Talk to me about the Outback please

[Skyedriver]

We (more so the Wife) has been talking about a replacement "family" car. Currently running an old Volvo 940 Estate, been looking at the V70/V90 & Ford Galaxy/.VW Sharan amongst others.
She's been chatting at work (never a good thing) and friend suggested an Outback.
They look to be a big comfortable bus, better on fuel and VED surprisingly than the old Volvo, what are they like for reliability, what are the different specs/trim/performance levels?
Anything I should be looking out for?
Budget, probably up to £10K but would be happy to pay less.
Thanks in advance

[Skyedriver]

Thanks, guessing somewhere around the 2009 to 2014 era. No idea what series that one is. There are manuals, fortunately, I have a dislike of autos.

[Skyedriver]

Thanks, i'm 2 pages in, it's about the Legacy so far...

[Skyedriver]

sam.rog said:

The problem with the outback/legacy is replacing it with something else. They are a fantastic car.

I had a legacy spec b for a year. If it didn’t cost £600 a year to tax and average 21mpg i’d still have it.

The 3.0 are bulletproof when maintained easy 300k.
The newer uk gen 5 have poor engines imo. The 2.5 can have head gasket issues and the diesel self destruct for fun.
The jap import gen 5 with the 2.5t boxer is the pick of the bunch. Only downside is the gearbox being cvt.
If buying an import underseal and a remap for uk fuel should be compulsory.

Edited by sam.rog on Wednesday 9th November 20:10

Scary coming from a Volvo 940 Estate, pretty much totally reliable, rust free and 204K miles
I think it's a Gen 5 that would end up with; a budget of up to £10K?

Edited by Skyedriver on Thursday 10th November 14:04