Post by JC Motors on Nov 8, 2012 17:52:16 GMT -5
Out of all of the Subaru's we had, none of them had anyproblems. My Sister's 91 Loyale took a lot of abuse. She locked her keys in it, and someone tried to help out by sticking a jimmy inside the passenger door and screwed up the lock mechanism and jammed the door. Someone backed into her front bumper and put a hole in the corner of it and had to be bandaged with black duct tape. When My dad owned the car, we hit a deer with it and the deer put a dent in the hood and tore off a parking light.
Like I said it was just cursed, and I am not exaggerating any of this.
She bought it used, the transmission went out. She actually bought a wrecked one, that had a transmission just put in, had like 2,000 miles on it.
The mechanic installed it, and over filled it, didn't replace some gasket, etc and it burned up. One day at work, dentist office, a guy was just talking about a transmission they had that was on a back of a truck, being taken to transmission guy, falling off while they were dragging another vehicle, or someone following. Anyway it was ran over etc.
She actually took him to court, after hearing that and got most of the money back for that. Bought a new trans, had it installed, and everything was good.
Then had a flat tire, it had rims on the car, and they could not find the lock tool, so the car was towed on a roll back. It then rolled off.
The tow company owner also owns a body shop. Said he would take care of it. Had it for like 8 months. Should had filed it on Insurance but was afraid it would be totaled.
Anyway, finally got it back, ran hot, thought it was a blowed head gasket, she took it to a mechanic who said it had all sorts of problems. She then just sold it, and the guy said it just had a bad radiator likely from falling off the truck I am sure.
She just loves those old SVXs, still wants another one. I am not a fan.
That is very interesting. My Uncle used to have a 82 Range Rover and he had nothing but bad luck with it. There was a halestorm where he lived and the whole roof got dented. So they take it to a body shop where it got abused and sat there for so long that my aunt was fed up with it and sold it to the body shop. They never bought a Range Rover again.
