1990 Subaru Legacy LS AWD review from North America

Right side head gasket was blown when my sister gave me the car. I went ahead and changed all the gaskets that came in the kit. That was at about 260k miles.

Alternator went out around 300k miles. Got one from a junkyard for $5 with less than half the miles on it.

Extremely reliable! The two problems listed are the only ones in the life span of the car. Before my sister bought the car from the original owner, he said he had not replaced anything but the timing belt and a water pump, which was unnecessary because it was not the problem.

Seriously though, how many people do you know drive a car with 320k miles on it daily?

When I had the motor apart at 260k miles to replace the gaskets, the inside of the motor looked as if it was in a car with 50k miles on it.

Transmission is slushy, I am not sure how much longer it will go, but it think it will last at least until 350k. The 4spd automatic is the only thing I really dislike about this car.

AWD is awesome!! Never had a problem with snow and ice. I take it offroading every once in a while (no joke) and it goes were no other cars(at least not Subaru's) and some trucks would dare set foot.

It is very SSSSSLLLLOOOOWWWW, possibly the slowest vehicle I have drive, but that does not keep me from loving it! It handle sorta well, but it has a good bit of understeer.

Fuel mileage is definitely not great, at $3.50 a gallon 23mpg is a little on the expensive side for driving around town. Though on long highway trips I have seen up to 32mpg, but usually 28-30.