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  Aug. 10, 2011 7:34 p.m. thestig99 Reader

  1995 Subaru Legacy Outback. 242k 2.2 5spd Slow Ugly Drives like a champ. Bought from the original owner, includes all kinds of stuff from buying it (window sticker, magazines, etc) and a big folder of maintenance records)

  $400.

  
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  Aug. 10, 2011 7:42 p.m. 02Pilot Reader

  How did I just know I was going to see Vermont plates once I saw an old, rusty Subaru?

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  Aug. 10, 2011 8:26 p.m. ValuePack Dork

  I'm more jealous than words could convey.

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  Aug. 10, 2011 8:32 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork

  wow... I didn't know those could rust

  Be careful of your words, for someone will agree with them. Be careful of your conduct, for someone will imitate it. -Leih Tsu

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  Aug. 10, 2011 8:42 p.m. EvanB SuperDork

  mad_machine wrote: wow... I didn't know those could rust

  http://instantrimshot.com/

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  Aug. 10, 2011 8:47 p.m. plance1 Dork

  Ur calling that a "beater"? What are you some kind of rich guy?

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  Aug. 10, 2011 9:10 p.m. Taiden HalfDork

  figure out how to make these fit and we're in business

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  Aug. 10, 2011 9:24 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork

  EvanB wrote:

  mad_machine wrote: wow... I didn't know those could rust

  http://instantrimshot.com/

  I am serious. the Last car I saw rusting out around here is my BMW.. and that is because it was improperly repaired after an accident. Nothing Built since the mid-90s really rusts here.. even being close to the atlantic ocean

  Be careful of your words, for someone will agree with them. Be careful of your conduct, for someone will imitate it. -Leih Tsu

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  Aug. 10, 2011 9:41 p.m. pigeon Dork

  Um, it's August! I can't believe you even mentioned "winter" let alone have planned far enough in advance to buy a winter beater.

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  Aug. 10, 2011 9:44 p.m. EvanB SuperDork

  mad_machine wrote: I am serious. the Last car I saw rusting out around here is my BMW.. and that is because it was improperly repaired after an accident. Nothing Built since the mid-90s really rusts here.. even being close to the atlantic ocean

  Sorry, I'm just used to Ohio where even early 2000s Subarus are showing rust. They definitely aren't as bad as some others but they do rust.

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  Aug. 10, 2011 10:29 p.m. Taiden HalfDork

  Subaru's seem to resist rust very well.

  It's especially nice that all the hardlines are run inside the cabin.

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  Aug. 10, 2011 11:03 p.m. mcompton1973 New Reader

  That is amazing deal. Around here cars just seem to be worth a lot more.

  We sold my sons 1991 Buick LaSabre for $550.
  We did it by posting on CL under the heading "Car that Runs and Drives for $600" Everything else under 750 is blown head gaskets or tranny or something.

  I am jealous!

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  Aug. 10, 2011 11:47 p.m. Osterkraut SuperDork

  pigeon wrote: Um, it's August! I can't believe you even mentioned "winter" let alone have planned far enough in advance to buy a winter beater.

  

  The hot wife thread is my to-do list.

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  Aug. 11, 2011 6:24 a.m. fornetti14 HalfDork

  Any junk yard leather seats from a '97-'99 Outback will bolt right in.
  Cruise in style this winter!

  All cars are now running. Time to go shopping for something that is broken.

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  Aug. 11, 2011 6:44 a.m. Raze Dork

  Osterkraut wrote:

  pigeon wrote: Um, it's August! I can't believe you even mentioned "winter" let alone have planned far enough in advance to buy a winter beater.

  

  HAHA, in northern New England you don't have that much time between Summer and OMG THERE'S A FOOT OF SNOW ON THE GROUND....

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  Aug. 11, 2011 8:22 a.m. sachilles Dork

  Ethan Allen Campus? Welcome to the Subaru bandwagon.

  For the age and mileage, not much rust for a car in Vermont.

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  Aug. 11, 2011 8:27 a.m. mndsm SuperDork

  That's not bad at all. Less rusty than the last 400$ car I bought in any event.

  Go fast or go broke.

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  Aug. 11, 2011 10:43 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork

  Raze wrote: HAHA, in northern New England you don't have that much time between Summer and OMG THERE'S A FOOT OF SNOW ON THE GROUND....

  My mom is from the UP of Michigan. She likes to say they have two seasons.. winter and three months of bad sledding

  Be careful of your words, for someone will agree with them. Be careful of your conduct, for someone will imitate it. -Leih Tsu

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  Aug. 11, 2011 10:51 a.m. ReverendDexter SuperDork

  In reply to Taiden:

  Well, those are for a six-cylinder which would require a.... ooOOOOooooohhh, I gets it now.

  Hahahaha

  --There is no turd more polished than the Ford Mustang--

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  Aug. 11, 2011 10:44 p.m. thestig99 Reader

  Subaru's resist rust well? What? Hell the 2011 STi sedan we have at work with 13k already has some starting inside the trunklid somewhere. In VT our mid-2000's Subaru's are all starting to show some...

  02Pilot wrote: How did I just know I was going to see Vermont plates once I saw an old, rusty Subaru?

  Must be you've been to VT?

  pigeon wrote: Um, it's August! I can't believe you even mentioned "winter" let alone have planned far enough in advance to buy a winter beater.

  Believe me, it sucks to think about such things... but the middle of summer is the time to buy one of these things here. They all get expensive starting in late September.

  fornetti14 wrote: Any junk yard leather seats from a '97-'99 Outback will bolt right in. Cruise in style this winter!

  Pass! Both my winter beaters last year had leather with seat heaters that didn't work. Not going through that again.

  sachilles wrote:

  Ethan Allen Campus? Welcome to the Subaru bandwagon.

  For the age and mileage, not much rust for a car in Vermont.

  That is where the pics were taken. Looking forward to the AWD shenanigans.

  Brought it home tonight. 40 mile shakedown run revealed a CEL "accelerating" (DAMN this thing is SLOW) uphill, don't trust the fuel gauge, possibly time for front brakes.

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  Aug. 12, 2011 2:27 p.m. NGTD Dork

  Here is mine - $495

  PS, how much gas was in it when you got it. Mine had a CEL that disapperared as soon as I gassed it up. Subie's don't like to be really low on gas.

  
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  Aug. 12, 2011 3:32 p.m. sachilles Dork

  wow! NGTD, that looks really clean. Is the other side relatively rust free? I would take that in a heartbeat, manual transmission? That's easily worth double the price you paid, at least it would be around here. Trade you a rusted out 2.5rs for it.

  I really want one of those, and transplant a turbo motor into it, for the ultimate sleeper.

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  Aug. 12, 2011 8:30 p.m. NGTD Dork

  It is actually fairly rusty underneath, but not bad. Just about to roll over 400k kms! Local car - folks lived out of town. It is a 5 spd.

  It is my rally-X, tsd and rally voluteer car. I am in Canada and I have never seen a car like this go for less than $1500.

  I put $200 worth of used parts into it and had the safety done and it was back on the road.

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  Aug. 12, 2011 9:35 p.m. Lesley SuperDork

  Here's mine. 180,000 kms, new brakes, new exhaust, nothing to safety it - $900 all in.

  
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  Aug. 12, 2011 10:01 p.m. Taiden HalfDork

  Lesley wrote: Here's mine. 180,000 kms, new brakes, new exhaust, nothing to safety it - $900 all in.

  AWD?

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