[QUOTE=Tcoat;3295113]What you have seen is just a small taste of how fixing a 20 year old car can just lead to a domino effect of failures. It isn't just a matter of replacing a couple of parts like repairing a newer car but can become a total restoration project that soon becomes a money and time pit. There is a whole different level of dedication when you start working on older vehicles like this and a quick, cheap, flip is a rarity no matter how easy is seems.
Agreed. I have certainly had some taste of repairing old cars, but definitely not much yet. But of the two I owned (00 cavalier and 04 Mazda 6), both had issues that created plenty more. And yes, these aren't OLD haha, but I ain't either.... yet. The Mazda especially was a nightmare. I spent more time heading to the junkyard to pick up parts and changing them out than I did driving the thing. I remember taking it to the shop once because there was a particular code that was related to the throttle body going off, so I wanted the guy to see if I needed to replace it. He called me and told me there's too many codes on the car, he can't fix it, LOL.
As per the Subaru Outback business, I'll get a look at it this weekend real quick to check the brakes and maybe peak underneath the car. Just to satisfy my curiosity. Thanks guys.
