1992 Subaru Legacy Reviews - Page 5 of 7

After racing many ,many times, have found that I needed to replace the clutch, but this was a needed replacement anyway, just waited till absolutely necessary to do it... see, the engine needs to be lowered to change the spark plugs, so, I figured I would change to a high performance clutch, platinum spark plugs, improved wires and HKS intake and breather with Blow-out valve...

This car handles extremely well, previous owner I purchased from took very good care of the car... I am going to change to 17" racing rims with low profiles for better grip... this car is very fast totally stock, have raced WRX's in Japan and found it to be competitive, due to bigger engine, but they have more stock mods.. with a few mods and improvements, say lowering a bit, it will surely run the line faster.

Replaced Platinum spark plugs at 70,000 kilometres - difficult to access so had mechanic replace plugs.

Tyres renewed every 20,000 kilometres

One problem being they are not cheap as they are directional tyres fitted to Subarus.

Tensioners replaced at 60,000 kilometres.

Cam belt and other belts changed at 60,000 kilometres at same time as tensioners.

Has a tendency to catch you unaware when you floor the pedal. Turbo kicks in rapidly around 2,500 - 3,000 revs.

Handles well being a Stationwagon and loves cornering with a bit of speed behind you.

Interior is spacious and appealing to the eye. Generous boot space.

Gas guzzler when you drive with a heavy foot, but not so bad when driven with a bit a common sense.

Noisy air conditioning compressor.

Brakes (just worn).

All Wheel Drive centre viscous coupling currently jammed.

Drivers seat padding has collapsed (causing back problems)

Alternator failed, although it has not been repaired it still seems to be operating.

Automatic tranmission seems dodgy: Often thuds on upshift, slurs on downshift and under heavy acceleration seems to jump from 1st to 2nd, back to 1st for half a second and then straight to third!

Original exhaust system is starting to rattle and rust.

Considering the mileage and how it is treated it has been extremely reliable.

It is my work car, and was previously owned by my company, so I know it's had a hard life! We do a lot of rural driving on rough roads.

There is not much room in the front for tall drivers, the drivers seat needs to go back 3 more notches.

Climate control air conditioning has trouble coping with the heat after being parked in the sun. It blows warm air for up to 20 minutes.

The engine has to work very hard to pull around such a heavy car. I try to keep it over 4000 RPM on grades.

Overtaking manoeuvres need to be well planned, sudden bursts of throttle do *not* result it great increases in power!

Fuel economy is shocking! Usually I get 350-450kms from a tank of 40-45 litres of 91 octane.

The engine is nice and smooth (pity about the exhaust system) the transmission is not! Nice enough to drive, but definitely doesn't sparkle in any areas.

During 10 years and 300000 kilometers, no faults at all.

Wear: about every 40000 kilometers new tyres (Goodyear) and new brake-pads.

New brakes at 180000 kilometer. New clutch plate at 100000 kilometers and at 220000 kilometers.

New battery after 6 years.

After 10 years and 300000 kilometers, no reason to change the car. Still performs well, top speed is over 230 km./hour (shortly "checked" by police radar) and "eating" kilometer by kilometer easily at over 6000 RPM.