'06 Subaru Legacy

91 octane minimum see the maint schedule find a good dealer; the bad ones are lousy yes on Lexus from what i've heard...they kiss butt whether you buy new or used 2,000 IIRC

It's a good car, I have the 05 auto tranny, I love it. Not sure about towing capacity but I am sure it will show it on the Subaru site.

It does use premium gas and the fuel economy for a 4 cylinder engine is quite poor. On the bright side, the performance is very comparable to a lot of luxery sport sedans. Very modifiable if you are interested in doing stuff like that. Best thing to do is to check out

great forum with a lot of insights and a pre purchase message board that will probably answer a lot of your questions if you do a forum search. Good luck and hope you join the fray.

Premium fuel? I don't think so. Differentials fluid changing from Never to 15,000 miles for frequent trailer towing.

I have a '05 with the 5-speed and turbo for nearly a year, and I also love it. I typically use regular around town and premium on the highway.

I further improved it by mounting a Garmin GPS in the cassette storage above the radio.

Chris

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Turbo version required premium, non-turbo doesn't. 250HP vs 175HP

Most of these questions can likely be answered on their website.

Pretty big difference! I have a 2000 model with 160 HP, which I find is definitely ample. I guess I'm not a power hog.

Years ago, I had a 1986 Saab 900 turbo. If I drove with a light foot, I could increase the fuel efficiency by a lot, about 30%! Does the Subaru turbo do that, too?

"Premium fuel? I don't think so"

What do you mean by that? Legacy GT uses premium gas. Not regular or midgrade. Did I miss something here?

I have a 2005 Legacy GT. Around town I get 21-22 mpg. On the highway for long trips it goes up to 28-30. Of course, judging by how others act, I seem to have a lead foot when the light turns green. I don't think I know how to drive with a light foot.

Jim

I got the 2005 LGT. It is one nice machine. I've modded my car a bit and added the following:

- Cobb Access Port

- gutted uppipe

- gutted downpipe shorty

- TDC tuning custom map stage II

- Brembo front big brake kit

- ion lowering springs

- front and rear cusco sways

car puts down about 255whp ( 340hp at the crank ). If I swap in a new 18G turbo and perrin tmic I can achieve close to 300whp ( 380hp crank ), a 20G gives me 350whp ( 430 crank )

welcome to the wonderful world of Subaru and affordable power :))) My car runs neck and neck with a stock M3 however the Legacy has ENORMOUS potential, it has the identical engine of the sti which can run reliably up to 500hp....

go for it- you won't regret it! :)

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Nah it's just that the flat four has a *lot* of torque down low.

To MD. I'm bad for not reading it is a GT. Sorry~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ed

Pretend you have a block under your accelerator pedal, preventing you from pressing it down more than half way. Or maybe put a real block there.

It only takes about four days to get used to it. Try it. And buy yourself some chocolate or rent some nice videos as your reward for saving your money, reducing pollution, and saving precious fossil fuels.

As for torque, my Saab had more low end torque than my 2000 2.5 liter Subaru. But I'm not complaining about torque. I am complaining about the fuel efficiency. The Saab was faster and it consumed less fuel!

I was told to drive like there is an egg between your foot and the accelerator (:

Why not drive like you want, but replace some car trips with bicycling, walking, or the bus?

Why on earth would one do that with a 250 bhp car?!