by "AdverseMartyr" (ewilliamson)
Published 05/31/2017 at 11:05
by "AdverseMartyr" (ewilliamson)
Published 05/31/2017 at 11:05
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STARS: 9
Well, I picked up my 2006 Subaru Legacy last night, and I’m...content with it. It’s 11 years old so I did alright for about $$6,000.
Lengthwise it fills my entire parking space, which makes me more happy that I didn’t go with a wagon, it might not have fit with that extra length. (My neighbor has gotten used to my parking spaces being empty, and is crowding the back of my space.)
It’s got 43K kilometers on it:
The place it is showing it’s age is the dash - it seems like it developed a couple cracks from when we started the process a couple months ago to when we picked it up last night:
And then the cover for the drink holder is broken (and it looks to be a PITA to fix):
(Sorry for the dirt, I didn’t pay the extra $300 for them to detail it.)
I found a tiny chip on a door edge, and there is the small ding I saw when I looked it over originally. And the back up camera doesn’t work for some reason (the dealer says they told us that before, which they may have) So those need to be fixed.
I’m fairly happy with the car, the HID lights have a day/night sensor added in that works, and the height of the light can set to 5 different positions.
I haven’t had the chance to dig around under the hood yet, but I think the little 2.0i has at least a better (sounding) air intake. It may be slow, but it moves well enough for Okinawa’s acceleration requirements.
All in all it should be a good car for a few years.
"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
05/31/2017 at 11:10, STARS: 0
Nice! Another super-low mileage 2006 Legacy owner. Mine has 42k kms.
"LongbowMkII" (longbowmkii)
05/31/2017 at 11:53, STARS: 2
It’s the prettiest Subaru. Maybe even better than the wagon. #blasphemy
"BeaterGT" (beatergt)
05/31/2017 at 12:37, STARS: 0
05 LGT owner here, budget for wheel bearings!
"Stupidru" (Schm1an)
05/31/2017 at 13:27, STARS: 0
My 06 Legacy GT was my absolute favorite car in the world, but at the time my checkbook was not ready for it. Cheers on a great platform!
"79 horsepower monster" (tdwpgtp)
05/31/2017 at 13:45, STARS: 0
$6,000 for that mileage (kilometerage?) is a steal!
"AdverseMartyr" (ewilliamson)
06/01/2017 at 05:15, STARS: 0
Good to know though I’m hoping that with the low mileage it will be good for at least a little while before things go wrong.
"RyanFrew" (ryanfrew)
06/04/2017 at 13:50, STARS: 0
Nice! Why in the world does it have such low mileage?
"AdverseMartyr" (ewilliamson)
06/04/2017 at 20:00, STARS: 0
It’s from Tokyo so it was probably someone’s weekend/’take important guests out to dinner’ car. I’m almost certain the owner traded it in for something newer simply because it passed the 10 year mark.