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Update on the 01 H6: I drove it to a mechanic today, not a Subaru guy, corner garage guy. He found the following: engine oil overfilled, rear axel seal seeping, power steering leak, rack and pinion OR line, valve cover gaskets seeping, transmission pan seal seeping, all 02 sensors have been replaced. Some things I noticed, the CD player would not play a "home burned" CD that plays fine in a Ford Focus. (It's the weather band one, with CD and cassette, but not the McFancy one I've been reading about) and the fog lights didn't work. Thank You All for the great tips!! P.S. There were 2 prev. owners, I got the phone# for most recent P.P.S. They wouldn't give me a Car-Fax, they gave me a "Auto-Check" which seems like a Car-Fax, does this matter??

O.K. After 5 hours of USMB, I have learned to use the search. However, many of the comments were from several years ago, several posts stated they haven't been around long enough to have high miles. Sooo from what I can tell right now, I may or may not have to change the timing chain at 150K for much $$$. There may be throttle position sensor issues, and it requires high octane gas. Also, I live in an area with the reformulated gas (10% Ethanol) will this be a problem?? Can anyone clarify the above issues for me? and/or come up with others?? Thanks.

Thanks for the welcome! Now, after 4 hours of USMB, I may be an addict! And I am learning to use the computer too, hopefully my typing improves soon:)

Thanks for your comments, I feel better about dealing with this salesman. I went to the Edmunds site, and it seems to be a reasonable price for this car. I do like it, and it appears in good condition. He wanted me to buy today, I'm not gonna. I guess I'll ask for the carfax tomorow, so, anyone with insight on mechanical issues I need to be on the lookout for, please continue to comment. Thanks!!

I offered 4k less than their asking price, this is a notoriously high priced dealer. Given the crap that I'm used to driving, I'm just freaked in general to spend this much money on anything. I was really happy to hear that the H6 has a timing chain, not a belt.

Thanks sooo much for your reply, I have never bought a car from a dealer before, have never even thought of spending this much for a vehicle, but I caught the Subaru bug from a guy in Milwaukee while looking at his older, MUCH less expensive, 2.2L Outback. Since then, I have been looking online alot, but by the time I call/ E Mail anything that looks OK, is SOLD! Aren't these H6's rare? I have not seen a carfax, are dealers obligated to provide these? In the past I've thought carfax were kinda useless, but I've always driven cheap older cars and worked on them myself. I am kinda needing something soon as my 2 cars both crapped out in the last 2 months, and I am borrowing my father in laws truck. The price with tax and whatnot , is $ 8,750.

Please Help! I need to find out as much as possibe about this car in the next couple hours, there's a high pressure salesman hounding me. Car has 109K, front brakes/tires done last fall. Had some tranny work done, seals, and cv I think. There seems to be some wind noise, driver side window, near mirror area. This car appears to be in "like new" condition, However it is at the very top of my price range (blue book $) What should I look out for? Is there scheduled maint. due?? Any tips greatly appreciated, seems salesman knows less about this car than I do. Thanks for your help.

I like cars more than computers, tryin to figure out how this works