I'm currently driving an old outback, and the fuel efficiency is kinda killing me. I appreciate the lesbian aesthetic, but it's costing too much.
The must have "features" of the car:
- Improved gas millage over my current car (~20)
- A reasonable quantity of storage space for camping equipment and moving stuff around.
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4k usd
Features I would appreciate but are not a dealbreaker:
- The vehicle looks decent
- The car is pre 2005 model year ( This is not very important)
- Has a standard center console that can take aftermarket devices.
Thanks a ton!
I would add:
I’d probably stay away from euro and American brands.
Your budget will make this extremely difficult tbh
for certain model years the Impreza wagon was an Outback, which wont really solve her problems
a real headscratcher
Outback could be legacy or Impreza and she didn’t make that clear in the post
in both cases, a heavier car which cuts into the MPG a bit
I mean there is a difference between going from a legacy outback (which may be the 6 cylinder) to an Impreza wagon/hatch which may or may not be an Outback trim.
There is at least a couple hundred pound curb weight difference between all legacy and Impreza models so it’s worth considering if there is a worthwhile mpg gain.
true, i didn't think of that.
if she's getting up to 20 mpg then it's a good guess that's what she may have, from what i read the 4 cylinder imprezas should be getting slightly better
Its the 4 cylinder legacy.
Yeah ultimately this is a cars.com or autotrader.com search and see what ticks the most boxes. The limitation will just be the available inventory for those particular cars in a particular radius.
Another wrench is that older cars from the northeast and Midwest are likely gonna be rust buckets.
oh yeah, and who knows the state it's in when you get it too.
even a "reputable" dealer wont give the whole car a once-over to make sure all the parts are in good working shape