Are Subarus really that sensitive

[ARCOgraphite]

one subie was more than enough. head gaskets 3 x in 60k

They were best in the mid 90's. The 2.2L with the solid cam was a torquey and responsive and reliable engine

Miss the little Impreza wagon - a dang good car and could buy it with a 5 speed for about $16k out the door.

More fun all around than the current crop of overweight lumps

 

[D60]

They were best in the mid 90's. The 2.2L with the solid cam was a torquey and responsive and reliable engine

Miss the little Impreza wagon - a dang good car and could buy it with a 5 speed for about $16k out the door.

More fun all around than the current crop of overweight lumps

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They were just so darn ugly. That one looks "ok" because it's new but all of them around here now have clouded headlamps and oxidized paint.

I also never personally understood the bobbed wagon. If I'm gonna turn in my man card and drive a wagon, I at least want a full length Legacy/Outback because I know I'm gonna be trying to use it as a truck

 

[Pew]

They were best in the mid 90's. The 2.2L with the solid cam was a torquey and responsive and reliable engine

Miss the little Impreza wagon - a dang good car and could buy it with a 5 speed for about $16k out the door.

More fun all around than the current crop of overweight lumps

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I've always wanted one of these. Too bad most of them look half rusted out now.

 

[D60]

I've always wanted one of these. Too bad most of them look half rusted out now.

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I agree! I used to work on one exactly like that but at 200k it just left a cloud (BIG cloud) of blue smoke out the tailpipe everywhere it went. That was when I first started to question Subaru engine longevity.....

 

[Robster]

There are some people who can break an anvil.

=my wife, except she could bust one with a rubber mallet! She's calmed down a lot in her later years, but I believe the phrase, "drive it like you stole it" was coined by somebody she probably passed on the road. . . on the right. . . . in the breakdown lane. . .on a hill. . .located at a curve in the road. She sure is fun though! lol