Looking to purchase a 2006 Legacy GT Spec B 6-speed - anything I should look out for?

[jmalk]

Car is a 2.0l turbo and has done just over 100,000km, but apparently belt has been done. Anything in particular I should keep an eye on with these models?

[Andy_Mac]

They're pretty reliable cars most of the time. They have the secondary air pump so don't need to worry about a cat in the up pipe anymore since its no longer there. As with all cars, just get a properly done pre purchase check and they'll inform you of any issues. Cambelt is the obvious one to check for.

Centre diffs are one thing thats starting to become more apparent, typically closer to 150k but i'm fairly sure mines starting to do it at 130k. They're not completely grenading themselves but the viscous fluid breaks down so they start to clunk. If you get to test drive it just find a carpark/wide street and do some full lock turns.

You got a link to it?

[jmalk]

 Andy_Mac said:

They're pretty reliable cars most of the time. They have the secondary air pump so don't need to worry about a cat in the up pipe anymore since its no longer there. As with all cars, just get a properly done pre purchase check and they'll inform you of any issues. Cambelt is the obvious one to check for.

Centre diffs are one thing thats starting to become more apparent, typically closer to 150k but i'm fairly sure mines starting to do it at 130k. They're not completely grenading themselves but the viscous fluid breaks down so they start to clunk. If you get to test drive it just find a carpark/wide street and do some full lock turns.

You got a link to it?

http://crowesport.co.nz/vehicle/2006-Subaru-Legacy/1725?s=1 This one here.

Whats the secondary air pump?

[Andy_Mac]

Can't go wrong with regal blue either

Its just an air pump that pushes additional air into the exhaust on startup to heat the downpipe catalytic converter faster. They do have a tendancy to get noisy and fail though, hugely expensive to replace but there are cheap solutions for that if it does occur, not something worth worrying about though. But it means the uppipe cat is no longer needed which is a positive.

[jmalk]

 Andy_Mac said:

Can't go wrong with regal blue either

Its just an air pump that pushes additional air into the exhaust on startup to heat the downpipe catalytic converter faster. They do have a tendancy to get noisy and fail though, hugely expensive to replace but there are cheap solutions for that if it does occur, not something worth worrying about though. But it means the uppipe cat is no longer needed which is a positive.

The blue is bloody nice for sure.

Ah I see, that must be that big black box on the front by the AC unit correct?

What do you think of the car price wise - I was originally going to buy an STi but think these are a little bit better value for money.

[Andy_Mac]

Yea that black box is prt of it.

Seems alright, nothing out there priced any better at this point

[jmalk]

 Andy_Mac said:

Yea that black box is prt of it.

Seems alright, nothing out there priced any better at this point

Cheers for the advice, appreciate it.

[NomadGonad]

If it's a 6 speeder look out for worn gear shift bushes. I have one the same colour only issue I had was these worn bushes seems to be a common wear item with them.Otherwise it's all been good. Mines stock no mods.

[Andy_Mac]

Quit hiding yours, probably only seen a handfull of them here. Didn't actually know there were any other TGA members with RBP ones out there

Edited January 9, 2016 by Andy_Mac