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Hallo!:)

 

I registered right now and want to introduce myself:

 

My name is Lukas and I live in Austria (not Australia;) ) in Europe.

I am a Subarufan since my father bought one in 1988 and I wanted

to own one since I am 10 Years old. 3 Month ago I had the chance

to buy a 1989 Subaru Leone 1,8 Injection Super Station GL with

39.000 Kilometres (~ 22.000 Miles) on its back. The car is nearly

free of rust and in very good condition. I paid ~ 3000 Dollar, wich is

a good price for this Subaru in Austria. Subarus before 1991 are very

rare in Austria. They are all rusted away very quickly. Many people on the streets don´t know what car I drive, because they are nealy died out here.

There are also no fans of this Subaru in Austria.

 

I am so happy that I found you guys in the net. There is no Internet

Community or this early Subarus in Europe. No Fans at all, as I said.

 

Sorry for my bad english, but my motherlanguage here is german, but I

learned english in school for 8 years.

 

Good bye and greetings to you all over the World

 

Lukas

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Wilkomen. That's about all the German I know.

 

Don't worry about your english, you spelled better than most of the people on the board. :grin:

 

wow you only have 22,000 miles on your car. I have a 2k Impreza and I did like 20K in the first year that I owed it. Of course I live in California and use to drive 60 miles to work each day.

 

Have fun on the board.

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Welcome,

 

I understand your situation, there is no one who cares about old Subarus where I live either. Around here the cars rust faster than they can make them! And my English is terrible!

 

But take comfort, this board has all the answers to keep your old Subaru on the road!

 

Glenn

82 SubaruHummer

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Thats awesome, hope you can keep your car in fancy schmancy condition since its the only one in europe. are there many places to off-road there?

 

i was planning a trip to europe for next year (focusing on germany and italy) but had to cancel it to buy a subaru. europe's probably better off without me there.

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Thank you for your welcomes:banana: !

 

My Subaru is a "Alpin - Spezial Edition", painted in socalled "Jade-Green" with

sidestripes in gold/silver. It also has a high roof and FWD/4WD High/4WD Low.

Its a self shifter, not an automatic transmission.

 

I have been searching 1 1/2 years to find a Subaru Leone in good condition in

Austria. My biggest fear is, that my car gets chrashed, because I am not

sure if I can find another Leone in good condition in Austria:banghead: ...

 

My daily driver is a Mitsubishi Pajero (Montero) with a 2,5 Litre Diesel Engine

and short wheelbase. It was never imported to the US in this configuration.

 

I drive my Leone only when the weather is good and noch for long distances,

because I want to keep it in this good condition with only ~22.000 Miles on

its back. I bought it from a 83 years old man, and so is its condition;) .

 

Are there many old Subarus in the US?

 

Greetings to all Subaru-Fans all over the world!!!

 

Lukas

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Welcome!

 

You should come to visit Oregon if you want to see Subarus of your vintage. There are probably 50 or more of your style (and older!) driving around Eugene. BUT, I'll bet there is not an old Subaru in this country with such low mileage! At least, not one that we on this board have gotten ahold of :brow: !

 

Is it in perfect condition, or are there any problems you need to address? With such low mileage, I would think you might have issues with dry oil seals leaking from lack of use.

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There are MANY Subarus of your vintage here. There's at least 100 just in the wrecking yards within 30 miles of my home. I see more than I can count on a daily basis driving the freeways. Cars don't rust here on the west coast of the US, so we have a LOT of older soobs.

 

Your mileage is exceptionally low - quite amazing for a car that old. I have an 82 with only 74,000 on it, but it looks terrible - only good for parts.

 

Your english is better than a lot of people I know who learned it from birth. Seriously. Having been in the ARMY, I've met some of the dumbest....

 

GD

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Hi:) !

 

My Soob has only been driven in a small city and on short trips around this

town. There are no problems I need to address, its been maintained very well.

 

I only need to chance the timing belt before the winter comes, because I do

not drive my Soob in winter. There is so much salt on our winterly streets.

And this salt is the reason, why the older Soobs are nearly died out here.

 

I will take pictures of my Soob next week and put them in here.

 

Greetings

 

Lukas:cool:

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Welcome to the board. You'll find a very good variety of Good advice and some awesome conversation with the best of the best.

 

I really like your car..... WOAH!!!! COOL!!!!

 

I have an 1988 subaru with 248,000 miles on it and it runs like new (or close to it). hmmmmm 22,000 ... that's not even broken in yet.

 

Glad meeting you, Boing

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Welcome!

 

My family is from just over the Alps in the Dolomites/Lake Garda region.I know how few Subarus there are in that region.Very surprising that it took sooooooo long for Subaru to catch on up there but it has more to do with politics than common sense.

 

I sold a '76 Subaru to a guy in Sweden.They started with Subarus in 1982 and just like you there really aren't any remaining on the roads today from the 70's and 80's.

 

There are still older Subarus here.The "General Forum" here will be mostly 80's Subarus with some of us dinosaur owners once in a while.The rust sections of the USA are much like your area.Only a select few Subarus have survived in these parts.But as you'll see,the west coast and some of the drier parts of the country still hold some older models.

 

You car sounds like a nice one...just saw the picture,looks very nice.

 

Enjoy!

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Hi!

 

I live in East-Austria, named Styria. As I said before, older Soobs are nearly died

out here.

 

The color of my Soob is calles "Jade-Green".

 

The winters in our region are very hard. Lots of snow, ice and wind. My father

hat a Leone from 1988 until 1994, but after 6 years (and 6 winters) this soob

was so badly rusted, that we had to put it on the scrapyard.

 

I do not drive my Soob very often, because I want to keep it in this good

condition. On the second pic, you can see a litte pit of my daily driver, a

dark green Mitsubishi Montero. And that silver car in front is my dads daily

driver, a Toyota Landcruiser Prado.

 

Greetings

 

Lukas

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