pre-purchase tech questions on an '05 LGT

Here is the link to the F/S thread: http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/fs-ft-ma-05-legacy-gt-wagon-5mt-stage-3-183668.html

I know the car is over priced... He is at 14.5K and throwing in all stock parts... The car is in excelent condition in and out... 9/10 in and 8/10 out or better... How concerned should I be about #4 and it's reliability... This will be a garage car driven maybe once a week until I can do the build in September... I am thinking about offering him 10.5K but I don't think he will take less then 13K

Through the book at me there is no hard feelings... It's not my car but I would like it to be.

If you are going to tell me not to buy it at least provide a thorough explaination as to why and what you would pay for it, if you wanted it.

Thanks,
Dean

 

I always say never buy a modded car..but in this case only unless it can be had for a good deal I would not pay anything over 11 for this as a full rebuild can get expensive. I wish you luck it is a very nice car! I know someone who would be very jealous derrrrr durrrr.

 

I'd say if your buying a vehicle with known problems, always assume worst case scenario in pricing, and decide if that's what you want to deal with.
for this, not knowing exactly what is wrong, assume the worst:
The timing belt didn't get changed, and snapped. cylinder 4 took the brunt of it, and you're dealing with bent valves, a damaged head, damaged pistion and scored cylinder walls. expect to buy a full long block. under these circumstances, you probably won't escape for less than 4-5k.

There's no way a stock LGT in perfect condition with 120k would fetch 14.5k... why should one that's acknowledged to be screwed up fetch that kind of money? there's too many out there in better condition for less money.

find something that was stock, and put what you want into it. you'll have what you want instead of throwing that money back at fixing something that's already broken.

 

Most likely a piston failure. Valve failures (given the tbelt didn't let go or a cam didn't seize or something like that) are less common.

Figure 3-5k for a rebuild. Add in another $1-2000 for a case if the cylinder is too scored to be replaced.

Personally, I wouldn't pay more than $8k for this car as it sits. If it ran properly I would consider the $13k you mentioned. If the motor had already been rebuilt I would maybe consider $14k.

Consider you will need to tow it then have it down for a couple weeks (up to a few months depending on damage, parts availability, etc...) as soon as you buy it. Not worth the hassle unless you can get it at a healthy discount. Subaru owners are retarded. You see overpriced pieces of **** like this all the time and what's worse is that some schmuck always ends up buying it. Don't be that guy.