Mugs Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Finally after a year of not having a suby to drive, I'm back in one again. I had to sell my Beautiful BRAT last year, do to life's situation. But it went to a suby home so I am happy about that. I have been wanting a Impreza wagon for a long time, in particular the Outback Sport, mainly for its styling queues, and added ground clearance, over just the impreza wagon. So this summer I went on the hunt. I really wanted a 99-2001 or 2004...sorry bug eye fans I have 3 rules for a DD, it has to have/be automatic, cruise control and A/C. I was willing to fudge a little on the auto part but not cruise and A/C (I drive 4 hours one way to home on the weekends, plus I am always on a trip of some sort.) After searching for about 3 weeks I ended upon this one. I gave a good once over and drove it the 4 hours back home. The guy had more into it in maintenance receipts for the past year (by a lot,) then I paid for it. And he kept it super clean (as the pics will show) so I felt good about that. I'm an avid backpacker, kayaker, snowboarder, cyclist kind of guy so I have certain requirements for my "buggy" (otherwise I would have bought an STI and called it a day) I need ground clearance and I want to have some extra pep, and other esthetics, that I envision the car looking like. So I am going to put a mild build EJ25 in it, forester struts with outback lift blocks, 16 Forester steelies with some AT style tires, tube bumpers, skid plates, and a VLSD, rear discs, and other small stuff along the way....But the more I look at it, and its "beefy stance" I may just leave the ground clearance alone but do the rest....we'll see. Here are some pics of how it looked when I got it home..well for the most part. I wasn't going to undo what I have already done. That will be in the build thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster2 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Nice looking ride........curious as to why the fender needed replacing. Did you run a carfax report on the car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mugs Posted August 14, 2013 Author Share Posted August 14, 2013 It was a private owner sale. I replaced the fender. The other one had been backed into, at a parking lot. The title is clean. No I did not do a car fax..I didn't feel as if I needed to. I checked it over very thoroughly before I bought the car, and felt good about the sale. Like I said I paid significantly less for then what the owner had in maintenance receipts for the past 18 months. Fortunately for me, the skills center where I work, can paint that right up for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Lucky Texan Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 hip spoiler! sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mugs Posted August 15, 2013 Author Share Posted August 15, 2013 Ya I really like the 2000-2001 because they came with the rear spoiler. They don't look so "turtle like." the green ones without the spoiler look "turtley" the most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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