How much rust is this? (05 legacy 2.5 GT)

[DirtyCajun]

Hello everyone. This will be my first post so please be gentle .

my first car ever was an 06 forester. Sadly I totaled her. Many years later I am older, have a family, and am looking for a another Subaru.

I’m looking at a legacy 2.5gt, but it lived it’s life up north. I haven’t, and need a crash course in what I am looking at.

I know I’m looking at an older car, but they just don’t make the GT’s anymore (correctly anyway IMHO) and this one has lower than average miles.

This car will be a LONG term daily and second family car .

 

[DeepSix]

It looks like, from your pictures, that you are looking at surface rust on the chassis. That is normal should not be a concern. What you need to look for is rust to the body and that will be easy to see. Good luck.