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just looking for some unbiased opinion on this car, which is why i haven't bothered going on subaru forums.

anyone here ever owned one or currently drives one? i'd just like to know how reliable they are etc..

to past owners - why have you sold yours? got sick of it? too much of a headache? switched to rwd? upgraded?

any help is much appreciated.

thanks :sick:

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My dad has a 2003 model RS. They are quite a nice car. Everything works, is well built. Like its a nice quality of plastics. The seats are comfy. The doors make a nice thud noise when you close them. Bang for buck they are a pretty nice car. And he says you can really notice the awd, even when no where near the limit of the car. And its got a full sized spare wheel!

He came from a 96 commodore. So his complaints with the subie are, its lack of power. Its not a big thing, but he says sometimes you really notice it.

He has had the car almost 3 years now, and nothing has gone wrong, service intervals at 15000kms, so all good.

Id be looking at one for my next car quite seriously.

i think he's talking about the old liberty RS

with the 2.0L turbo, i think it was somewhere like 89-93.

same engine as the WRX just detuned.

i think they are nice cars, was looking at getting one but ended up with the skyline which im stil more than happy about

Its a 2.5L 4cyl. From memory they are just a single ohc.

really? i'm still trying to get my head around the whole flat 4 thing...

they have two heads no? and a single cam in each? which really makes it a twin cam?

but unlike the skyline where one cam is intake and the other exhaust... the flat configured cylinders have 1 cam which does intake/exhaust for 2 cylinders, and same for the other side?

or am i incorrect?

there good.

ausie ones are the goods. they are quite tall geared.

they have a closed deck block with oil squirters. (wrx doesnt)

turbo of a 97 wrx (tdo5) is a good upgrade

brakes are abit average so is the rear lsd.

they are renound to have dodgy lifters. BUT THOSE HEADS FLOW THE BEST OUT OF THEM ALL,a warenty fix was to fit wrx heads. but they arnt as good. converting them to solid lifters is a good idea.no more tapping.

gearboxes are ok but will be abit crunchy.

on the whole its like buying a 32gtr. if its good its great if its not its a nightmare.

the liberty rx 2.5 97-98 was a 2.5 na wrx motor (quad cam)

the later ones went to a single cam per head. better touque but less up top. also the early ones had a fibre head gasket thats renound to let go at about 200k.

the later ones all went to steel head gaskets.

my brother in law had an rs liberty with an imported 2.5L liberty block with the wrx head, also had a rebuilt box with dog gears (T04GTR will remember this car form the last nasho run :) ).

that thing was an absolute monster and handled really well (all upgraded though). one thing i learnt was to watch out for deer though. isnt that right dave?

yeah i'm talking about the older RS's

older model wrx's basically...

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paulr33 - know what you mean about the B4s took one ride in a mate's 02 model and loved it. nice cars, comfy and very quick.

Ahhh ok. Well I got no idea with them. All I know I was always neck to neck with my cefiro and the couple of mates who had them.

well thing is i'm trying to find a good all round performance car that would fit my shit budget (under 10Gs) and these libertys come within the budget and are good performers.

IF i end up buying one it'll be used as a daily (no track work or anything) but slowly building it to show/go-spec :) i can't be stuffed going through this whole "sold car now looking for another car" thing again i just can't be f**ked anymore.

thanks for the info/help guys appreciate it :)

leetom - b4's are outa my range dude :wave:

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