Haha, great link.
Checked it out today. As I pulled up, the first thing I noted was that physically, the car looked like COMPLETE @$$. It didn't have the turbo bumper (must have messed it up before), the paint on the entire car is completely faded or chipping, there's a dent on the driver side door dead smack in the center, and on the passenger side, there's a HUGE crease right from the passenger fender up through the passenger door, so much so that the passenger door hits the fender when opening it. It had the ugly steelies on it that he pulled off an impreza from the junkyard (stockies I guess were real chipped and pitted).
HOWEVER, the car had VERY minimal rust for it's age. And it was only that - surface RUST, and just on the rockers...there was no body rot. Looking inside the fenders, door jams, at all the shock mounts revealed no rust what-so-ever. That was a very good sign.
The inside of the car wasn't half bad. Very dirty...I'm sure the guy never even had a thought of cleaning it...but nothing was really broken, except the "window lock" button on the driver side was missing. All the power pieces worked fine, except there's a piece broken on the sunroof that keeps it from closing all the way without holding a piece of it down, but it's a real easy fix.
The guy selling it was very honest, pointed out every little thing with the car that I would not have noticed without spending a few hours picking it apart. I asked him about having the brakes done - he was honest and said that it was just the pads, not the rotors.
At this point, I was standing back, looking at the car, and thinking to myself, "This is stupid. I should just pick up a nice 130k mile Impreza, outback, or non-tubo Legacy. For 2 grand I can get one of the ones in the paper in MUCH nicer condition..who the hell cares if it's a turbo anyway?" I was just going to walk away, then I figured, hey, what the hell, might as well drive it for the hell of it.
I asked the guy for the keys, started it up, peaked around the engine untill it was warm, and then took it for a drive with my girlfriend. I noticed that the tranny felt very smooth - not quite as smooth as my lexus (n/a supra) tranny, but smooth none-the-less for a 12y/o car that looked like it did. The suspension, while not as tight as I'm used to, felt good - the car didn't float at all as I took it down the first hill over some bumps...the shocks felt good. Power steering pump was quiet. Exhaust was quiet. A/C and heat blasted. Brakes felt a little weak, but they didn't feel spongey, just not "grabby". Overall, the car felt very tight.
However, I still was planning on walking away, until I took a left turn, gave it some gas going up a steep incline, and heard that sweet, sweet faint whistle. I melted.
I've got a very nice stereo system in my GSX, and I remember why I never used the damn thing. It's been 8 long months since I've heard that sweet whistle. Instantly thoughts went from, "I should just get a nice good looking subee" to, "no other subee short of a wrx could make a sound so nice." I knew that I'd have a helluva time finding a reliable, AWD, TURBO car in ANY condition for under 2grand if I didn't pick this thing up, nevermind one in such good mechaincal condition, and I'd regret getting anything else.
I pulled in, bulshitted with the guy for an hour or so, and then started to talk business. 10 minutes later, I was putting a deposit on my 1993 Legacy Sport Sedan.
Even convinced him to throw in some extra's he had kicking around in the garage.
I'm going to pick the car up sometime next week, and I'll post some pictures of the car up that I snapped later. But as for now, do you guys know what I might be able to do with this junk?
If I don't pick up this 1st gen Legacy I probably won't be picking one up at all, unless more turbo 5-spds start popping up in the area. 
