I fully understand what you mean by these cars are beat on by the demographic that buys them. As a former Toyota technician when the last gen Celica was new, they suffered the same fate.

Walking away from a purchase you don’t need feels better than buying a sketchy mystery, good call. Even at $1500 it sounds high just for KZread content. I may be wrong but I believe whenever an air bag is activated that will make the car a total. I like your description of the typical life of these cars.

Haha, I remember looking at that listing! Location of the car on the post was about 45 mins from me. Glad to see someone picked it up

Seeing all these high mileage, beaten on, and even a 180k+ mile poorly maintained ZN6 I'm really happy to see these cars be super reliable after 10+ years in existence. While I may not have picked the safest daily (people suck at driving in Austin, TX) it is the most engaging and reliable daily I have ever owned.

Good observations and great advice on interacting with the seller to get information.

So true! Never trust anyone when buying a big ticket item like a vehicle or a house. Always do your do diligence and have it looked over thoroughly. I recently went and looked at a truck, and at first overview it looked good, till I drove it and the transmission slipped so bad I was surprised it still moved. No need to connect my fancy scanner. I just walked away.

I live in near Atlanta, am middle aged, and have a BRZ. It’s my midlife crisis car😆. There are lots of BRZ, FRS and 86s in the Suburbs of Atlanta. I know what u mean about modded and beat on by the younger crowd. All the kids around here do it. That’s why mine is mostly stock. I had a Modded out stage 3 Dodge SRT-4 in the late 2000’s and learned a vital lesson with that car. The more you tighten the rubber band the easier it is for the band to snap. That car spent more time in the shop than on the road. If u want a fast car, buy a fast car from the factory. If your car isn’t fast enough, trade it in for a fast car stock out of the gate. If u can’t afford the fast car you can’t afford it. You’ll be spending that money you can’t afford on tow bills Parts and repair bills. Especially if u rely on that car for basic transportation. I’ll be selling my BRZ to my son when he turns 16 this year. He’s a responsible kid, but I’m still just hoping I don’t regret my decision and that he takes my lessons to heart.

Great info, thanks for doing this. I've learned a lot of these things the hard way.

Solid and very informative video (from a lot of aspects)

GREAT VIDEO!!! Excellent info. Thank you

Good content Mister. Thank you, as ever. Andy

Would be a good buy for me. Looking to build a track car to run HPDE with NASA, if it was just the engine, the bodywork would not be worth dealing with, there are plenty of other brz, frs, and 86 with bad motors and no body work. Still might be a good build for the right price. Especially if it has a title, most track cars are unable to be driven on the road because they have been totaled.

@iheartgs400

2 жыл бұрын

Check IAAI/Copart find 13/14 blown engine but clean chassis and go K24 on it no disrespect to Mr Subaru I think toyota/subaru didn’t beef up the FA20 enough knowing the demographics of kids they were going to deal with. Lets see what the future holds for the FA24.

@kushpacc

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulhogsten2613 HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH SO FUCCCCCKIN FUNNYYY

Looking forward for next episodes

Thank you for this video! I wish I had watched this video before I bought my BRZ.

Great video bro 😎 keep that ish up

I hate drivers, who put car into this state. You may not know about mechanics, but dirt inside... "Give this baby to me, I'll save it" But all the way, this is a good buy. Where I'm from, my Forester'14 in secondary market costs more, than it was new.

Very good advice, well done 👍

Man... this guy should've been talking from the beginning. Great video!!!

Great advice!

Mr Subaru never seen you with out your uniform before 😂

I'm that middle aged owner. Love my 2013 GT86, scheduled maintenance is mandatory. Nary a problem 3 years on.

I would love to see you get one of these with a solid body, and a blown engine. For a good price, and put an STI engine in it. That's what I personally think Subaru should have done to begin with, or atleast offered it as an option.

@iheartgs400

2 жыл бұрын

Even blown FRS/BRZ at copart and iaai is outrageously expensive I’d wait for more wrecked GR86/BRZ and opt for FA24 swap.

Better luck on the next one!

Depending on what you really want to do with the car, it wasn't a terrible price, but it was a solid choice to walk away. The one thing I disagreed on is the replaced clutch before 100k miles on this car. The replacement clutch is actually a good thing for a FRS/BRZ since it likely means they replaced the throw out bearing for the clutch. They tend to fail around 40-60k miles and most people decide to replace the clutch while the trans has to be pulled.

Great video and great advice! I have owned a total of 14 Subaru's since my first 2006 Baja. I I love them and like all cars and manufacturer's, they have quirks too! I would love to buy a 2022 BRZ .....we will see! Cheers!

@renski8976

2 жыл бұрын

Holy shit. 14 Subaru's. I'm assuming you wanted to try the other models out and not because they kept breaking on you. Lol

@wizeguiz

2 жыл бұрын

@@renski8976 I used to keep cars for around 2yrs., then I wanted something different. ;)

@renski8976

2 жыл бұрын

@@wizeguiz makes sense. Good on you for being able to do that!

You should try and rebuild it with a 2.4L shortblock!

When you lie, you have to remember every lie you've told

Great content

What do you think of this? I recently had the shortblock on my 2013 outback replaced due to excessive oil consumption. 130,000 miles out of warranty but Subaru of America said they would cover half. Service was about $3800 for my portion. Car feels like new. Im sure others could have done it themself but Im not skilled enough to attempt this so am happy with the result. Plan to keep it another 10 years. TY Subaru!

very informative, you can work on my frs!

When you go to heaven, God is going to give you all the Subarus you want to drive everyday for the rest of your heavenly time In thanks for sparing us the mess that we would have gone through to buy a used car. Your wealth of knowledge is absolutely invaluable. They just thought you were some dude that liked the car and had no idea. He must have been sweating in his boots when he saw you going around the pillars. Thank you.

Thank you

I wonder why on earth are these motors so damn expensive on used market 3-4K I mean by this time the motor prices should’ve been dropping by now but yet still quite expensive. I’d love to come back to this platform tbh.

Looked like a good deal initially

My advice avoid the 13/14 models at all costs hunt for a 15+ above I’d even go as far as looking at copart or iaai rather as well.

Imagine the look on this guys face when soobs pulls out the snap on solarus scan tool 😂😂😂

@MrSubaru1387

2 жыл бұрын

ZEUS and Subaru Select Monitor III. 😂 😂 😂

FYI all 13 BM Legacys have a rear door fitment issue it is not flush, on the drivers side back pass. Door at the lower door arch ...

Its cheap and worth it if you into this work. Alot of work to be done but you could probably talk down the price a bit more.

Perfect for a ej swap.

Does it come with auto diagnostics? In My Impreza XV 2011 , you can do auto diagnostics pushing the odometer then the lights, then the odometer, then the lights. You do it 4 times and the codes appears on the dash board. Hope it helped! Greetings from Argentina. 👋👋

9:34 I didn’t know that FR-S was a California car cuz the license plate in the photo

Again, what kind of person doesn’t clean off the yellow freehand part number off the door.

@imakedookie

2 жыл бұрын

imo its a show of history. why did it need a replacement? accident went unrecorded? at least it is displayed and you know to look a little closer and add to your grain of salt intake

I have an auto I’m trying to change the oil for the paddle shifters .. transmission oil I’m guessing. I can’t do it! I see you work at saburu shop how much does that go for? If I take it to the dealership

@iheartgs400

2 жыл бұрын

You’ll have to use the same ATF as the Toyota/Lexus since the AE960 6 Speed was base off the IS250.

@lrod3422

2 жыл бұрын

@@iheartgs400 I bought the Multi ATF BY MOTUL. Is that one good or na cause I heard I was suppose to get the one by Toyota called ATF Ws

@iheartgs400

2 жыл бұрын

@@lrod3422 OEM is usually the safer bet but can’t go wrong with Motul.

I had to double take if this was a real car when Mr Subaru was next to it. It looks puny

I got a 05 forester xs 170k miles that has been pretty well maintained with regular oil at the dealer. I'm starting to worry about getting the head gaskets replaced as when i changed the spark plugs they were pretty smeared with oil from the valve covers leaking. As well as some oil from the engine block from around the oil filter. Anything I can do to prolong them or should I be thinking about taking it in as soon as possible? Also thought about following your head gasket change vid with the engine still in. But never did that much wrenching on a car before. Car never over heats and runs great except for some bouncy suspension! Thanks for your help.

@firstlast---

2 жыл бұрын

Honest question why do you think that you have bad head gaskets if all that's wrong is bad spark plug tube seals

@idiotgo

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's an easy fix. Might aswell change the cylinder head gasket too. Both get hard and start to leak.

@rezneps

2 жыл бұрын

@@firstlast--- I meant it as more of if I'm gonna do valve cover gaskets and spark plug tube seals might as well do head gaskets as well. I didn't mean to sound like the two were correlated.

@fredharvey2720

2 жыл бұрын

Good grief. Get it fixed. MLS - multilayered steel - head gaskets

I got a P 1710 code with the general P0700 code the other day after shift shock on my 5EAT Would it be safe bet to drop the pan and replace the torque converter turbine speed sensor. Can’t really afford a new valve body from Subaru $5k here in Austria 😮

@fredharvey2720

2 жыл бұрын

What about salvage parts

@hernzo9798

2 жыл бұрын

@@fredharvey2720 going to try to change the sensor ordered one from eBay . Gonna need a smaller torque wrench and some permetex and ATF fluid . Then going to have to take it to the mechanic to relearn the AT SSM tools too expensive 😀

@aaroncombs1090

Жыл бұрын

It has a valve body for $900

Mr. Subaru I have a 2013 FRS 65,000 miles after driving 20k miles spun a bearing needs a new engine. Want to sell as is and what would be the value of my car?

Randomly what is your take on an 06 legacy spec b

@MrSubaru1387

2 жыл бұрын

The short of it, I like them!

@justinleaf6930

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrSubaru1387 when the time comes I’d love to have you rebuild the entire motor and transmission

That car was very dirty, the owner didn't take care of that vehicle...on that alone I would pass.

What's that cats name at the end of the video?

@MrSubaru1387

2 жыл бұрын

No clue. Their cat, not mine.

Salvage Title alone discounts price by about 40%

I have no where near your experience or knowledge but “salvage “ titles terrify me.

@iheartgs400

2 жыл бұрын

Depends if its flood no way but body damage if they didn’t mickey mouse the work its worth exploring. Just make sure to do your homework.

RL, I didn't need an example of EJ rod knock. (Please check tonight's FB update.)

@MrSubaru1387

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry. 😔

@OnkelPHMagee

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrSubaru1387 I understand that things don't revolve around Paul. I found a Mopar-centric happy place to take my mind off it. Please remember that you would still be awesome even if you didn't have the Satellite and Volaré.

What was this guy doing? Using the car for a garbage truck!

Heck no 💀

I do not recommend going to look at a car with a basic code reader. It’s all too common for just about anyone selling a car with a Check Engine light to simply clear that light before showing the car to anyone. If you know what you’re looking at when it comes to a scan tool then maybe you can determine if the emissions monitors are incomplete, indicating it was recently cleared. I’d recommend instead using a more sophisticated scanner that can read Live Data. I know all Subarus made in the last 15 years (and probably many other makes) will actually report how long the engine has been running and how long it’s been driven since the Check Engine light was last cleared. If I’m looking at a used car and my scanner shows the codes were just cleared a couple miles ago, it’s a strong hint that the seller is trying to hide a problem.

@MrSubaru1387

2 жыл бұрын

Most people don't have a full out scan tool. Most hand-held readers can tell if readiness monitors are set or not.

Just buy one for 2700$

👍😁

That interior is almost worthy of AmmoNYC lol