"Boxer_4" (Boxer_4)
09/04/2020 at 21:17 • Filed to: None
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"Boxer_4" (Boxer_4)
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I mean, I love the BH GT-Bs, too, but this 1999 Legacy Lancaster speaks to me. NA 2.5L, 5 speed with low range ( not the most useful setup, but still cool ), and just look at that interior.
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! is ~$4,000 with ~35,000 miles. I’ve said this plenty of times, but if I had the space and this was legal now, i t’d p robably be on a boat by now. I hope that stuff like this is still able to be found and still reasonably priced in a few years.
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> Boxer_4
09/04/2020 at 21:26 |
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I. Like register that as an outback in Montana pretty easily.
jminer
> Boxer_4
09/04/2020 at 21:29 |
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That is in beautiful shape
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Boxer_4
> jminer
09/04/2020 at 21:32 |
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It’s not the most difficult thing to find older non-performance cars in Japan with low mileage and in good shape. The thing that amazed me was that this is a 5-speed. I don’t think many of these were sold with a manual transmission over there.
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Boxer_4
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
09/04/2020 at 21:33 |
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Most wouldn’t be the wiser. Now to work out the space issue...
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Boxer_4
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
09/04/2020 at 21:33 |
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Most wouldn’t be the wiser. Now to work out the space issue...
dogisbadob
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
09/04/2020 at 21:33 |
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Yeah it should be easy to register it as an Outback as long as you’re not in California lol
PowderHound
> Boxer_4
09/04/2020 at 21:33 |
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Did the JDM Subaru’s get the facelift before the USDM? I had a 99 Legacy wagon and it looked like this:
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dogisbadob
> Boxer_4
09/04/2020 at 21:39 |
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Perfect car for its central PA namesake yeah it fits lots of chocolate from the next town and shit too lol
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Boxer_4
> PowderHound
09/04/2020 at 21:40 |
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The BE and BH Legacy (3rd gen) were introduced for everyone but the US in June of 1998. We got them in 2000.
Sort of the same deal with the GD and GG Impreza where those were introduced for 2000 while we got them in 2001 for the 2002 model year.
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Boxer_4
> dogisbadob
09/04/2020 at 21:42 |
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Amusingly, I’m in the process of moving to that area ( the chocolate one ). Maybe it’ s a sign haha.
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PowderHound
> Boxer_4
09/04/2020 at 21:45 |
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I never realized that. Even with import fees this would be a crazy good deal I feel like. Never knew they made a low range version and there a few times it would come in handy! I’ve done some interesting offroading in my WRX when it was lifted and a low gear would have been great so I wasn’t burning rubber on rocks
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dogisbadob
> Boxer_4
09/04/2020 at 21:47 |
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the manual transmission ’s mechanical AWD might as well be Amish technology too :p
TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> Boxer_4
09/04/2020 at 21:59 |
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I will always have a soft spot for this generation of Legacy Wagon. My first car was a 2001 Outback with the automatic and it was a true battle wagon. You could not get that thing stuck.
gmctavish needs more space
> Boxer_4
09/04/2020 at 22:02 |
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What I didn’t realize they had low range gearboxes that late. I thought that stopped in the late 80s/early 90s. Or was it just an option elsewhere, not North America?
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Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> dogisbadob
09/04/2020 at 23:13 |
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They don’t do a vin check here, they do in California...
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Boxer_4
> PowderHound
09/04/2020 at 23:49 |
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A lot of the Legacy models ( except for the crazy and rare ones - S401, S402, etc. ) are still priced reasonably low in Japan. A fair number ended up in Canada, but they are still around in Japan. I’ll be curious to see where prices end up as more of them become legal in the US. The first of the twin-turbo models are finally eligible, but I don’t think the prices have moved too much - they aren’t the more desirable ones though. Overall I don’t think the Legacy models have the clout that the Impreza WRXs of the same era have.
I seem to recall HammerheadFistPunch writing about the low range not being that useful, but I’m sure its better than nothing
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Boxer_4
> gmctavish needs more space
09/04/2020 at 23:58 |
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Dual range gearboxes were available for quite a while in Europe and Australia, and I think in Japan ( not sure though if as long ) .
I know the SH still had the dual range gearbox available for a while in Australia :
