I picked up a 1998 Subaru Impreza RS from a guy in Cottage Grove. He's actually a Subaru mechanic and the car is 1 of 150 of the specific color scheme ever made. All the suby guys went a little crazy when I told them I found this actually haha. It's nothin crazy special imo. Your basic 2.5L 4 banger. It moves alright, but it's nothin to really brag about. I pretty much bought the car because I wanted something reliable and fun.
Wellllll, it turns out this "reliable" car didn't even make it home last night when I bought it haha. I took a pit stop in a snowy icy parking lot with a friend while we waited for our buddy to show up. I slid around a little and did a couple harmless donuts. Nothin crazy or hard. Well the car studderd and then died. At first I thought it somehow cut fuel and that wa the problem. It was getting a spark and turning over just fine. The motor just wouldn't catch and go. So I parked it for the night and planned on dealing with it in the morning.
Well this morning I got it towed to a shop a mile away (Maple Grove Auto Service). The guy thought it was something with the timing belt. Thinkin it might have skipped a few teeth or somethin. Well they quoted me $1200 to fix the flippin timing belt! haha that's a joke. I talked it out with the guy I bought it from and he agreed to fix the car for free labor if I paid for the parts. I think this is a very fair deal. He was misinformed about when some maintenance was actually done unfortunately, but we've got it worked ot now. The car should be up and runnin by next wednesday.
Anyways, on to pics!
