In article , OzOne wrote:

On Wed, 10 May 2006 04:05:02 +0100, Peter Wiley
scribbled thusly:

Dunno. My personal experience with Subarus has been excellent, tho.
Never had any probs with any of the 4 I've owned, and they do hold
resale value well here in Oz. I have nothing bad to say about Toyotas &
Hondas either but can't speak from personal experience.

Note that I have no interest in the rev-head toys Bob likes. I like the
conservative, slightly overweight, very solid and well engineered
sedans. It's nice to have a car whose image is the opposite of the
driver's :-)

PDW

Subarus are known to have a small but expensive problem with cylinder
head gaskets leaking coolant, rapid wear in the valvetrain, and
gearboxes/clutches that may not be as hardy as they might be.

The turbo ones, I can well believe it. I'd never buy a used turbo
Subie. The clutch on my Liberty was replaced at 160K, the CV joints at
180K. That's it, and while I bought it used, it has the full logbook
dealer service records.

Still, they are a great car and worth the risk afa I'm concerned.

As I said, my personal experience with them is good. In fact I was
considering buying another one for my daughter.

PDW