Roche Posted March 16, 2016 Author Share Posted March 16, 2016 I was. So I bought a second GT while my first was off the road and why I now have three Gen 4 Legacy cars. I saw that red wagon for sale for ages on Craigslist and Autotrader... It had 'STAY AWAY' all over it... those capital letters were spelt out in the ads as "BRAND NEW TURBO" - Whoever did buy it may well show up on this forum looking for advice when things start going wrong. That does makes me feel better about losing it again. I've searched unlimited miles on cars.com and found an 07 LGT in CA that I'd have to ship here Mike07LGT, I'm not sure why I thought getting a 2.5i would be a good idea EDIT: I realized all LGT's have the filter in the banjo bolt for the turbo feed line. I'll have to make sure I remove the filter asap and replace the acvs ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outback2.5XT-05 Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 That does makes me feel better about losing it again. I've searched unlimited miles on cars.com and found an 07 LGT in CA that I'd have to ship here Mike07LGT, I'm not sure why I thought getting a 2.5i would be a good idea EDIT: I realized all LGT's have the filter in the banjo bolt for the turbo feed line. I'll have to make sure I remove the filter asap and replace the acvs ones. If you're looking all the way to CA for a clean LGT I have a 2005 OBXT I'm selling for $7k (cheap because of mileage) it's listed here ( http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/socal-unmodified-2005-outback-2-5xt-bsm-5eat-249169.html ). I already had all of the banjos pulled. It's been well maintained, never modified, and runs great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roche Posted March 28, 2016 Author Share Posted March 28, 2016 I realized with the price to ship, I wouldn't be able to get a nice car I found an 05 LGT with 138k miles, 3 owners no issues, rust etc. I called the Subaru dealer that was on the Carfax report and they said at 123k miles the timing belt, turbo and short block were replaced. Since the Subaru dealer did it, is this a safe buy or if that was replaced does that make it risky? It's only $5000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holla Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 You're always going to be rolling the dice buying a used LGT. Having the short block and turbo replaced by the dealer is a good thing in my book. I'd have a compression and leak down test done and check the turbo. If you do end up purchasing it I'd get an oil analysis done as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roche Posted March 28, 2016 Author Share Posted March 28, 2016 Just for reference this is what I'm looking to buy this week. I'll see about talking him down to $5k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solidxsnake Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 See if Motive Auto in Woburn, MA would take a look at it. Not a far drive from Arlington and they're probably the most reputable Subaru shop in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roche Posted March 28, 2016 Author Share Posted March 28, 2016 You're always going to be rolling the dice buying a used LGT. Having the short block and turbo replaced by the dealer is a good thing in my book. I'd have a compression and leak down test done and check the turbo. If you do end up purchasing it I'd get an oil analysis done as well. Thanks for the advice, I'll definitely get the tests done. See if Motive Auto in Woburn, MA would take a look at it. Not a far drive from Arlington and they're probably the most reputable Subaru shop in the area. I'll check there, thanks! Fingers crossed for clean/no banjo bolt and good compression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holla Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 The car looks clean. If it had a legit full rebuild 15k ago, it would be a good deal. I don't see any mention of the rebuild in the ad though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roche Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 The car looks clean. If it had a legit full rebuild 15k ago, it would be a good deal. I don't see any mention of the rebuild in the ad though? I'm not sure he knows about it. I got it from calling the Subaru dealer on the Carfax report he sent me. I gave them the VIN and asked what they did to it and at 123k was timing belt, short block+turbo, a lot of suspension bushings. I asked if they replaced the banjo filter and the tech said he doesn't remember, but if he worked on it he would have. So I hope it was him but I'll pull the filter anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roche Posted April 2, 2016 Author Share Posted April 2, 2016 That ended up being junk. Had AEM stickers all in the engine bay and was clearly a city car. Vibrated a lot at idle. Interior was clean but was ruined from a dog. Some kind of toggle switch on the dash too... This is what I'll probably get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roche Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 I ended up buying an LGT I found at the last second. I'll post pictures and info in a new thread when I register it Friday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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