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Sooo the mini van busted a piston, and now its time for my parents to buy a new used car.

Im pushing for them to go subaru, mostly cause of reliability, and I can fix stuff on it. Ther're looking for something no more than $6000 really.

Anybody know how well the older foresters hold up?? probably something with 100,000 miles on it for the price.

Any other recomendations??

Make sure it doesn't have a Phase 1 2.5 in it!!!


They like to blow headgaskets

unless they have already blown and been replaced with MLS gaskets.
for a family car, maybe a minivan? something like an older toyota sienna. just depends on what you need; awd wagon forester, less space more traction in bad weather or minivan, more interior space great for roadtrips, kid stuff etc. prolly about 23mpg either way.

My mom wants a small suv type, possibly an outback, she doesn't like being too low to the ground for some reason.