Planning to buy a Legacy 2 litre R. Questions...

[nickofh]

jonesof63 said:

gforceg said:

Bought it today. I had asked about the exhaust Y section to the rear silencers and it turns out the previous owner had one made and fitted for about £500 a couple of years ago. It looks pretty damn good and very solid.

Pictures to follow soon.

Cheers.

Good news ! Will look forward to the photos

+1 Me too!

[gforceg]

Hi, sorry for the slight delay, had to help a friend move house yesterday.

Here are a couple of quick snaps. The second shows the replacement rear exhaust section which was mentioned above(and the sharp eyed will notice a replacement drop link too, both sides just done before sale.

The dried mud on the ground is what I scraped off the rear wheel arch liners. Some people just do not know how to wash a car properly!





Cheers.

[nickofh]

Looks good , did the boot size come in handy for removals then!

My impreza also had to have new roll bar links when I got it too. The standard ones looked very flimsy.

Enjoy your new motor!

[gforceg]

Thanks, I'm enjoying my choice so far.

I didn't use mine for any of her old tat. She's got an A6 Allroad and a rented van so there was no way I was putting anything in my nice clean boot!

[CaptainSlow]

gforceg said:

Bought it today. I had asked about the exhaust Y section to the rear silencers and it turns out the previous owner had one made and fitted for about £500 a couple of years ago. It looks pretty damn good and very solid.

Pictures to follow soon.

Cheers.

Do you have a receipt for this? Would be good to know where he had it done for future reference.

[gforceg]

CaptainSlow said:

Do you have a receipt for this? Would be good to know where he had it done for future reference.

Hi, yes there's a receipt among the paperwork. I'll dig it out, I think the place was in Wales.

[Ved]

Really like that! What's the 2.0 engine like?

[gforceg]

Thanks. I've been driving pretty gently so far and it's very smooth and quiet although you can hear the flat four thrum as the revs rise. It isn't a torque monster at low revs but it rolls along nicely enough and seems pretty economical too for a heavy-ish car.

[gforceg]

For CaptainSlow and anyone else interested, the exhaust came from these guys.

http://www.pro-speedexhausts.com/pages/public/inde...

Fitted a year ago in June and has a lifetime guarantee.

Cheers

[CaptainSlow]

Thanks..mine arrives at the weekend

[gforceg]

Well, that went well! I gave the car a good wash this morning and when I've tried to start it it won't play ball. It isn't the "nothing doing" of the immobiliser or the churn but no turn of a dead battery either. It's more like the click flicker nothing of...what?

I'm wondering if I was a bit over enthusiastic with the hose pipe and I've flooded something. Any ideas?

I've tried both key fobs so I've ruled them out I think.

Any help gratefully received!

Odd. Battery voltage is waaaay down but has been fine all week. Still reckon I've added some resistance or drain somewhere!

Edited by gforceg on Sunday 28th September 13:41

[leefee]

It'll be the battery. or the boot handle seized so its not shutting properly and left the boot light on, this is usually accompanied by the remote beeping when you try and lock it though.

[gforceg]

Thanks Leefee, I left the battery on trickle charge for a couple of hours and it sprang back to life, charging over 14V when running.

Fine again this morning too.

I'll check the boot catch and monitor resting charge in battery. Probably a good idea to get a new one with winter coming.

[Mr Taxpayer]

BL (most of the B-) is Birmingham. The Subaru UK offices are in West Bromwich. Reading is RA-RE

[CaptainSlow]

Well, here's my new addition...

[gforceg]

Very nice! I would have preferred blue if one had come up.

Is it the three litre?

[CaptainSlow]

No, it's a 57 plate 2.0 R. Also just had front and rear drop links replaced.

My third Subaru, I've had an n/a Impreza and Forester 2.0 XT prior to think.

[gforceg]

Lovely.

I was out taking some pictures earlier and couldn't resist a bit of car tarting.

[oop north]

I love that blue - my outback is black. Metallic but you can only tell for about three minutes a year. I keep having people nearly drive into me so wondering if I should paint it orange. Or just have the lights on all the time

[gforceg]

Leefee, you were bang on. The battery was goosed. Now replaced and all's well.

Thanks again.