While I'm on a roll posting here, I'll ask one more question:
My 2003 Impreza Outback ticks quite a bit.  It's always been a little
noisy to me, but several people have mentioned it to me lately so I
figure it might be getting worse and I'm just not noticing.

Today's drama brought to you by Bayer aspirin.
A older out back wagon sets on the rack, and I didn't pay much attention to
it. Jim, the service writher told me the story today.
A really nice Dad bought this car used from a private party in Portland for

Here in AUS we just had the '09 forester fir a drive ... drives like an SUV
... much roomier and overall impressions are good ... we are considering
trading our M05 in for the M09 ... any thoughts?

Does anyone know where I can find some bulbs to replace the burnt ones
in the heater control modules?  Subaru wants $10 a piece.  That would
be $30 total.  Doesn't seem worth it.  I tried a salvage yard but the
ones I found were also burnt.  Please let me know.

Any thoughts as to what 30,000 mile service should cost?
Frank

I purchased a door from a 99 Outback to replace mine on a 96 Legacy.
Questions: Will it normally fit?  I installed it but it seems a little
tight/hard when I close the door.  Is there an easy way to adjust
without going to the dealer?  The door looks the same the only thing

This is from Australia down under, just bought myself a pre-owned '97
Subaru Liberty. History of car was good, no major faults, accidents.
Unfortunately I was over eager and used the car (not too heavily)
without having checked all fluid levels. This afternoon, I found a

the motor on my 07' 2.5i 5M starts to buzz around 4K rpms and the
power drops of a lot. Only paid attention in 1st gear, since it is
more noticeable there, and more of a problem. Sounds like the valves
might be floating. Is this normal for the motor ? I was thinking of

The stick on my '92 legacy is making noises as if it needs grease. The
shifting is loud. Is there a way to somehow manually grease it or is it
all sealed up. I looked under the rubber boot but saw that I would most
likely have to remove part of the console too. I don't want to do ...

I'm approaching 57K miles on my WRX. I hit all of the service points
up to now without many big issues - just the usual stuff (brakes,
tires etc). The biggest issue was a problem with the cruise control -
it was engaging the throttle when idle in traffic and this burnt the

Has anyone had a problem with 03 Legacy Special Edition Wagon sunroof
leaks? Mostly when parked in the rain. This is the one with the 2
sunroofs one front and one over the rear seats. The leak must travel
above the interior panel cover and drips out of the rear seat belt