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My wife loves it!
randall, 09/23/2002
1996 Subaru Legacy L 4dr Wagon AWD
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Great for dogs, kids, vacations in Lake Tahoe, the beach, wherever. Had a steep dilapidated asphalt driveway with tight turns... no problem.
Happy Subaru owner
slamck, 02/07/2002
1996 Subaru Legacy Outback 4dr Wagon AWD
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Our Outback Wagon has served us over 6 years with no major problem. Now with over 70,000 miles on the odo, we are ready to trade ours in for a new Outback. Subaru makes great practical and reliable vehicles. Now with the WRX, Subaru's are even fun to drive.
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dblanchj89, 09/27/2008
1996 Subaru Legacy LSi 4dr Wagon AWD
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This is hands down one of the best cars on the road. I purchased one of these after I spent thousands on repairing the constant flaws of my explorer and Jimmy. I could not be happier with this car. I was so please with it that I bought another 96 LSi. My only warning is to make sure you watch your oil! My outback uses a little on freeway trips but the LSi uses it quite a bit. Also, do not be upset if you have to replace head gaskets. The Lsi had them done and the outback has been lucky so far with almost 200,000 miles (knock on wood). The AWD is great and fuel economy is pretty decent. These cars will last over 300,000 miles. Timing belts made need to be done as well. Still a great car!
Wish it was a '97!
Usergonemad, 11/03/2002
1996 Subaru Legacy Outback 4dr Wagon AWD
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Good handling, reasonable power, wonderful bad-weather car with plenty of room and good comfort. But at 22K the trick 16-valve 2.5L quad-cam boxer engine (only made in '96) started pinging like an old GM diesel, even on 94.5 octane premium gas. Dealer no help. Now at 99K it has bad oil seals, a bad wheel bearing, needs a 3rd set of brakes, bad CV joint, engine sensors, more. Love the car, hate the reliability. Service expensive, parts expensive, fuel economy is poor for the power. Absolutely incredible deep snow capability makes up in part for the rickety nature. 100K trouble-free is not a lot to ask from a car nowadays!
Great Car
DonSS3, 07/17/2002
1996 Subaru Legacy Outback 4dr Wagon AWD
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Bought my Subaru in 2000 with about 68,000 miles. It's got 168K on it now and still drives great. Had to replace timing belt at about 140K (even tho it should have been replaced earlier). The belt broke, but luckily no damage to the valvetrain. Alternator died at about 115K, replaced under Subaru recall program. Yes, I would buy another!