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Dustin Aleksiuk
Hi everyone,
I'm a Canadian recently moved to the UK. We bought a 99 Legacy 2.5 (50K
miles) a few weeks ago and about a week after we had it home the
exhaust started making loud exhaust noises. Our local Subaru dealer told
me today that it's going to cost £762 to replace two front exhaust
parts. For those of you unfamiliar with the pound, £762 is $1353 USD and
$1,759.49 CAD. That's more than our car in Canada was worth.
Anyway, I'm curious if anyone else has had to change their exhaust after
a few years. I love this Subaru, but spending almost 2K CAD for two
parts seems crazy.
Questions:
1. Am I going to have to drop another couple of thousand in 6 months for
some other problem?
2. Has anyone else had to replace their front exhaust?
Apparantly this was due to 'corrosion'. I don't understand why my 1992
Chev in Canada was able to survive 13 winters (salt on the roads and
all) with it's original exhaust system in place. Other than this, the
Subaru seems to be of much greater quality.
For the record, we bought the car for £4750. Subarus aren't that common
here in the UK, especially the Legacy. They're mainly famous for their
success with rally racing. Also, the dealer said there's no way the
previous owner could have covered something like this up since it's
under some kind of heat shield. Just bad luck.
Regards,
Dustin
I'm a Canadian recently moved to the UK. We bought a 99 Legacy 2.5 (50K
miles) a few weeks ago and about a week after we had it home the
exhaust started making loud exhaust noises. Our local Subaru dealer told
me today that it's going to cost £762 to replace two front exhaust
parts. For those of you unfamiliar with the pound, £762 is $1353 USD and
$1,759.49 CAD. That's more than our car in Canada was worth.
Anyway, I'm curious if anyone else has had to change their exhaust after
a few years. I love this Subaru, but spending almost 2K CAD for two
parts seems crazy.
Questions:
1. Am I going to have to drop another couple of thousand in 6 months for
some other problem?
2. Has anyone else had to replace their front exhaust?
Apparantly this was due to 'corrosion'. I don't understand why my 1992
Chev in Canada was able to survive 13 winters (salt on the roads and
all) with it's original exhaust system in place. Other than this, the
Subaru seems to be of much greater quality.
For the record, we bought the car for £4750. Subarus aren't that common
here in the UK, especially the Legacy. They're mainly famous for their
success with rally racing. Also, the dealer said there's no way the
previous owner could have covered something like this up since it's
under some kind of heat shield. Just bad luck.
Regards,
Dustin