phone as well as a checklist of things to look for on the car itself if I take it for a test drive. I do NOT work on my own cars, so I have no hands-on experience in this area, but I am pretty technical and enjoy researching new things, so I'm certainly capable of learning a lot from some "How To" videos or websites. The car would initially be shared by my 3 teenage kids over the next 4-8 years (4 years of HS, plus 4 years of college with visits during Christmas and the summer). After that, I'd probably want to keep the car around as a reliable standby and maybe spruce it up (new paint job, leather seats, upgraded stereo, etc.) Call me "Old School", but I just love the looks of the 2005 Subaru Impreza. The bugeye models from 2002-2003 are also very cool in a quirky way. Please educate me (price; mileage; maintenance issues like timing belts, head gaskets; what to look for in an engine bay; manual vs. automatic issues; how to check for rust, etc.). (I started a similar thread for a specific vehicle that my wife didn't like, so I'm casting a wider net this time around.)