Keeping my Falcon - but need advise re: Subaru Liberty

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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.