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Exactly. If I can't buy it outright I don't buy it. Same philosophy with my business. Only debt I have is my commercial property and I'm paying that down as rapidly as possible. And to heck with all the new stuff - anything made after 2004 (in terms of Subaru) is dead to me. Just watched a video of some guy that bought a Tesla and saved about $13k in fuel costs over the 75k miles he's had it..... no mention of the cost to purchase said Tesla, or the environmental cost of manufacturing said Tesla. Everyone wants to Recycle and forgets entirely about the REDUCE and REUSE that is much more important. We can't just keep making things and replacing them every year or two. What happened to durable goods you could hand down to the next generation? GD

Rear Seals are usually NOT the leak source. The seperator plate on the back of the engine needs to be resealed. If it's the plastic one, Subaru has a replacement metal plate. Early ones were aluminum. Don't touch the rear seal unless it damaged or you can confirm it's the source of the leak. Most folks have more issues after replacing the rear seal. Having the sleave kit is nice. No way to tell if you need it until the engine/trans is pulled. The belt should be fine, another 20K to 60K left on it. Did you change all of the idler pulleys on the T Belt? if not, I'd to them now while the engine is out. Valve cover gaskets. Oil Pump reseal and rear cover plate screws torqued properly.

They have been, and likely still are in many places, heavily subsidized by taxpayer dollars. G'mint picking winners in the market place. 1/2 the total electric cars sold go to California. State an local subsidies and generally battery-friendly climate. I don't consider myself anti-electric anything. I have a lot of battery powered tools and batt lawnmower. But let the market decide.

This!! ^^^^^ when i met my partner (over 20 yrs ago now) he had a 1970s, harvest gold refrigerator.. was a good 10 yrs after we met that it finally gave up the ghost, say about 2010-ish. After doing some researching, we bought an Amana to replace it.. supposed to be a good product, had great reviews.. had the freezer on the bottom like I wanted.... We just had to replace that one this year because it failed... barely over 10 yrs... while the previous one lasted 40-ish years.. HUGE difference. Makes me wonder how long the new one will last - 6yrs? 8? as for the Subarus.. his is a 2006 LL Bean Outback (H6) that he bought in 2014 - been a decent enough car. we just picked up a 2004 Forester - 185K to replace the 2002 with 267K and failing undercarriage.. remains to be seen how long it will last.. but at least we have a parts car on hand with a good motor, LOL So far, it seems like a good purchase... runs and drives very nicely.. handles well, clutch is good.. shifts nice and crisp, even has decent tires on it. Been so long since i drove a stick, i had forgotten how much fun they could be, LOL As for the Tesla - not only is there the ridiculous manufacturing costs, but what about the electricity used to charge it? how many tons of coal or natural gas get burned to make the electricity?? Sure, he saved in gasoline costs.. but what are the TRUE costs of owning that car? Contrary to popular belief, they are not as "environmentally friendly" as they are made out to be... none of the electric cars are.

next tank, 26.6 . Had some secondary road miles, and trips to see lmdew and traildog. But, the next one will have head/cross winds and a lot of high speed miles. car solid.

Well used, but pretty normal. One had a little oil gunk around the top of the threads. They were oem subaru, the replacements are also.

I run mid grade normally. I haven't noticed a difference, but I kinda baby it. I assumed it would just adjust the advance curve if it detected knock? It's supposed to be less than 65k. It definitely looks it. I don't have a written warranty. I replaced the valve cover gaskets, exhaust gaskets, changed plugs, changed oil and filter, lubed up the cam lobes with oil, changed the pcv valve, and the serpentine belt. I used all subaru oem parts and fluids other than the oil and filter. I used the 10w30 synthetic from napa and the 1334 napa gold filter I had for my EJ22. I did not check valve clearances.

Brumby loving. Been a while since I’ve had her running well enough to have a drive on the open road let alone loaded and towing! Cheers Bennie

Kinda like this, huh? :-) I put some '03-'08 Forester struts and 215/70R16 tires wheels on my '98 Foz. Different Subie, but similar setup. The Foz struts will fit your OB 'as is'. Gave me 9.5" of GC and doesn't mess much w/the CV angles. Tires are tight and just rubbed the mudflaps but 5 mins w/a hacksaw fixed that. Your 27.7" is likely a 215/75R15, for the stock OB alloys, and may a better fit to start. Maybe run that combo and see b4 adding strut spacers, etc. Also, I'm not sure it's applicable to the '99, since it has the Phase 2 Transmission/electronics, but there are two mods I like for the 4EAT: Center Diff Lock and Power Shift Mod. Covered on here somewheres. GL, TD

Redback Brumby went on a little road trip from Bendigo to Wandiligong Pub via Tooborac, Seymour, Yea, Mansfield, Whitfield, Myrtleford, Porpunkah, and Bright. Wandi Pub - the sticker that came with my bullbar I got for it a number of years ago was the reason for the trip! The return trip was more of a bee-line home to save on time. It was a boring run but still a good end to the day. These are one of a series of “silo art” that are part of a circuit you can do to see them all. This one is at Colbinabbin: Good day had. In the 682ish km we covered we only came across one real dickhead on the road. One too many but good compared to what we could’ve come across considering it’s a long weekend. The brumby did 7.8L/100km for one section - this included a flogging through the hills with a load of twisties involved. I’m yet to work out overall fuel economy. She’s no sports car, but she does alright Cheers Bennie

A nice 360º view of this early, third gen Subaru Leone / GL \ EA82 from 1984: ~► https://www.subaru.jp/onlinemuseum/find/collection/3rd-leone-tw/index.html at the Japanese Subaru Museum.

Here are the affected vehicles for the extended warranty Covered Vehicles https://www.girardgibbs.com/subaru-oil-consumption-class-action-lawsuit/ The “Settlement Class Vehicles” are: Automatic / CVT Transmission: 2011-14 Forester (below VIN *529004) 2012-13 Impreza 4-Door (below VIN *033336) 2012-13 Impreza 5-Door Wagon (below VIN *886714) 2013 Crosstrek (below VIN *856139) 2013 Legacy (below VIN *048086) 2013 Outback (below VIN *321435) Manual Transmission: 2011-15 Forester (below VIN *543650 ) 2012-15 Impreza (below VIN *270253) 2013-15 Crosstrek (below VIN *270284) 2013-14 Legacy (all) 2013-14 Outback (all)