Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 10:13:29 +0500
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From: cetin@kirk.bellcore.com (Cetin Seren)
Subject: why I don't have a Subaru...
Hi John,
Happy new year!!!
That bad, ha?
I was seriously thinking about this, because of two reasons:
1) my mechanic in Allentown has access to subaru engines, wherever he
gets them from (?) and likes to work on them (are they good sources
of income for him, maybe???)
2) A friend that I know has two subarus, the 85 is a piece of total
crap. The '92 is the bigger Subaru, with the 2.2L engine, and has
withstood his abuse (he is really bad) for 3/4 years now... The
car itself may still be a piece of junk, but if the engine takes
abuse, well, I was thinking anyway, I may get one and try it out.
And now, I am not sure once again...
Cetin
GRAZUL@zodiac.rutgers.edu writes:
>
> Guys,
>
> have any of you owned a Subaru? The reason I got into VWs was because
> of my '75 Subaru wagon. There is absolutely no ambience, tinny,
> plastic-ee {real low grade plastic, cheap at that}, no likable
> idiosyncracies which means no character...and to beat all they are
> VERY hard to work on unless you have the right SHOP tools. My brother-
> in-law a Subaru dealer mechanic loves 'em because he has a box full
> of the specialized tools...when I got the estimate for CVs and a brake job
> $1800.00, I sold it and bought a '77 rabbit which had 200K on it when
> I traded it in for an '85 TD Jetta which I sold for $2500 when it had
> 250K on the motor. I hardly think that ANY Subaru can hold its value
> for obvious reasons so when you put that tinny difficult little engine
> in your Vanagon is it really an upgrade? My first 1.9L wasserboxer
> had 106K when I replaced it with a new VW 1.9L boxer which now has
> 70K on it and is running impecably and wlll keep on running well because
> I take care of it. That engine cost $2500 installed with a 10-12
> warrentee. I really think we VW guys are spoiled by the quality and
> reliability of the VW...is the grass really greener? Try selling
> your '83 Subaru for over $1000 regardless of the mileage....then
> put your '79 westy with 200K on the ticker and see the phone ring
> off the hook.
>
> john Grazul
> Rutgers University
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