2004/2005 Subaru Legacy Estate

[adrian]

Hey all,

Anyone with any experience with these? I think I have sold the Hilux so am in the market for a new family car. I was pretty sold on a 2004/2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee 2.7 CRD but I so like the look of the legacy.

This is the shape of the one I like:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/221175.htm

but I would preferably like the Turbo Version:

http://motoright07.webzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=507996




Any experience on the legacy welcome....

[Muad_dib77]

That is a lovely looking machine - a guy in my estate is on his 2nd one (previous was was an older generation).. They are well able to move, but they don't attract a huge amount of attention from people not in the know.

Apparently they're pretty bulletproof too..

[Mustang]

They look nice enough, and a good stealth car in turbo form. I expect that as with all JDM turbos they are mapped to run on high octane fuel. Your choices then are leave it as is and drive like a girl - if so no point in buying a turbo charged beast in the first place. Two, get it remapped to run on 95 octane or whatever. I'm no expert but I understand that this is not as simple or as cheap as you might expect -research needed.

[pergau]

The Police have a red one as an unmarked car on the northside. and it is fairly nippy.

[adrian]

get it remapped to run on 95 octane or whatever. I'm no expert but I understand that this is not as simple or as cheap as you might expect -research needed.

Good point. Where in Ireland do this remapping and roughly what does it cost to get it done??

[soc]

get it remapped to run on 95 octane or whatever. I'm no expert but I understand that this is not as simple or as cheap as you might expect -research needed.

Good point. Where in Ireland do this remapping and roughly what does it cost to get it done??

Joe at ChippedIRE - he's based in Straffen. Nice guy and very thorough -

http://www.chippedire.com/

Not sure exactly what makes/models he covers.

[Mustang]

get it remapped to run on 95 octane or whatever. I'm no expert but I understand that this is not as simple or as cheap as you might expect -research needed.

Good point. Where in Ireland do this remapping and roughly what does it cost to get it done??

I couldn't advise you on price Adrian. A friend of mine bought a Jap import impreza STI. He was told he'd need a piggy back ECU and to have it mapped, I think he was looking at ~€1k. You'd need to do the research yourself and find out for definite.