NPOCP: Cheap Subaru edition

"NaturallyAspirated" (NaturallyAspirated) 10/30/2013 at 13:33 • Filed to: NPOCP

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For your consideration - a 5 speed 1998 Impreza L with 222,000 miles on it.

http://ventura.craigslist.org/cto/4139082611…

Takuro Spirit > NaturallyAspirated 10/30/2013 at 13:37

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Pretty sure that's an Impreza, dude.

Price is a bit high, and looks like its dirty as fuck inside. But, no rust holes (yet) in the rear fenders, and with a newer transmission and timing belt, there's little else to go wrong.

Except wheel bearings.

rightfullrudder: Resident Pontiac Apologist > NaturallyAspirated 10/30/2013 at 13:40

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Price doesn't look awful, for around here anyway. Not many Subarus in the South.

Unrelated and sorry to do this but how the hell does one post something to Oppo itself rather than your own personal blog? I can't figure it out and obviously can't make a post to ask because it just ends up on my page. Haven't posted in like a year at least and everything is different now.

NaturallyAspirated > Takuro Spirit 10/30/2013 at 13:50

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What are the symptoms of bad wheel bearings?

Also, yeah, brain fart with the Legacy thing. I will fix the post.

Takuro Spirit > NaturallyAspirated 10/30/2013 at 13:55

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Noise. And in extreme cases, looseness of the wheels.

Driving the car at speed and swerving left to right will tell you if a bearing's going bad 90% of the time. As load increases on them, they will groan or warble louder.

They are a BITCH to do on these cars, and require special tools for the rears.

NaturallyAspirated > rightfullrudder: Resident Pontiac Apologist 10/30/2013 at 14:00

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I believe you have to be approved by one of the moderators as an "Author" in order to post on the FP. The mods used to have periodic "reply to this post if you want authorship" post, but I haven't seen one in a while.