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Worth every penny.
John, 10/18/2006
2006 Subaru Legacy 2.5i 4dr Sedan AWD (2.5L 4cyl 4A)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
Wow. I had a Honda before and it pales in comparison to this vehicle. I have always noticed Subaru's, but never thought I could be this happy with one. I love driving it. The sport shifter is perfect for me, since I have always had a manual up until now. I still get to go through the motions and control the engine. I am at one with the road in this vehicle it is such a smooth drive. Everyone comments on it. You will not be disappointed.
Ride and handling are nice but too many repairs
Jude, 04/05/2017
updated 11/15/2018
2006 Subaru Legacy 2.5i 4dr Sedan AWD (2.5L 4cyl 5M)
5 of 7 people found this review helpful
I've owned this car since it was new and it's now got 104000 miles. I was looking to trade it in a year ago because I was looking at about $4000 of repairs: new timing belt, which is normal, but also a new head gasket and new rack and pinion steering, which is not. The fabric on the driver's seat wore through to the foam rubber after a couple of years and I've been making do with duct tape. I used to get rattling in the driver's side duct work, which I addressed by pulling the grill and jamming shop rags around the duct. This got fixed when the dealer pulled the dash to install new airbags per a recall. But I have other dash rattles showing up when the car's been sitting in the hot sun. I remedy it by blowing the defrost on cold for a while and it seems to make the rattle go away. The car ate up the power steering belt for some reason (bad rack and pinion?) but I haven't had any problems since I replaced the belt. I shopped around for other cars and wound up not liking much of anything I saw. I'm looking for a car with a manual transmission. That gave me about 5 cars in my price range, and none of them handled as well as the Subaru, very jewell-like precision and solid-feeling. And I like the size of the car, it's smaller than the current Legacy but bigger than the Impreza. So I went ahead and got the new timing belt and rack and pinion and plan on keeping the car another couple of years and go from there. The head gasket thing turned out to be something I'm not going to spend money on because some mechanics say it's an issue ("These Subarus have problems with the head gasket") and others tell me it's just fine. So it looks like one of those things some garages come up with to generate revenue. So I'll hang on to the car but I'm not sure I'd get another Subaru. I've never had a car for which I had to replace the steering, neither have I had a car with all the dashboard rattles. It's one thing for me to adapt to my current car but I don't know that I'd want to buy in to another round of these issues. Update 11/2018: Went to the mechanic for an oil change, to have a buzzing sound in the exhaust looked at and to figure out why the engine was smelling like burning oil. The buzzing was a heat shield, the smell was caused by leaking transmission seals. I found that I need a new front wheel bearing (this would be the second replacement wheel bearing), the power steering's leaking, it needs new bushings, and it looked like it might need a transmission rebuild. At the prospect of spending another couple thousand bucks on this car in the next year, and who knows how much after that, I sold it and got a Mazda 6.
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Great car
charlie123, 09/26/2005
2006 Subaru Legacy 2.5i 4dr Wagon AWD (2.5L 4cyl 5M)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
This is our 6th Subaru and the best so far. Acceleration isn't breath taking, but adequate, especially considering that I get 31+ for most of my driving which is 10% city and 90% mountain hwy. Good room, comfortable interior and pretty quiet/smooth ride. Lots of goodies for the money, with almost every power "option" is standard. All wheel drive is great especially for winter driving. I don't have to be concerned about being able to get home. We paid less than $18,000, which is a great buy! Very nimble handling on the "twisties", really a fun car to drive!
great car
ted phillips, 09/19/2005
2006 Subaru Legacy 2.5 GT Limited 4dr Wagon AWD w/Ivory Int. (2.5L 4cyl Turbo 5A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
This is a very high performance wagon with outstanding road holding characteristics. The turbocharged engine provides excellent power and is well matched with the 5-speed automatic transmission. The sport shift and manual features of the transmission are very useful on winding roads or grades because you can hold the gear you want without the automatic shifting mid-corner or when you lift your foot. The suspension has considerable travel and soaks up road irregularities quite well although I would prefer a little more roll resistance. The car is very quite with minimal wind noise and very little road noise despite the 17 inch wheels.
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Landshark, 03/30/2010
2006 Subaru Legacy 2.5i Special Edition 4dr Sedan AWD (2.5L 4cyl 4A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
I am not your "typical" import buyer. I only owned one other import make in my life and that was a Honda Civic I purchased new. That was built in Ohio, and this car is built in Indiana - an excellent selling point for me. My son crashed my Saturn Aura so I was put into the used car market, and my wife and I settled on looking for a good buy on a Subaru since we did not really want to have 2 trucks or SUVs. This little machine is great. I don't live where I can do the things I really like very often(boat, fish, swim, jet ski) but what we do have is some excellent twisty, hilly roads that those in coastal locals often don't have. With the Subaru,I get to have fun on my way home from work! Get1!