What problems are you having? Lots of minor stuff or a few big bugs? Oh - wait - I see - HG and some other leaks... Besides that, what else is wrong? Or is everything else perfectly peachy?
Also a lot depends on what you want to do... Do you want a dependable daily driver with no issues or do you want a more fun-to-drive beast that can go anywhere.... Do you want something that can go just about anywhere and can be modded to a road racer or a dirt demon? Or just basic transpo...?
Know that with age and mileage(on top of repairs), you will get just about zip as a trade in.
Look around your local area and see if you can find a Subaru shop that can do the engine work for a decent deal. Or swap out a "new" motor - either from a donor (i.e. wrecking yard) or re-manufactured from the dealer or a shop. For the cost of buying something else, you could easily make this Subie new again. And have tens of thousands of miles for the future...
You can see dozens and dozens of Subie stories where somebody has 100K, 200K or even 300K miles (and more!) on an older Subie. By first was a 1987 Subaru DL 4WD wagon (before they had names like Loyale)... at 320K miles, the head-gasket popped. I had bought the car a year + earlier for 700 and the engine work from a local Subie specialist would have been 1200 - which I could not afford.
It comes down to dollars and cents (and sense) and seeing what you want to do. You can surf the forums and see tons of awesome modded and serious stock Foresters with tons of happy owners.
So it comes down to what YOU want to do.
Also a lot depends on what you want to do... Do you want a dependable daily driver with no issues or do you want a more fun-to-drive beast that can go anywhere.... Do you want something that can go just about anywhere and can be modded to a road racer or a dirt demon? Or just basic transpo...?
Know that with age and mileage(on top of repairs), you will get just about zip as a trade in.
Look around your local area and see if you can find a Subaru shop that can do the engine work for a decent deal. Or swap out a "new" motor - either from a donor (i.e. wrecking yard) or re-manufactured from the dealer or a shop. For the cost of buying something else, you could easily make this Subie new again. And have tens of thousands of miles for the future...
You can see dozens and dozens of Subie stories where somebody has 100K, 200K or even 300K miles (and more!) on an older Subie. By first was a 1987 Subaru DL 4WD wagon (before they had names like Loyale)... at 320K miles, the head-gasket popped. I had bought the car a year + earlier for 700 and the engine work from a local Subie specialist would have been 1200 - which I could not afford.
It comes down to dollars and cents (and sense) and seeing what you want to do. You can surf the forums and see tons of awesome modded and serious stock Foresters with tons of happy owners.
So it comes down to what YOU want to do.
