never thought it would ever happen

[seanski06]

haha nothing bad...i just finally found the car i've been searchin for

 

for so long

 

its a 96 impreza L AWD 2.2 liter coupe maroon

 

everything matches exactly as what i wanted except its not black and its got 200,000 miles

 

however the ppl that own it are the original owners and they always had it serviced on time

 

it was the "wifes baby" and the people seem real honest about the maintenance

 

i only had one scare when me and the husband took it for a test drive we pull out "a lil sketchy" for my tasting and then BAM were in second gear going through countryu roads, the guys shifting at 4000 rpm's and downshifting when its still at like 2500.... i ask him if this is the way he always drives it (thinking he was just trying to show off the power)and he says "yea why" is it just me or should u normally shift around 3000?

 

luckily hes only been driving it for 6 months b/c the wife got a new saab hense the reason there selling this

 

he only wants $1000 and the car seems like its in incredible shape, other then body work and theres a problem where he says sometimes it wont start...he has tape over the check engine light b/c he says its annoying and the ppl at the garage say its just from "vibration"?

 

when i asked if he knows why it doesnt start he sayd that one of the mechanics sayd that its due to a sensor on the crankshaft? any idea of how much that would cost or what it might be causing the problem

 

 

thanks for reading even tho it was a bit long

 

sean

[idosubaru]

crank sensor is fairly common, very easy to replace. i'd guess it can cause starting issues and definitely the check engine light. they don't fail that often so i'd consider a used one if new is expensive.

 

i wouldn't be too concerned with starting issues if the car runs okay - starter, battery, battery terminals or cables. all really easy stuff to figure out.

 

sounds like a good deal.

[seanski06]

yea im not concerned at all...i was also wondering any other maintainance issues that go along with a 200k car...im pretty sure they had the clutch and timing things all replaced before...ill be recieving all the records when i buy the thing

 

 

thanks for the reply