Talk to me about Subaru's - Legacy and Forester
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Very nice sir, welcome to the club 
rovermorris999 said:
I'm on my third Subaru, Legacy 2 litre, then 3 litre spec B, currently Impreza RB320. Also looking for a Forester for my wife.
The old 2 litre was good but fairly slow, the Spec B sublime. The 3 litre engine is a peach, chain cam too. I used to get 22-25mpg in normal tootling around using the power when required and could do 28-29mpg on a long motorway run. I never got below 21mpg. Lovely inside too, all the toys, the dvd satnav is particularly good. It'd drink it in town though and prefers superunleaded. Apart from a clutch on the 2 litre Legacy at 130k miles, nothing went wrong, not even a worn suspension bush. I p/exed the 2 litre at 135k and 6 years and it still had the original exhaust, bushes, calipers etc.
The Forester is essentially an Impreza on stilts so much smaller inside than a Legacy.
They're all highly underrated cars in my opinion, especially the Spec B. The nice thing about the 'B' is its understated looks. You get little attention for such a quick car.
Incidentally, a cambelt change on a Forester is around the £250 mark. The kit is about £150 plus an hour and a half labour plus the dreaded vat.
From a bit of detective work (!) I think I've got your old Spec B! Dark blue, ended up in SThe old 2 litre was good but fairly slow, the Spec B sublime. The 3 litre engine is a peach, chain cam too. I used to get 22-25mpg in normal tootling around using the power when required and could do 28-29mpg on a long motorway run. I never got below 21mpg. Lovely inside too, all the toys, the dvd satnav is particularly good. It'd drink it in town though and prefers superunleaded. Apart from a clutch on the 2 litre Legacy at 130k miles, nothing went wrong, not even a worn suspension bush. I p/exed the 2 litre at 135k and 6 years and it still had the original exhaust, bushes, calipers etc.
The Forester is essentially an Impreza on stilts so much smaller inside than a Legacy.
They're all highly underrated cars in my opinion, especially the Spec B. The nice thing about the 'B' is its understated looks. You get little attention for such a quick car.
Incidentally, a cambelt change on a Forester is around the £250 mark. The kit is about £150 plus an hour and a half labour plus the dreaded vat.
horpe?rovermorris999 said:
Yes, I think it did. Does the reg start with BJ? It was a great car with no issues that I'm aware of and was always driven sympathetically. Enjoying it?
That's the one. I'm very happy with it - for the money as an allrounder I can't think of anything to beat it. It was great with the recent snow. By the way the guy you bought your RB320 from now has a F430!Edited by rovermorris999 on Monday 16th February 18:21
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