Good Deal?!
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Washington
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Car Info: 2003 WRX Silver Wagon
Good Deal?!
So I recently sold my wrx to help pay for college but I want to stay in the subaru chain, but at a much lower price.
So I found a 97 legacy 2.5GT sedan automatic Ya its an automatic but this will just be my car to drive to school and work and I want AWD. Its priced at $5200 (washington state)
But it has 117,000 miles. But....the head gasket was recently replaced, which I guess is a major problem on the earlier legacy's. Thats a good thing that it was replaced right? or could there be other problems if it blew? All stock except it has been lowered. Also has new tires and the abs system done at the dealer.
Is this a good deal?? Hopefully I could get him down a little bit
Any advice would be great,
Thanks
So I found a 97 legacy 2.5GT sedan automatic Ya its an automatic but this will just be my car to drive to school and work and I want AWD. Its priced at $5200 (washington state)
But it has 117,000 miles. But....the head gasket was recently replaced, which I guess is a major problem on the earlier legacy's. Thats a good thing that it was replaced right? or could there be other problems if it blew? All stock except it has been lowered. Also has new tires and the abs system done at the dealer.
Is this a good deal?? Hopefully I could get him down a little bit
Any advice would be great,
Thanks
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Pacific Northwest
Posts: 12
Car Info: 00 Legacy GT Wgn
97 gasket issue
Have your car inspected by a qualified subaru mechanic. I was looking at 97-99 Legacys until I talked to one that told me about the head gasket issue. He told me to get a 2000 cause it's a better car. Subaru added a Limeted Slip Diff that year and updated the body and interior. If you are going to stick with 97-99. Make sure it got an updated gasket cover that won't fail again and check other parts of car. The guy told me he replaces several other parts at the same time due to a backflo issue that effects other parts including the radiator as well as others. Told me it was a $2500 job and his racks were full of them that day. 100-150 dollar inspection savs you a lot of possible trouble.
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