Jghealey

Thanks Mr B for the honest feedback about the make I am a mechanical engineer and I intend on servicing the car myself like I have done in the past. Just no experience of Subaru. thanks again

Hi All, New to the forum and looking to get rid of our family shopping cart Clio estate and enter the world of subaru. I’ve always been a fan of them since a kid but have never owned one through fear of running costs/getting one that’s been mistreated. I am looking for some advice. I have been looking into standard legacy estates and outbacks either the EJ20 or EJ25 I’m not that fussed, I just want an estate that’s reliable and relatively cheap to run. I’m tired of all the rubbish that comes along with eco diesels and constant egr or dpf issues in high mileage cars. I intend on getting something about 2008ish and hopefully under 100k miles. I’ve had a look about and they seem ok price wise around there but without the first hand experience of the engine and cars before I need the help with what to avoid has anyone published a buyers guide post for what to look for when going to look at a car? What do people get MPG out of their EJ20 or 25? 30MPG? is one engine better than the other for running into the longer miles range? how long to the engines and components last for until it’s really time to just dump it and move on? 160k miles? 200k miles? Looking to run an older car for about 2 years then if I haven’t properly caught the scooby bug go back to leasing a car. any help greatly appreciated!