gary1giraffe

Parts now found! Still for sale at £25 for Forum members. If no interest I will put it on ebay.

Thanks - I'll search for them!

A genuine dog guard from my 2004 Outback - the new owner did not need it but is virtually unused. The fixings seem to be all there but I have never actually fitted it since I had the car. Pictures show exactly what is for sale. £25 plus delivery. Gary

Price now reduce as I need the space in my drive - a lot of car for £1300! Thanks CAR NOW SOLD! Gary

Price now reduce as I need the space in my drive - a lot of car for £1300! Thanks Gary

My Outback is for sale. It's a 2004 S model, 2.5 petrol, manual in green and grey and MOT'd until October 2017. I've had the car most of its life - bought it in March 2007 with 40,000 on the clock and used it constantly since then with all services and any other work carried out to the schedule at my local Subaru dealer (Twyford). They replaced the clutch in 2015 after about 162k miles. The last full service was late April 2016. The car is now on 182k miles At the last MOT I replaced the catalytic converter and the drop links, The only advisories are two of the tyres- but still have some life yet. I fitted a tow bar this year with 7 pin electrics and indicator bleepers that all work fine. It was to tow a motorcycle trailer which it has done for less than 100 miles!. Apart from that it has not towed at all. In fact the car has had a pretty gentle life - mainly transporting me alone to work every day - a 50 mile round trip through the country with virtually no stops and max speed 60 mph (probably why the clutch lasted so long). It comes with a dog guard for the back which came with the car but never used - I don't have a dog! The car has never been in a collision and has no major dings etc. I am a non-smoker. See recent picture with the trailer hooked up, it needed a wash. I'll upload more pics when I can. The down sides - not much. It has some scratches on the bumper corners and there are some stone chips on the bonnet. The alloy wheels have lost their lacquer and don't polish up too well but have little or no kerbing. The tyres are at about 3mm. The interior is all good - the drivers side is a wee bit squished by age. The computer no longer works for temp / mpg/ etc (a common fault I believe) and the cruise control gave up the ghost about 5 years ago (no problem to me as it has little motorway use). Well that's as honest a description I can make but I would be very happy for it to be viewed - in Reading, Berks. It's been a great work horse and never let me down, new car forces sale! I'm looking for £1500 Call me on 07920546026 or message on this site. It will be going onto Autotrader in the new year, see a few recent pictures now added. Thanks

Hi, I've been in out of this forum for a while now and picked up some really good information and tips on the way. Just wanted to say thanks to everybody who have helped me - particularly on the issue of a new clutch a while back. I've just gone over to the dark side and bought a VW, even though the Outback is still running OK at 182k miles. I'll be putting it up on the "for sale" area once I have some decent pictures (its filthy at the moment but cleans up pretty nice).. If anybody is interested I'll be very happy for a forum member to take it off my hands for a fair price - you guys know about these cars .better than most. Thanks again for your help! Gary

Just fitted a towbar to my Outback so that I can occasionally shift my motorbikes around. The towbar didn't come with the plug and play electrics unfortunately and the cost of the Subaru electrics is super expensive. I cannot afford to invest in this for once in a while towing with a relatively old car. Has anybody fitted universal towbar electrics? Any advice on what to buy and how to fit it would be great! Gary

Hi I had a new clutch fitted to my 2004 Outback (160,00 miles) in February after advice from you guys about scrapping it / fixing it and it has been running like clockwork since - thanks! Unfortunately it has just filed its MOT on emissions - high CO2 even after hot running and fuel cleaner - does that mean a new cat is needed? Any thoughts on how to resolve this without spending a fortune would be appreciated! G1G

In Reading, Berks G1G

Thanks for the advice guys!

Hi everybody. New to the forum, joined mainly because the clutch on my beloved 2004 Outback has just given up the ghost and I need advice! I've had the car for about 9 years now and it has been superb - giving an average of 38 mpg (although to be fair this is mainly due to by 50 mile round commute only lets me get up to max 60mph through the country on B roads). What should I do? It's done 162,000 miles - relatively high, but nowhere near the end of its life by any means. Everything else on it is pretty good - tyres, exhaust cam belt but my Subaru dealer wants about £950 to replace the clutch and the car is only worth about £2500 ! Any thoughts very welcome. Thanks G1G