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#277 of 280 own three subarus by ncphisherman

Dec 19, 2001 (9:53 am)

we own three Subarus- one legacy 4wd wagon with a 5 speed (rare car), one SVX, and a 1991 Justy. All of these cars are flawless. Subarus far exceed Honda and Toyotas in reliability. I know- I owned Hondas since 1981, and switched to a little Subaru Justy in 1991. I'll never go back to a Honda. Still have that $6000 car, and it's got 130k, and I've never done anything but routine maintainence on it. It burns a little oil, but hey, it's a high-revving three-cylinder. These cars were only designed to go 100k (even the odometer resets after 100k). My SVX is flawless as well. It's got 85k, and nothing has gone wrong other than an occasional chirp from that annoying alarm on a hot day.
 
My son has a 1992 Honda Accord. It has 125k, and breaks down all the time. Yet, on the Kelly Blue Book, his car is worth $500 more than my SVX with only 85k, all the bells and whistles, and a gutsy boxer V6! What a joke! Buy a used Subaru, they don't hold their value at all, but they are reliable as dirt!

#278 of 280 by ateixeira

Dec 19, 2001 (10:07 am)

Rich - you ought to try and join us for Thursday chats. You have quite an interesting fleet, I'd love to hear more about them.
 
The SVX is such an exotic, still rare, collectible even.
 
-juice

#279 of 280 Subaru RS 2.5 by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Dec 19, 2001 (3:31 pm)

New review from Edmunds on the WRXs poor sister. Read all about it:

http://www.edmunds.com/reviews/roadtests/spin/48363/article.html

#280 of 280 by ateixeira

Dec 20, 2001 (7:21 am)

Not a bad review. Their biggest complaint is the price, but theirs was $19,820, and fitzmall.com sells them for $17,969 with freight included. Not bad at all.
 
-juice

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