But they are such nice cars. If you believe CR, Subaru, Toyota and
Honda tie for the lead in the reliability sweepstakes and there is no
contest in the driving fun. I am thinking though about something with
better fuel economy.
Winsor
2002 WRX
Long Beach, California, USA
On May 25, 2007, at 5:24 PM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>
> Related to nothing, except possibly Richard's mention of 90+ temps in
> New England today--95 F in my neighborhood, I'm currently in an ultra-
> grumpy mood because the high temperatures revealed an ongoing attempt
> by my Subaru to commit suicide. Apparently the unseasonably cold
> temps recently have masked a deteriorating head gasket, which, when I
> turned on the A/C today, decided to show itself.
>
> The repair guy says roughly $1500. This is the second late-model
> Subaru I've had that needed a new head gasket with fewer than 80,000
> miles. Repair guy says it's a design flaw in the engines. I told him
> I didn't really care. This will be my last Subaru. One head gasket I
> can accept, even though it didn't seem right. Two is enough to send
> me into a homicidal snit.
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