Has anyone ever used the ELMSCAN 5 USB ( http://www.scantool.net/elmscan-5-usb.html ) to connect to a 1996-2001 Subaru Legacy or Impreza. I have bought one of the cheap units on ebay, and that wouldnt connect, i also bought one from autozone for over $100, and that wouldnt connect either. The wierd part is both of the units i bought wouldnt work on any of my chryslers either. I have however had no problems connecting the handheld units and getting the codes that way, but what i am looking for is a unit i can plug into my laptop and get real time monitoring, which elmscan says there unit will do on any car made after 1996, but the others i bought said the same thing, and they only worked on GM and Ford. I greatly appreciate any advice you guys and girls can give me.

That "should" work. ELM is just what is used to convert OBD2 to the proper PC data formatting. I bought an ELM323 and from doing my research I found that some of the earlier OBD2 subarus didn't quite have all the data that the newer ones do. However I was able to get my 1997 Impreza to work, so I would think your 98 legacy should be alright.

Also to add.....I have used a couple of the different OBD2 software out there, and that scanmaster software is pretty good stuff. I was just using the free version, so it didn't have all the features enabled, but was pretty good.