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There's lots of Subarus up here, seems that most that get one stick with Subaru.
I'm looking to get my first, or perhaps not?
Test drive today of a 2001 Liberty 2L 182K serviced $7K
I'm wondering what things to look out for.
I've driven them before and like the road feel but I don't know much about cars.
Most cars have standard things to look out for, or worse models, bad autos etc.
I'm here to work out some of those answers

Never said this before (never had the chance), so welcome to the forum

I'd recommend a Subaru to anyone for just about any kind of use.

182K is about right for something that age, but KMs on the clock shouldn't deter you if it's been serviced regularly and well looked after.

If like you said you needed to do a bit of light towing and that kind of thing, you could get an early 2000's Outback (2.5L) for $7k pretty comfortably, or like I said in the other thread, 2 from the late 90's.

Things to look out for: nothing that I've really encountered. People on here with a bit more experience may know, but none of ours have ever had problems other than general wear and tear. If you end up getting an early 90's/'80's Subaru, keep an eye out for rust, especially since you're not in central QLD/WA or NT where it's as dry as.

Road feel will always be nice, they grip like nothing else (AWD) and you can just about take them anywhere, anytime, anyhow. If you watch the Top Gear Africa Special 2.0 that was on TV last night, Hammond's driving a late '90's WRX and it's basically just a 4X4.

Cheers,
Tom.

yeah, i saw that last night
it pulled them out of the mud easy enough

cerebro wrote:There's lots of Subarus up here, seems that most that get one stick with Subaru.
I'm looking to get my first, or perhaps not?
Test drive today of a 2001 Liberty 2L 182K serviced $7K
I'm wondering what things to look out for.
I've driven them before and like the road feel but I don't know much about cars.
Most cars have standard things to look out for, or worse models, bad autos etc.
I'm here to work out some of those answers

The only thing that i would say is anything with a 2.5 night have head gasket problems
Check for coolant leaking form around the bottom side of the heads
You didn't say manual or auto taking it off road??

Jan

Thanks for the advise.
I've driven Manuals, but don't mind.
My work takes me offroad, from time to time, but not much.