ivanmania

Why?

Because you can haul 5 full size ppl, all their stuff for a weekend and put the snowboards on top, go 80mph at 20+mpg through anything. When you get to the resort, you can get into the parking garage without clearance issues. Then you can drive home on the same tank of gas.

 

For around town, nothing else fits its sleeper status. "soccer mom" stealth with sti performance. You have to really do stupid stuff to get a "license and registration" stop.

 

in yer case, the tow hitch & bush bar suggest it's been hammered especially if its a BC car. I'd get a ppi, check the fluids in oil, radiator, diffs, and transmission. check suspension for rust & broken bushings. get a cylinder pressure check (best way to see if a new engine is in yer future).

 

look at the components. check if it has the stock snorkel (subaru aint honda, you want the stock intake). Check the tunes stored in the cobb access port. Ask who tuned it. If no one, that's a red flag if there's non-stock items.

 

check tire wear, it should be uniform. check rim damage. Check mounting bolts for tow hitch and bush bar. be sure all doors work.

 

test drive with radio off. any noises can be expensive. check dash for discoloring or "melty", either are bad as there's no replacement.

 

if no records/invoices, i'd take 1000-2000 off immediately.

 

best of luck. they are fun if you get a good one. You'll want to buy a gun and eat it if you don't.

Thanks. It is a BC car lol, so i'm assuming the owners taken it up the mountain and back a couple times. I'm bringing my mechanic friend who's a lot more discerning and skeptical than I am to check over and drive the car. How do I check the tunes on the access port? I don't know the numbers I should be looking for.

Thanks for your advice. He says he's gotten all the stuff for the engine redone ie. timing belt around 40k km (25k miles) ago. I mean, I'd hope to check invoices and all that stuff to see recent work done rather than take his word for it as i'm only talking to him via Facebook messenger. He said he has it in a cobb stage 2, so again, I can only assume that the pipe has been replaced.

That said, rust isn't an issue depending on how its been kept? I had an 01 Honda Accord that never rusted and we parked it outside for most of its life. I reckon our weather up here in Vancouver is similar to yours in Portland haha.

Hi there,

new to the forum. I'm looking into buying an 05 legacy gt limited. its got 230,000 km (or 142915.374 miles) and has the following done to the car:

Automatic with Sportshift 5spd, shifters on the steering wheel.

2.5L 4 cylinder turbo.

Aux port and wired for amp and subs.

Thule ski racks.

Cobb Accessport stage 2

Rally Innovations bush bar

H&R Springs (also comes with stock springs).

Automatic key fob start

Carbon fibre interior trim.

The wheels on the car are outfitted with snow tires. Huge sunroof.

Tow hitch.

is it a good deal for $7000 canadian dollars. and also, when i do go and look at it, what are some things that i should look out for, etc. Thanks for all your help