Good deals on Subarus

January 1, 2019
In this episode of Dirtcheapdaily, Aaron picks up a new Subaru Forester for a steal! The add was fishy, so it was worth checking out.
**Disclaimer on the ATOTO head unit**
it frequently malfunctions. - when you turn the car on, it often takes the head unit 30 seconds to a minute and a half to turn back on. Pretty inconvenient. Customer service was super helpful right out of the gate, but they went silent after being unable to fix the issue. It's been over a month since I last heard from them.

[@MrSubaru1387]

Change oil and filter? Nah, just gonna pour in motor treatment followed by frozen oil stabilizer.

[@Dirtcheapdaily]

lol. who wants to watch me change the oil? This episode was already too long so the other standard maintenance didn't make the cut

[@WillFPaul]

Yeah, what? I assumed after the sea-foam treatment he would change the oil... nope just throw in stabilizer??

[@ryansaunders3478]

Good buy Aaron and congrats on the new digs. I feel your pain on the cold. Went from 90f in Dubai to a new job just north of Winnipeg at -42f (without the windchill) in a little over a week. First winter back in Canada in 6 years...it sucked.

[@hayes_evolution_content5529]

That’s the most rachetly installed amp wiring I’ve ever seen

[@BoxerTechGarage]

Come on man, criticize the radio install but install Supertech oil honey in the motor. Good to see you back on the KZbins. I have that same head unit in my 4th Gen except for it has the touch buttons on the left

[@HandTightGarage]

Stabilizer. Really?

[@Dirtcheapdaily]

It had pretty bad piston slap, so I figured I'd give it a try. Didn't do jack lol

[@HandTightGarage]

@@Dirtcheapdaily No big surprise there.

[@koozmusic]

Yeeeckhh. It's always fun to conduct some "automotive archaeology" on your new used car! Curious what you paid for it. I just picked up an '03 2.5 XS for $3700 last November as a winter beater, and it's in very similar shape. 188k miles but it had the heads decked, timing belt/pulleys (so mine's clearly in better shape than yours *wink*), water pump, and clutch about 10k ago - it's got a pretty clean bill of health. Unfortunately one of the previous owners must have transported a large dog around in it... I have paw (claw?) holes all over the top of my door cards and on the head liner near the top of the A-pillars... I need to tear it down now that it's warm out - I'm sure mine's hiding all sorts of nastiness too.

[@Dirtcheapdaily]

I paid $950.. too good of a deal to pass up lol

[@koozmusic]

@@Dirtcheapdaily Holy cow. You weren't kidding around when you said you "stole" it, haha. Very nice =)

[@jth1987leb]

For hair I use a brush that you put in a drill. Works great to get hair out of carpet.

[@Dirtcheapdaily]

thats actually a really good idea! I usually just use the brush attachment on the vacuum. That usually works pretty well, but with how dirty everything was, the hair was sticking more to the carpet than the vacuum had suction lol

[@lavachemist]

I use a rubber glove (any rubber glove, nitrile works for instances). My brother has two huskies and he uses pumice.

[@forresttaylor2757]

My legacy outback was a very similar sight when I bought it. The guy said he never cleaned the inside in the 3 years he owned it. Gloves were a must.

[@billywalls3378]

that thing is a petrified turd bro😂😂

[@clozapinedogabortionsb6637]

Good to see you back buddy

[@Dirtcheapdaily]

Thanks! Moving, being a dad, and Graduate school have been taking all my time, but I should have some new content this summer.

[@01FozzyS]

Sweet project. Welcome to the Forester world! I'd be wearing gloves though with that nastiness. lol

[@Dirtcheapdaily]

Unfotunately I'm already out of the fozy world. lol I'll have to get the next couple videos uploaded quick to get back up to speed.

[@01FozzyS]

@@Dirtcheapdaily Oh ooops! lol

[@quinnanderson3926]

Those Cherry MX blues in the intro though.

[@80a7x]

where are you based? states? or Canada?

[@Dirtcheapdaily]

states

[@hollysgarage9627]

What happened to the drift subie??

[@Dirtcheapdaily]

I still have it! Just neglected for the winter. I'll have some new content on it this summer. Good to know someone is interested!

[@hollysgarage9627]

@@Dirtcheapdaily Thats good brotha I was worried you sold it! that whole series of you building that thing was awesome man I'm trying to do the same thing to my bugeye eventually

[@jesseabdel3464]

hey I noticed you live near the Woodbury I from the east st.paul area and im working on boosting my na 98 legacy outback I was wondering if you like to get together sometime.

[@Dirtcheapdaily]

potentially. I'm pretty busy, but i'm always down to play with turbos if I can swing it. Find me on instagram and send me a message

[@neonnerd1364]

Um. If it has a broke. Timing belt then it does t run good and the valves are most definitely shot.

[@Helgist]

that's the joke, that's not the timing belt

[@neonnerd1364]

@@Helgist didn't even watch the video longer than it took me to comment.

[@Helgist]

@@neonnerd1364 ah alrighty

[@jamminwithjRokk]

Dude I'm gonna throw up! 😂

[@dublbz1]

Hahaha ha! Don’t buy cars from girls!

[@someguywithasubie8541]

down vote for no gloves

[@Dirtcheapdaily]

lol. I usually would have, but all my good ones were frozen together in a ball and I couldn't wait for them to defrost.