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Originally Posted by 5_speed
Well, my EF and I have been through a lot together, a lot of money that is!!
I was very close to selling her to get a car that was a bit more practical for me. Lowered cars with body kits do not like camping grounds or off fire trails leading to good mountain biking venues...
So I have decided to keep her and buy a daily driver. I first looked at another EF wagon, but is was a disgrase to say the least. I have looked at some others but they weren't to my liking.
As I originally wanted a Forester when I was going to sell the Falcon, I started looking at cheaper Subarus.
So, I found a:
1996 Liberty AWD RX wagon
213K kms (as longas the belts have been changed this should be ok)
Auto (I'm not too fussed - it is for daily driving)
Clean as a whistle with all service history receipts
Gurgling noise from the dash when putting foot down (that I have learnt is the heater core and not to be worried about - tell me if I am wrong)
It's not a Ford (but I'll be keeping mine so that's ok), does anyone have any experience with these cars? Any bad traits about them? See seem to get good second hand reviews on drive.com.au.
I just want to be armed with as much information as I can be when I make the final decision.
Thanks for any advise.
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Good on you for keeping the falcon,as for the subaru,Ive had 4 subarus various engine,models etc.........
I can not stress enough, about the 2.2ltr and 2.5ltr quad cam gen2 engines,if it hasnt already done one,i can assure you it will blow a head gasket/s,and they cost a motsa to have repaired,its cheaper to fit a gen 3(new block and head design) ,2.5ltr from a MY98 on.The 2ltr is abit under powered in the basic liberties.The timing belt must be done every 100k and expect a $500-900 bill depending on how well you know the guys,
High klm/older flat fours cars will also have noisey lifters,but the gen 3 engines family seams to have stood the test of time so far for that problem.
Every thing else in the drive train is very good,Ive spent abit of time in the these cars/and researching them ,do your self a favour and go and check out some suabru forums.
Other than that ,I love subarus and the 2.5ltr has some nice torque,but try for a Manual as the auto absorbs a lot of power.
good luck with the search.My misses still wants a subaru,but for now we will keep an all ford stable until the funds allow for an upgrade.