# Need Subaru assistance
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-subaru-assistance/249089
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [December 15, 2009, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-subaru-assistance/249089 "2009-12-15T10:47:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2009, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-subaru-assistance/249089/1 "2009-12-15T10:47:09Z")
My Scooby is literally on its last leg bros. Pissing oil everywhere and basically everything is wrong with it.
I saw this:
[http://albany.craigslist.org/cto/1509313690.html](http://albany.craigslist.org/cto/1509313690.html)
None of the small problems bother me like shocks windows ac and such. The transmission thing is what i have concern with. Anyone know what it might be or if i could grab up a cheap and i mean real cheap tranny for this car.
Think i would be able to drive it around town for a month or two with the tranny in the condition its in?
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### Author:  [@mcflurry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mcflurry)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2009, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-subaru-assistance/249089/2 "2009-12-15T10:48:57Z")
i can talk to the guy that rents out the garage next to use, he has 2 or 3 sitting inside as parts cars
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### Author:  [@20wrx09](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/20wrx09)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2009, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-subaru-assistance/249089/3 "2009-12-15T10:59:29Z")
look for something else. this car is pretty much good for a field car now lol.
what is your price range?
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### Author:  [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2009, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-subaru-assistance/249089/4 "2009-12-15T11:03:07Z")
I just had $300 cash in my hand. I only need a car to last me till spring which my scooby will hopefully do.
Thanks for the advice though 20wrx09.
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### Author:  [@20wrx09](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/20wrx09)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2009, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-subaru-assistance/249089/5 "2009-12-15T11:10:36Z")
here is one for $400
[http://westernmass.craigslist.org/ctd/1483247401.html](http://westernmass.craigslist.org/ctd/1483247401.html)
it only needs some ghetto rigging to start it:lol
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### Author:  [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2009, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-subaru-assistance/249089/6 "2009-12-15T11:28:49Z")
ohh look at that. Might have to contact them
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### Author:  [@20wrx09](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/20wrx09)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2009, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-subaru-assistance/249089/7 "2009-12-15T11:30:19Z")
good luck:thumbup
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### Author:  [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-subaru-assistance/249089/8 "2009-12-15T16:36:27Z")
For a beater look into a late '80’s/early '90’s Buick Lesabre or Olds 88.
Those cars make awesome beaters and they run forever with the 3.8.
[http://albany.craigslist.org/cto/1467529643.html](http://albany.craigslist.org/cto/1467529643.html)
[http://albany.craigslist.org/cto/1504044124.html](http://albany.craigslist.org/cto/1504044124.html)
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### Author:  [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-subaru-assistance/249089/9 "2009-12-15T16:41:40Z")
can. not. beat. obd1. japanese. economy. cars.
done and done\*. seriously\*.
get a corolla/sentra/accord for $600 and beat its ass til it blows up, betcha it’ll take a while :rofl
\*excludes wear items such as brakes, exhaust, axles, fuel lines, brake lines, rocker panels, doors, etc etc
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### Author:  [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-subaru-assistance/249089/10 "2009-12-15T16:48:48Z")
Rust eats those older Japanese cars though.
For some reason those old GM tanks dont rust all that bad, even for being 20+ years old.
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### Author:  [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-subaru-assistance/249089/11 "2009-12-15T16:48:55Z")
> [@FR: Apartment in Rochester](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fr-apartment-in-rochester/27291/8):
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> can. not. beat. obd1. japanese. economy. cars.
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> done and done\*. seriously\*.
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> get a corolla/sentra/accord for $600 and beat its ass til it blows up, betcha it’ll take a while :rofl
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> \*excludes wear items such as brakes, exhaust, axles, fuel lines, brake lines, rocker panels, doors, etc etc
Accord? Civic. My beater 2 winters ago was a '93 4 door with over 300k miles, 5 speed, got it for $200, fixed some small things, drove it alll winter and sold it for $1,000 the following March :rofl
My beater this year, '93 Civic hatch 5 speed, 190k miles, got it cheap, thing runs fucking awesome and gets 35+MPG!
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### Author:  [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-subaru-assistance/249089/12 "2009-12-15T16:55:58Z")
oh yeah civics fo sho
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### Author:  [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-subaru-assistance/249089/13 "2009-12-15T16:59:25Z")
> [@Benefit for my daughter April 14th.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/benefit-for-my-daughter-april-14th/24487/88):
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> Rust eats those older Japanese cars though.
> For some reason those old GM tanks dont rust all that bad, even for being 20+ years old.
Wrong on both counts.
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### Author:  [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-subaru-assistance/249089/14 "2009-12-15T17:00:52Z")
> [@WTB sport bike](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-sport-bike/26949/9):
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> .My beater 2 winters ago was a '93 4 door with over 300k miles, 5 speed, got it for $200,
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> !
See this is what i need. I have owned 2 egs before there is nothing i cant do with them
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### Author:  [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-subaru-assistance/249089/15 "2009-12-15T17:03:23Z")
> [@Alternator Rebuild shops](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alternator-rebuild-shops/27281/10):
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> See this is what i need. I have owned 2 egs before there is nothing i cant do with them
Find a mid 90’s Corolla, DONE. And, as always, don’t listen to PJB.
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### Author:  [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-subaru-assistance/249089/16 "2009-12-15T17:03:29Z")
> [@TurboTravis"](#):
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> Wrong on both counts.
Oh yeah, thats right. Youve seen the cars Ive worked on and/or friends have owned.
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### Author:  [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-subaru-assistance/249089/17 "2009-12-15T17:05:28Z")
> [@WTB:Dizzy](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-dizzy/27265/5):
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> Oh yeah, thats right. Youve seen the cars Ive worked on and/or friends have owned.
My family owned a 93 Grand Am since new. Car rusted out before the engine/tranny failed. However, my 95 Corolla, that has been in Upstate NY it’s whole life, only has a minimal amount of rust.
Conditions ‘up here’ in the ADK are worse than what you are used to.
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### Author:  [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-subaru-assistance/249089/18 "2009-12-15T17:07:14Z")
Grand Ams are complete shit. I never mentioned them and Ive worked on dozens of them.
I said Lesabres and Olds 88’s. Good solid cars with 3.8’s.
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### Author:  [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-subaru-assistance/249089/19 "2009-12-15T17:14:20Z")
> [@PJB"](#):
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> Grand Ams are complete shit. I never mentioned them and Ive worked on dozens of them.
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> I said Lesabres and Olds 88’s. Good solid cars with 3.8’s.
Ok, sure. Not as good on fuel as a smaller Japanese car, though.
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### Author:  [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-subaru-assistance/249089/20 "2009-12-15T17:23:36Z")
PJB is right about the 3.8 lasabers, 88’s, even the early 90’s centurys with the 3.3. Those centurys are a TANK! They can survive multiple jumps! Stay away from 3.1L and Series 2 3.8L motors (intake manifold issue)
I’d rather grip some wood grain and slab it out all over da 518 than bomb around in 1.6L of non-vtec fury :rofl
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