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I bought a new Subaru. I had two cars, a '90 Thunderbird Supercoupe and '93 Turbo Legacy.
http://home1.gte.net/res0ibjw/mycars.jpg

I'm not a huge performance guy, so I decided I wanted something newer, more luxurious, nice looking, and still reasonably fun to drive. I bought this.



It's a '98 Subaru Legacy 2.5GT. 2.5l boxer engine mated to a 5-spd AWD tranny. The car had 90k miles on it. Here are some more pictures. My old Legacy has already been sold, and someone's flying out to look at the T-Bird (and hopefully pick it up) on Saturday.

http://www.jayspang.com/pics/LegacyGT/Front.jpg
http://www.jayspang.com/pics/LegacyGT/engine.jpg
http://www.jayspang.com/pics/LegacyGT/Front3.jpg
http://www.jayspang.com/pics/LegacyGT/Rear.jpg
http://www.jayspang.com/pics/LegacyGT/Side.jpg
http://www.jayspang.com/pics/LegacyGT/Dash.jpg

The EJ25 is slightly more powerful than my old EJ22t (165hp compared to 160) but the car feels a tiny bit slower than my old turbo. I don't know what either car weighed, but it's only a small difference.

It's interesting to see the difference in performance between the two cars. The 2.5 feels torqueier, while the turbo felt faster (after the turbo kicked in).

Overall, I'm really happy with my purchase. What do you guys think?

Nice and shiny!!. its what i would have gotten but in sedan form (wagons are not for me ) any mods planned?

Looks very nice with the tint. Apines are quality too.
I hear those early EJ25s had head gasket issues, any of that in the car's history?

jake15 wrote:Nice and shiny!!. its what i would have gotten but in sedan form (wagons are not for me ) any mods planned?

No mods really planned. I might do some suspension work, but for the most part, I want a nice reliable ride

AWD_addict wrote:Looks very nice with the tint. Apines are quality too.
I hear those early EJ25s had head gasket issues, any of that in the car's history?

No. That's my biggest worry, since it's had no HG issues to date. I'm basically taking a gamble

Good call, Jay. You're probably also enjoying noticably-better gas mileage as well, eh?

Yukonart wrote:Good call, Jay. You're probably also enjoying noticably-better gas mileage as well, eh?

Not noticably. My commute (from Kirkland to Redmond) is all backroads. I've been getting a consistant 21mpg. The TLeg got about 18... I think. There's a difference, but not a big one. The big difference is the price between 87 octane and 92 octane

Well yeah, there IS that, too . . . .

stupid turbos needing Premium gas. . .

I dont think you could have found a better subaru to replace it with. And its even the same color as your old Legacy too!

You can sleep in it at the WCSS too... you will be there right?

-Brian

Of course I'll be there... and I plan on sleeping in it. It's been a while since I slept in my Subaru... and sadly, this time I won't have the company of a lovely young lady like last time

wagons=teh win

glad you're finally back in one.