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GuyC
Hi there
I'm new in this group and yesterday I have been reading some nice
articles. First I want to let know that I'm from Belgium-Europe and
English is not my mother tongue. Also I'm knew to newsgroups in
general!
Now on the Subaru stuff. My previous (and first) car was a Subaru
Justy 1.2 S II, running on LPG. I've had a lot of pleasure of this
car, which I had for 10 years. When I bought it, it had 56,000 km and
was 1.5 years old; I ended up with 318,000 joyful km. In all that
period, this car has NEVER let me down! I have had some problems, yes,
but none of them were major. I had to buy another car because of the
corrosion: it couldn't pass the obligatory technical control in
Belgium anymore without very high costs. So I decided to buy another
one. As driving a very reliable car is very important to me, I decided
it should be or a Toyota or again a Subaru.
We had a very good opportunity to buy a 1996 Subaru Impreza 1.8 GL AWD
with 80,000 km, which we are driving for some months now. First thing
we did, was buy another LPG-installation (it did cost more than what
we paid for the car, but within two or three years we will get
break-even on this one.
I have some questions on the Impreza; perhaps someone of you can help
me.
1. Do you know how I can get or download a free or cheap owner's
manual of this 1996 (built in February, I think) Impreza? Are there
differences in European-Japanese-American-UK Imprezas? Because I'd
like a manual that really goes together with this car. I'm not looking
for a service manual, as my hands are not of a technical kind
!
2. I have read some articles on the different Impreza builds (or is it
builts?) Is my Impreza of the very first generation or is it the
second/third/fourth one? How much liter gasoline/petrol can it contain
(I'm asking because we're driving the LPG, as I stated before, so I
really don't know).
3. I read somewhere in someones message that there is water leaking
into the trunk. I made the same conclusion when we were looking for
another second hand 1997 Impreza and both had this problem. I asked my
garage keeper (is this good English?) to take care about it, and,
after serious looking, he found out that there is water leaking from
one or both SIDES of the backscreen and then leaking into the trunk.
I hope that you can and will give me positive reaction on my message -
I'm looking forward to it!
Greetings
Guy, Belgium
(e-mail address removed)
I'm new in this group and yesterday I have been reading some nice
articles. First I want to let know that I'm from Belgium-Europe and
English is not my mother tongue. Also I'm knew to newsgroups in
general!
Now on the Subaru stuff. My previous (and first) car was a Subaru
Justy 1.2 S II, running on LPG. I've had a lot of pleasure of this
car, which I had for 10 years. When I bought it, it had 56,000 km and
was 1.5 years old; I ended up with 318,000 joyful km. In all that
period, this car has NEVER let me down! I have had some problems, yes,
but none of them were major. I had to buy another car because of the
corrosion: it couldn't pass the obligatory technical control in
Belgium anymore without very high costs. So I decided to buy another
one. As driving a very reliable car is very important to me, I decided
it should be or a Toyota or again a Subaru.
We had a very good opportunity to buy a 1996 Subaru Impreza 1.8 GL AWD
with 80,000 km, which we are driving for some months now. First thing
we did, was buy another LPG-installation (it did cost more than what
we paid for the car, but within two or three years we will get
break-even on this one.
I have some questions on the Impreza; perhaps someone of you can help
me.
1. Do you know how I can get or download a free or cheap owner's
manual of this 1996 (built in February, I think) Impreza? Are there
differences in European-Japanese-American-UK Imprezas? Because I'd
like a manual that really goes together with this car. I'm not looking
for a service manual, as my hands are not of a technical kind
!2. I have read some articles on the different Impreza builds (or is it
builts?) Is my Impreza of the very first generation or is it the
second/third/fourth one? How much liter gasoline/petrol can it contain
(I'm asking because we're driving the LPG, as I stated before, so I
really don't know).
3. I read somewhere in someones message that there is water leaking
into the trunk. I made the same conclusion when we were looking for
another second hand 1997 Impreza and both had this problem. I asked my
garage keeper (is this good English?) to take care about it, and,
after serious looking, he found out that there is water leaking from
one or both SIDES of the backscreen and then leaking into the trunk.
I hope that you can and will give me positive reaction on my message -
I'm looking forward to it!
Greetings
Guy, Belgium
(e-mail address removed)