Im playing with the idea of getting a 00+ legacy GT sedan thats manual. Wondering basic info on it. The good the bad. you know?
Problems to look for when purchaseing.
I live in Santa rosa, any good subie dealerships in north bay?
willing to spend around 10k

 

headgaskets are the biggest threat. 00-04 have an 'extended' warranty till 100k...so find one with less than 100k...or just build in money for an engine swap(for more power) or the cash to fix the headgaskets once they go(which they probably will).

fibuz

 

i thought that the headgasket problem pretty much went away when they went with the SOHC for the BE???

 

negative.

 

are you sure that all have an extended warrenty that goes up to 100k? Or is it a power train warrenty or what?
I need this carfax run 4S3BE6459Y6213573
its a 2000 legacy GT manual sedan for 10200$$ at 88k miles, Deal?

 

All have extended warranty on headgasket related issues only from 2000-2004 to 100,000 miles.

Car fax is worthless. Drive the car, check the paint, look for overspray(dead giveaway of repair), look underneath, and have a dealer check it out mechanically. Also, make sure there are 4 of the same tires on her. Many people are oblivious and only replace 2 tires creating different total tire diameters...which is bad for the awd system. At the dealer you may be able to inquire as to whether the headgasket has been replaced also. If it has, the likihood of it occuring again is substantially less.

The car you want seems like a good deal though, yes...I'd bargain them down slightly below 10k out the door though.

Good luck.

fibuz

 

alreight cool. I posted up for a carfax on nasioc.com NEVER EVER DO THAT!!!!
"ITS STEALING"
But i got a carfax some where elce and its all good.
Thanks for all the info!

 

good luck on your purchase!

 

I'll second fibuz on all of this stuff. I've had several headgaskets on mine, but the problem should be solved now.