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Old 11-22-2009, 01:20 AM   #35 (permalink)
bgd73
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oldscoob - '87 subaru wagon gl/dr
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Originally Posted by CoastRider View Post
I bought My 1989 last spring, I plan to keep it ten years or so.

Why buy new junk?
I look around for yet another old sube, or the exotic synchro AWD (we can day dream)

I learned as my license is as old as my 87 sube
  • oil has improved
  • gas has improved
  • filters have improved
  • even car batteries..(my original sube battery leaked like all the others from that generation)
  • I finally have a t-rated tread worth a nickel..20 years ago, and t-rated, anybody remember? they simply sucked.
  • an old car was simply old stuff, today it does not have to be that way, with the same engine and gears...it can be a newer car.

The warmer climate areas have it made in the shade, the bodies hanging onto modern changes easily...and even then, I could add a mig welder to my list of changes that help old stuff (I have a 115v that does .25 inch thickness..20 years ago? no go)
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