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45 messages, Last post on Jan 28, 2003 at 4:57 AM
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#30 of 45 New Justy owner!!! by justynough
Aug 13, 2002 (6:35 pm)
I just bought a 1990 Justy 2-door front drive GL 5-speed. I was at first hesitant when I called about the car in the paper only because I knew how small the car is. But I figured for $500 the ad sounded good. Well much to my suprise I pulled into the driveway of the elderly couple I bought the car from and I was in shock, the car was practically mint! It was garaged for all 12 years of the time they had it(I have the original title), they bought it NEW. The interior is immaculate, the body is excellent, the paint is excellent,(amazing since I live in Florida, and being it's painted silver, silver paint fades and dries out faster than any other color) it runs great, new tires, original owners manual, everything about this car is nearly flawless. Needless to say I was the first to look at the car, and I took it home that instant.I did have to replace the valve cover gasket, it was leaking, and I replaced the original cap, rotor, and wires (they had the 1989 date still stamped on them)and put platinum plugs in. I also had to put my Pioneer CD in it! They had records of every little thing done to this car, oil changes every 2,500 miles, everything! It has 106,000 miles on it, and it runs awesome. I've bought many a car in the past, but I have never found such a good little car for $500.
For a 3 cylinder engine it does move the car very well. I drove a 1991 Geo Metro once and it was OK, but this Justy is alot quicker, I had a 1985 Honda CRX Si that was'nt a whole lot faster. It's great around town in traffic, and you could pull a U-turn on a sidewalk if need be!!!
Now buying parts on the other hand... Not fun. Autozone has nothing in stock but spark plugs and a few other parts, but they can order most things. I like getting my parts on demand, not in a few days! This is how it goes in a rare car like this though, I'll deal with it.
I'm putting 20W50 in the car this weekend, that's what they have been putting in it since forever, so I better not change. This Florida climate is good for 20w50.
So I am now a Subaru Justy owner... I hope it lasts for a long time. Are there any "common" problems I need to watch out for?
#31 of 45 Parts by paisan
Aug 13, 2002 (7:50 pm)
I have an XT6 which is equally hard to buy parts for. Check out http://catalog.thepartsbin.com/-mike
#32 of 45 CHRIS by yellowbikedon1
Aug 15, 2002 (5:31 pm)
Always nice to know the Subaru population in Florida has increased! Welcome!Don
#33 of 45 by ateixeira
Aug 30, 2002 (11:38 am)
If you have a knock it may be carbon deposits in the cylinder. These effectively increase the compression ratio, and can cause knocking.So what I'd suggest is a good throttle body and FI cleaning. They don't cost too much and after we did this to our Mazda 626 it drove like new.
The rattle is probaly a heat shield. If it was a bearing the noise would be speed dependent, but engine-rpm independent.
justynough: congrats. The population of Subies in Florida just doubled! LOL
-juice
#34 of 45 Juice... by vocus
Sep 02, 2002 (7:14 pm)
You are just all over these Subaru boards, aren't you?
I thought about a Justy for a commuter car (~70 miles daily, all highway), but we shall see. How is your Legacy holding up?
Vocus
#35 of 45 by ateixeira
Sep 05, 2002 (1:11 pm)
Actually I don't subscribe to this one, but I do try to check in when I have the time.Our new Subie is fine, about 4k miles so far. Mods include 15" alloys from a Legacy Turbo, ASC power moonroof, full size spare tire, cargo area liner, and 6CD changer. Plus a leather shift knob.
It's lookin' nice, and my total investment is still just $19k. Hard to beat for everything I got, in fact impossible to beat because no mid-size AWD can come close.
-juice
#36 of 45 Brake pedal squeak/whistle by rsholland
Sep 05, 2002 (3:25 pm)
I was out driving the wife's Forester this afternoon, and noticed that the brake pedal squeaks (whistles?) when you first apply the brakes.When I got home, I turned off the engine, and pumped the brakes several times, and sure enough, the pedal whistles when you first apply it. I also noticed, that when parked and after pumping the brakes a few times, the pedal seems not to go down quite as far, and the pedal whistling disappeared!
Anybody got any idea what's going on?
Bob
#37 of 45 Pumping while off getting hard by paisan
Sep 06, 2002 (4:53 am)
That's cause the brake booster is w/o power when the car is off. You usually get 2-3 pumps then it becomes hard.As for the squeek, it's probably in the brake light switch possibly.
-mike
#38 of 45 Lights on, but nobody's home... by rsholland
Sep 06, 2002 (5:51 am)
must be the reason I posted that question in this forum, and not the "Problem" forum?! Please forgive my "senior moment" here...Bob
#39 of 45 by ateixeira
Sep 19, 2002 (12:29 pm)
Grease up the pedal hinges with lithium grease, they sell the stuff in spray cans.-juice
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