Son #2 with the legacy GT Limited made the better choice. I still regret selling my 01 limited with 5spd fantastic car and makes the OB feel like a boat.
From 0 to 3 Subarus in 2 months
I have been a Toyota guy most of my adult life, they just seem to offer good value, quality and super reliability. So my last 5 vehicles have been Toyotas (one was a Scion, same thing).
When I started looking in July for my next car - I was giving my Scion tC to my son to go off to college - the Toyota products just didn't do it for me.
Camry? My Mom drives a Camry
Venza? Eh, and the price is too high
Scion? I like the new BRZ clone but my wife said I need a grown up's car and I tend to agree
Scienna? Fagettaboutit
So I ended up with a 2012 OB, one of the few full size cars that you can get with a manual transmission in the USA (auto tranny just ain't no fun).
Nice car, like it so far with about 5,000 miles.
My son promptly totals out the Scion, which these days doesn't take much. A couple of dents, broken clutch and it's done. It did zero damage to the other car.
So I tell both my 2 sons to split the insurance money and find a car. Both will be in college, working...seemed like a decent thing for a Dad to do, and it keeps them from borrowing my 2012.
#1 son finds a 2002 Legacy Outback, manual 5 speed 153K miles
#2 son finds a 2002 Legacy GT Limited, manual 5 speed 134K miles
So 2 solid Subies for the total-out cost of one 2006 Scion tC 100K miles, with a couple hundred bucks left over for Scotch
I'm a happy man!
When I started looking in July for my next car - I was giving my Scion tC to my son to go off to college - the Toyota products just didn't do it for me.
Camry? My Mom drives a Camry
Venza? Eh, and the price is too high
Scion? I like the new BRZ clone but my wife said I need a grown up's car and I tend to agree
Scienna? Fagettaboutit
So I ended up with a 2012 OB, one of the few full size cars that you can get with a manual transmission in the USA (auto tranny just ain't no fun).
Nice car, like it so far with about 5,000 miles.
My son promptly totals out the Scion, which these days doesn't take much. A couple of dents, broken clutch and it's done. It did zero damage to the other car.
So I tell both my 2 sons to split the insurance money and find a car. Both will be in college, working...seemed like a decent thing for a Dad to do, and it keeps them from borrowing my 2012.
#1 son finds a 2002 Legacy Outback, manual 5 speed 153K miles
#2 son finds a 2002 Legacy GT Limited, manual 5 speed 134K miles
So 2 solid Subies for the total-out cost of one 2006 Scion tC 100K miles, with a couple hundred bucks left over for Scotch
I'm a happy man!
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I am on pavement 99% of the time, I'll give you that.
Just edited my first post. Quick measurements on level ground show about 4" of difference between hers and mine--granted, mine is about an inch higher than a stock H6 Outback, which in turn is slightly higher than a stock H4.
I just barely have enough clearance in some places with mine (and I have to be careful not to bounce too much--which isn't much of an issue with the King Springs)...if I tried hers in some of these places, it would definitely hit bottom quite a few times...possibly wouldn't be able to go all the way up the road because of clearance issues.
On a road trip, I'd be torn--hers handles WAY better, but at highway speeds and on hills I'd definitely miss the extra grunt my H6 has.
She looked at a 99 Outback and this 98 GT (everything else was ruled out right away by me due to very obvious issues that showed up when we looked at them). The GT will be perfect for her, since she doesn't even take dirt roads and it'll do great in the snow when she has to go back and forth between work and school...given it's her first car, I think she'll be hooked on AWD right away.
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