Long story short-my wife is in LA, I am in central Ohio.  This will be
the case until we both move to Seattle in February.  She needs a car
(hers was totaled, currently driving a rental).  We settled on a new
2005 or 2006 Impreza.  She has little experience dealing with dealers;

I have a Tribeca that I just took in for the 3000 mile oil change.  I have
been a little dissatisfied with the mileage that I get, so I watch the MPG
display a lot while driving to see what kind of habits are the most
desirable.

Need to vent...
Had been going to Colonial Subaru (Feasterville, PA) for _all_ service since
I bought my car there (04 OBW LL Bean, 45K miles). I made an 8:00 AM
appointment for an oil change. I show up at 7:45, only to be told that they

I have a 1995 Subaru legacy in both automatic transmission and manual.
Both cars have the obdII connector and say they are OBDII compliant
(iso9141-2) on the emissions sticker, but they do not respond to obdII
scans.

Is there a good source for invoice prices on new Subarus, the Impreza
2.5i "sport" wagon in particular?  I've looked on
http://www.cars101.com, but all they seem to list is the 2005 Impreza &
the 2006 WRX STI.

I got a '95 Legacy L AWD with 177K and it doesn't handle so great. I
had a '95 Legacy L auto when it had only 30k and the car went exactly
where you pointed it.
This car does not do that. I drive a newly paved interstate each day,

So I found a glob of oil in the coolant reservoir. Car has 192,000 miles.
2.5L automatic. Considering my options...
1. Replace the headgaskets and resurface heads. My mechanic suggests this is
10 hr. labor job. Will this be sufficient or should I go through the whole

Has anyone else noticed that the dip (low beam) headlights on a 2004 (new shape) legacy don't seem to have a very big range?
If I travel on a road with no street lights then it is nearly impossible to see more than about 2 metres in front of the car.
Wondering if anyone else has ...

My mom has a 1995 Legacy L wagon that just turned 274,000 miles and is
running amazingly great.  However because this car has been used so much in
the last 10 years by myself, my mom, and sister, the drivers seat has become
'flat' so to speak.  It's like the springs/foam or ...

I just purchased a 92 Loyale AWD wagon (fully loaded) and the transmission
made a "pop" and now wont go into gear. It still shifts through them all
with no resistance, but the car remains in neutral regardless of what gear I
put it in.  Oddly enough, after this happened the ...

Just wanted to see what people thought about this tire on a 2000 Forester L.
I bought the car used a few months ago, and it already had a set (looks
relatively new) of these tires on it.  I live in Colorado, near Denver, and
I want to make sure I have tires on the car that will ...

I'm looking at getting an Impreza 2.5 wagon for my wife.  Not the
WRX/STI, just the base wagon.  I see the 2006's have side air bags, can
anyone tell me what year these were added?  I'd like to find a nice
clean (ie CHEAPER) used 2003-2005, but I do want her to have the side

  My wife saw this online, re permanently disabling that truly annoying
seat belt chime in the 05 OBW.
  Is this guy serious or is he pulling our collective leg?  Anyone ever
try this?  If not, I'll bite and report back:

Employing the missing man negotiation technique with my wife and
toddler- she was away when she needed to be there and when I wanted to
cut the person off I started paying attention to my son, got a 2006
Outback with a dealer maintenance package for $22,939.  This was the

Temp control knob on set on cold - hot air blows out on all settings (heat
and/or AC). I called dealer and they said it would cost several hundred
dollars to fix my 96 Subaru Impreza. Please help me., and thanks.