Have a question...what the heck did I just buy? ('89 Subaru ????)

In addition to replies here, the folks at

know a lot about keeping older soobs on the road. Got any pics?

Carl

**Hachi, you nut! Is buying cars your hobby? What's the matter, don't want to take the Supra out? :)

kaboomie

You can get the information you need from the vin number.

I tried doing a quick search but did not find a site, that I used before which has links to all the needed info.

To get the general idea, you can start here:

If you google, you will find a site which tell what kind of subaru, etc etc. Good luck

Hachiroku ???? wrote:

Not an XT. Sounds like a 3-door hatch. Same body used by the later model RXs. What year is it? Do a goggle search for "Subaru RX". Your new car should have the same body style.

or maybe post a pic? 2 birds with one stone that way; someone helps you and we all find out too! At least it's probably not an AMC Gremlin :)

Thanks. I wasn't paying too much attention, but I did notice the sales guy putting an "X" in the VIN, and since I *KNOW* it's not an SVX then it's an XT.

YUP...looks like this:

no badging/stickers and no Turbo, I don't believe.

Hey! Thos were cool! My housemate in college had one of those. Best feature of the car: slide the seats forward, remove the headrests, flop the seatbacks all the way down and slide them back so they meet the rear seat...

Used to borrow it a lot when I had a date! ;P

Hey! What're YOU doing here?!?!

No, the Supra is NOT going on this job! I was thinking about it for warm nights when I could take the roof off, but I have a couple of "Ugly Women" to drive down (five miles of bad road...). I ain't pounding the suspension like that!

Plus I wanted AWD for the winter...another thing the Supra will NEVER see!!!

I posted what I found further up.

Thanks for the link!

This looks like it. Not sure if it's a DL or a GL: AT, Power Windows and DL:

Oh, and I just needed yet *ANOTHER* 'project'...

I think the Hachiroku is going to go. After three years in the back yard, I just don't have the time/effort/money to do it...

Hey, I got 18 years out of it! Maybe some kid will buy it and drift it.

Again, it is not an XT. Whatever you have is a fairly rare. I've only seen 2 in my entire life and both where FWD models. Like you I don't know what they where called other than a 3-door hatchback. The fact that yours is AWD has me wondering. I wonder if it is the very rare RX model and somewhere in its life the turbo engine was replaced with a non turbo engine. How many injectors does the engine have? If 4 or one per cylinder then there is an excellent chance you have the RX model with a transplanted XT non turbo engine.

I have an open Carfax account. If you send me the VIN, I will tell you exactly what you have.

Dan D (formerly) '99 Legacy L 30th (son's) Central NJ USA

**I actually own a 2005 Subaru Impreza RS Sportwagon :) Nat the Wicked cross-posted into the Hyundai NG one day (I used to own a Santa Fe) so I followed her back to the Toyota group :) We used to post in the Star Trek NGs eons ago. The Toyoto group is so OT that I like to read all the political bloviations.

kaboomie

Thanks! I was supposed to close the deal today, but I am putting my Mazda

626 on the road (I ain't doing 60 miles a day with a new Scion and an old Supra on back roads!).

I always wanted an Impreza, but always wound up with Toyotas. I was lookinig for an Impreza or an Outback when I found this...it was the first car I found that had what I wanted...shoot, it was the first car I SAW!!! All the goodies I wanted; PW, AT (I like 5 speeds but a delivery route is too hard with a stick...), and AWD for the winter. Body is in good shape, rust just starting, but still just surface. I'll fix that before it hits the road.