2006 Legacy 2.5i Limited...Info?

[Bill Pelka]

Greetings all,

Doing some research on a 2006 Legacy 2.5i Limited. Has anyone purchase
one and what do you think? I have a 1995 Legacy LSI and it seems that this
2006 is a perfect fit to replace the 1995. Wife's Car, but its gotta be as
trouble free as possible. AND the 1995 sure was...

Any insight to problems or maybe some experiences with the 2005's...

Thanks,
Bill

 

[wayneskid]

Bill,

I can't give you much from the perspective of an experienced owner; we
just picked ours up Wednesday. FWIW.....ours is a 2.5i Ltd. OUTBACK.
Otherwise, similar scenario to yours: wife's car, replacing 1996 Legacy
L wagon which, BTW, performed admirably for 120K miles. If you've
driven one, you know that there is a huge difference compared to your
'95. These are way more sophisticated and well engineered vehicles.
OTOH, there is more fancy stuff to fail. Only time will tell. For now
we both LOVE this car.

Wayne in AK

 

[Freedom55]

Greetings all,

Doing some research on a 2006 Legacy 2.5i Limited. Has anyone purchase
one and what do you think? I have a 1995 Legacy LSI and it seems that this
2006 is a perfect fit to replace the 1995. Wife's Car, but its gotta be as
trouble free as possible. AND the 1995 sure was...

Any insight to problems or maybe some experiences with the 2005's...

Thanks,
Bill

I have an 05 Outback bought in June 04. Not one single problem. Potenza
tires are s**t though. The 05+ is a very sophisticated automobile
(Legacy or Outback)which would make your 1995 feel like agricultural
machinery.

Ron

--
And it really doesn't matter if
I'm wrong I'm right
Where I belong I'm right
Where I belong.

Lennon & McCartney

 

[AJB]

Have an 05 OB 2.5 Wagon purchased in March of 05. traded in a 98 OB Wagon.
for the most part it is a very nice vehicle, well appointed and very nimble
on the road.
Hopefully, the dealer will be fixing a dash board rattle and a leaky front
windshield. We'll see on that. now on my 2nd trip to the dealer for those
items.
My big complaint is the hesitation. if you are going 20mph and try to
accelerate , it actually hesitates, the transmission spins, and then 2-3
seconds later kicks in. i was told there were no codes that showed up on
the computer and that is the way it is supposed to be. same thing happens if
you are going 50mph. i have had 2 situations where i almost had collisions
in thick traffic because of this. i found it unacceptable, and have now
taken it back the 2nd time. after this, if they dont fix it, im going to
dump the car and go for something else, not a subaru. unfortunate because i
like these cars. my 98 outback had a much smoother transmission than this
!!!!
if you do some research you will see this comes up on new foresters and
outbacks as well.

 

[Hal Whelply]

Bill,

On Nov. 12 we traded my wife's '01 Volvo S60 2.4T for an '06 Legacy 2.5i
Limited Wagon. My wife was very reluctant to let go of her beloved Volvo,
the most luxurious car she'd ever had. I have to admit that when it was
working right, it was a very comfortable long-haul cruuiser. But it was just
too expensive to maintain--you couldn't just go for an oil/filter change
without parting with another $600 or $800 or $1,000 dollars for something
else you wouldn't anticipate going wrong on any other brand of car, much
less actually have to fix (e.g., why should a radiator go out at only 67K
miles and not quite 5 years?).

Long story short, my wife LOVES her new Legacy. It has every amenity the
Volvo had except memory driver seat and outside mirror. The thing corners
like it's on rails. Power, coming from the Volvo with a turbo (197 HP),
seems very adequate. Best of all, it gets a couple of MPG better and on
regular (not premium) gas.

This is our second Subaru. We felt confident in this purchase because my '04
Forester 2.5 XT is at about 33,500 and 27 months, and NOTHING whatever has
gone wrong. I love the car. And nice as my wife's Legacy is, I wouldn't
trade her. I love the XT's power, despite the 17 MPG around town, and on
premium gas. Fortunately I have a short commute to work, and only need to
fill it about once a week (half a tank or so).

Bottom line, I think you'll love a new Legacy. I can't for the life of me
understand why this 2.5i (NOT the turbo GT) doesn't get more positive press
and comparison with the 4 cyl. Camry and Accord. It's a wonderfully
engineered, high-quality car. I suspect Fuji Heavy Industries just doesn't
pay off the car magazines as much as the larger companies do.

HW

 

[Michael Pardee]

Bottom line, I think you'll love a new Legacy. I can't for the life of me
understand why this 2.5i (NOT the turbo GT) doesn't get more positive
press and comparison with the 4 cyl. Camry and Accord. It's a wonderfully
engineered, high-quality car. I suspect Fuji Heavy Industries just doesn't
pay off the car magazines as much as the larger companies do.

HW

I suspect it is because it takes a long time to build a reputation in the
automotive world (at least at the consumer level.) Honda and Toyota got no
respect in the '70s when they really hit the scene, even though they made
good cars even then. "Honda? They make motorcycles." Subaru was making the
360, a 2-stroke wonder. In the final analysis, the automotive press world is
probably as fickle and cliquish as the Hollywood press world anyway.

Mike

 

[feldgary]

We just purchased a 2006 2.5 Outback Limited about three weeks ago and love
it. The only complaint is that with the factory alarm the locks do not
automatically lock when the car starts (personal preference from previous
cars) for security reasons for my wife.
I would advise you to use the Subaru web site , build the car as you want
it, then request a quote. we saved over $4K off MSRP from a local dealer
without ever having to negotiate or deal with the usual B.S. or add ons.
Good build quality, VERY quiet ride and great dash layout/lighting. Too cold
to enjoy the HUGE sunroof yet here in Oregon, but looking forward to it.

Gary

 

[Bill Pelka]

Greetings all,

Yesterday I went to the dealer to look at a 2006 Outback 2.5i Limited
SEDAN. We had thought the Legacy would work, but the ground clearance was
about 3/4" less than our 1995 Legacy LSI Sedan. So we went with the greater
ground clearance of the Outback. Got a Silver with Black Leather. Took it
for a short ride and it is Great! It had a spoiler on the rear deck and with
a very short wife, the combination was a very poor rear view. She could not
see thru or around it. So we had to find a way around that. Looked at all
dealers in WA, ID, OR, and MT. There were none. BUT there was a LL Bean 3.0
SEDAN with a "bare" rear deck. So, now we have no spoiler and some silver LL
Bean will have one. (Subaru, why not send a few bare rear decks to a central
point in each sales district, and then just swap them out. Like the salesman
said, "They bolt them on at the factory, so can we...". I got a good deal
and the $1000 rebate helped.

I too was interested in the auto lock when the vehicle is put in gear. I
will have to see if there is a connector or a way to modify the computer
system to do this. It seems that, in a wreck, a locked door would be a good
thing and keep the door closed. It might make it harder to get out, but so
will any body damage, sometimes very minor.

MSRP is $28,020. Invoice is $25,862. Delivery fee of $625 is included. After
rebate my price was $24,950 delivered. Pick it up Tuesday.

Wife gets this one and I get the 1995 Legacy sedan LSI with the 2.2. She
gets 175 horses and I get 112k miles...

 

[Bugalugs]

Greetings all,


I too was interested in the auto lock when the vehicle is put in gear. I
will have to see if there is a connector or a way to modify the computer
system to do this.

Had this feature on a 90 GT wagon I had (all doors would lock with a
bloody great THUNK when you got to about 15k per hour) but does not
appear to be available/activated on my 02 GT wagon.

Would be interested in hearing if you find that this is a feature which
can be activated.

 

[Yousuf Khan]

Had this feature on a 90 GT wagon I had (all doors would lock with a
bloody great THUNK when you got to about 15k per hour) but does not
appear to be available/activated on my 02 GT wagon.

Would be interested in hearing if you find that this is a feature which
can be activated.

I hate this feature. I have it on my 2001 Pontiac GP. Bloody annoying if
you're just going out to reposition your car in the parking lot for a
few seconds. and the car locks you in just for moving. Much better the
way they do it in my 2000 OBW, you manually hit the powerlock to lock
it, only when you want it locked.

But perhaps having a button on the inside to choose an autolock mode is
a good idea.

Yousuf Khan

 

[Carl 1 Lucky Texan]

I hate this feature. I have it on my 2001 Pontiac GP. Bloody annoying if
you're just going out to reposition your car in the parking lot for a
few seconds. and the car locks you in just for moving. Much better the
way they do it in my 2000 OBW, you manually hit the powerlock to lock
it, only when you want it locked.

But perhaps having a button on the inside to choose an autolock mode is
a good idea.

Yousuf Khan

I've always felt there should be a 'feature/option' to have the car
UN-lock at highway speeds and re-lock at surface road speeds. You're not
gonna get jacked on the highway - more likely in stop-n-go traffic or at
a signal,etc. Plus, a highway wreck could damage a car such that locked
doors would delay emergency extraction of injured occupants and be more
likely to require 'jaws-of-life use.

I dunno

Carl

 

[Michael Pardee]

I've always felt there should be a 'feature/option' to have the car
UN-lock at highway speeds and re-lock at surface road speeds. You're not
gonna get jacked on the highway - more likely in stop-n-go traffic or at a
signal,etc. Plus, a highway wreck could damage a car such that locked
doors would delay emergency extraction of injured occupants and be more
likely to require 'jaws-of-life use.

I dunno

Carl

That's my way of thinking. I don't care whether it locks or not around town,
but on the open road I don't want the doors locked for exactly the reason
you cite. Yes, the doors may jam closed anyway but no sense in making it
certain.

Mike

 

[YKhan]

I've always felt there should be a 'feature/option' to have the car
UN-lock at highway speeds and re-lock at surface road speeds. You're not
gonna get jacked on the highway - more likely in stop-n-go traffic or at
a signal,etc. Plus, a highway wreck could damage a car such that locked
doors would delay emergency extraction of injured occupants and be more
likely to require 'jaws-of-life use.

I dunno

Then the other end of the view is, the last thing you want is for the
doors to be unlocked at highway speeds, if you got rugrats who're
likely to play with the door locks while they're trying to be annoying.


Yousuf Khan

 

[Carl 1 Lucky Texan]

Then the other end of the view is, the last thing you want is for the
doors to be unlocked at highway speeds, if you got rugrats who're
likely to play with the door locks while they're trying to be annoying.


Yousuf Khan

I suppose there would still be the child 'lockouts' preventing unlocking
from the inside. Plus, if your child is seatbelted in place it is less
of a risk.

Carl

 

[YKhan]

Even if the child doesn't go flying out the open door, there's usually
plenty of other things in the back seats that can go flying out the
door.

Yousuf Khan

 

[Bredehoft]

Greetings all,

Doing some research on a 2006 Legacy 2.5i Limited. Has
anyone purchase
one and what do you think? I have a 1995 Legacy LSI and it
seems that this
2006 is a perfect fit to replace the 1995. Wife's Car, but its
gotta be as
trouble free as possible. AND the 1995 sure was...

Any insight to problems or maybe some experiences with the
2005's...

Thanks,
Bil

I purchased one of the last 05 Legacy Ltds in August, (it had been
built in July o4, seems no one wanted it). It replaced a 95 Impreza
L. It was like going from a WWII jeep to a 1960 Cadilac. What a Car!.

The only "problem" I have had is learning to shift using the timed
deceleration built into the throttle. (standard shift, you won’t have
that in an 06)

It has sufficient power, I drove from Harrisburg, Pa, on the Pa.
turnpike to New Stanton, the worst mountains on the road, in cruise in
5th gear, never slowed down. And got 28 MPG doing it.

I expect it to last longer than I will.