Subaru Legacy

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
1.00 of 5, 2.00 votes

Price Paid:  $22000.00 from Sarasota, FL

Year / Model Reviewed:
2003 Subaru Legacy

Summary:
Bought the car new. Is a piece of junk. I reviewed this and was deciding between Toyota and Subaru. I wanted a car that would last a long time without costly repairs. What a joke. These vehicles have engine problems. 70000 miles and have to repair the cylinder headgasket, rocker cover gasket and leaked on the spark plugs and wires. Have done the routined maintenace as scheduled and still have these problems.
The worst part is Subaru has problems with the catalytic converters but unless you go to the dealership twice they won't fix it. What a joke. The subaru has a horrible get up a go as well. What a chugger.

Strengths:
none

Weaknesses:
Poor reliability, horrible get up and go, cramped back seat.

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $22000.00 from Englewood, NJ

Year / Model Reviewed:
2001 Legacy GT Limited

Summary:
Best car ownwrship experience ever. After 7 years, 70,000 miles I still get a "new car" ride. Very low maintenance and high satisfaction.

Strengths:
AWD, manual transmission provides 50/50 power to front and rear wheels. Fun to drive. Very reliable, few repairs. Beats my Cadillac CTS hands down for shear driving excitement. Handles well in tight turns, nimble, solid.

Weaknesses:
Wind noise.

Similar Products Used:
Toyota Cilica

Price Paid:  $30000.00 from Heritage Pikesville

Year / Model Reviewed:
2007 Subaru Legacy GT Limited

Summary:
I have used this car for an year now. Couple of minor things have gone wrong. They went wrong mostly because Heritage (dealership) in pikesville has one of the worst mechanics who know nothing about fixing any cars leave alone subarus.

Problems first
1. Squeak from behind the dash. Heritage fixed the noise and messed up other controls. Then heritage connected other controls but not all. It took me 4 trips in all to get the all the controls back and the get the noise fixed. All this time Haritage destroyed my dash side access pannel.


2. Speakers were bad out of box. Heritage put new speakers and messed up the driver side window. Then heritage didn't know how to fix the window problem. By then i moved to fairfax and faifax farrish dealer fixed the window for me. Now farish is fixing all the mess that heritage mechanics created in my car. My suggestion if you in VA and planing to buy or fix a subaru go to farrish they know what they are doing. AVOID HERITAGE pikesville at all costs

What I like:
1. Its a driver car. Has negligible turbo lag. Has a firm suspension. The 45-55 power distribution AWD is a stunner. It gives a near rear wheel drive feel with AWD grip. The suspension is firm but not bone jarring stiff.

2 Its a car that can get you speeding tickets very fast. 80mph feels like 50 and 115 felt like 80 so watch out!!

3 Seats offer good support. Do a great job during hard cornering.

4 The dash layout is tactile. Every thing u need can be reached with your hand still resting on the shifter knob.

5 Decent Navigation (little geeky though). It takes time to get used to but once you get its pretty good. Better than tomtom since subaru navigation (made by kenwood) gives three maneuvers in advance while hand held give only one. I really wish subaru offered a more refined display its pretty grainy

6 From the driver seat there are only two blind spots. I have driven a charger which has a blind spot in almost every side and then chevy's which suffer from same problem

7 Dual climate control act a little weird when its sunny outside but they do a decent job

Over all I am very happy with this car

Strengths:
Performance and Comfort

Weaknesses:
low mileage 19 city and 26(max) hwy. Paint is thin and easily gets scratched. Audio system is reasonable but not great

Similar Products Used:
Owned : Ford Tempo,Escort and Dodge Charger SXT.

Cars that I test drove and compared suby with
VW GTI (loved it), Rabit, Audi A4 quattro (awesome car very expensive),

Cars that i have driven and those that dont even come close
Chevy classic,impala,malebu and cobolt. Dodge neon

Price Paid:  $0.00

Year / Model Reviewed:
2002 Legacy

Summary:
I've had a total of 4 Subaru's and this has been the best. The most I've put into it has been 2 CV Joints and 1 alternator and 1 fan belt. When we bought the car it only had 35,000 mi's and now it's reading 133,364 mi's. My father lives 4 hours from me so I've taken on quite a few trips up the road with it. Handles extrememly well on trips as well as around home. Never bothered before the gas prices went up, but recently I've kept track on my gas milage. One trip was 35.5 and two trips were 36.0 mi . With prices today, you can't beat that for an older car and it's rated lower. I've owned it for about 6 1/2 years. Great AWD, especially in the snow. The region I live in, that's a must! I would highly recommend a Subaru to anyone!

Strengths:
Picks up speed fast. Power windows and mirrors, Back defroster, Great stero systems, AWD and 5 sp.

Weaknesses:
None

Price Paid:  $20000.00 from El Cajon Subaru

Year / Model Reviewed:
2005 Legacy

Summary:
Nice looking, in and out. Ran better after 20,000 miles and got better gas mileage - going up to 28 on SoCal freeways and 31-32 at a steady 80mph on trips.

Handles very well. However - the standard tires are a problem. In a very heavy cornering - the tires just slid out - no notice - no scrubbing - no noise. They just gave away and I went into the other lane. Not the cars problem. It's the standard tires.

Then, speakers on the radio went out.

Then, way under the dash, this noise like a valve opening and closing. Annoying and the dealer can't find it.

Still like the car and for the money, 20k, I'd do it over again.

But it's not a 100% perfect car.

Strengths:
* Handling - despite the tires.
* Gas mileage - non turbo models are economical.
* Looks. It's a head turner.

Weaknesses:
Sometimes it just 'feels' like there was not enough attention paid to detail. Noticable - but not a big detractor.

If you corner hard - get rid of the standard tires.

Similar Products Used:
Tested the Mazda 3, Imprezza and Ford Focus.