How I Bought a 2011 Subaru Legacy for just $1000

[@mantarayal]

I like the way you never "write off"" cars as useless, or gutless etc. etc. So refreshing as a normal buyer not being belittled by smart arseness. These cars aren't fast, we know, but they're super useful, 4WD, and have a certain cache cos Subaru. Come up to Whangarei. They''re everywhere bro!! And thanks for reminding me about the clay bar. And also about the boost making brakes suddenly go hard. Appreciated mate.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah like it's not a car I'd buy for myself personally, but I can see why people do. They are great cars.

[@perpetualgrin5804]

Cleaning a car is never work but therapy. 😅

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@perpetualgrin5804 agree

[@894-i4q]

I would have to disagree lmfao, sends me into a fit of a rage half the time.

[@lockiebaillie]

@@894-i4q only when it's dirty

[@Sk0die]

Yet another resto banger, good stuff mate!

[@KiwiCarLife]

Thanks man!

[@JamesTheobald-lh6wd]

jeez... that must've lived all it's life close to the coast with all that rust.... 😮 glad someone rescued it!

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@JamesTheobald-lh6wd yeah we picked it up literally right in front of the ocean haha so not surprised.

[@JamesTheobald-lh6wd]

@@KiwiCarLife 😅😅

[@ryanapted3598]

Enjoying the R&R vids. Keep up the good work

[@KiwiCarLife]

Thanks!

[@PatrickGemmell]

Love the practicality, saw the potential in the car, got a new guard - brake booster, cleaned it and down the road she goes, keep em' coming :)

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@PatrickGemmell thanks man yep plenty more videos coming!

[@limitlessxpert6774]

Love these restoration videos

[@KiwiCarLife]

Good to hear!

[@nimbus2099]

Quality kiwi content 👍

[@KiwiCarLife]

Thanks man!

[@sampreston5578]

Hey man, i’m from Christchurch NZ. I love your videos, very simple yet well delivered, i’m a fan of the content.

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@sampreston5578 thanks man!

[@ptime5612]

Love these car flip videos

[@KiwiCarLife]

Good to hear! There’s more coming!

[@fohman2796]

Have the outback version of this with nearly 250,000k’s and I love the thing

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@fohman2796 good stuff!

[@abcbcd1834]

Love the direction your channel is taking mate. Congrats on the selling licence. Never heard of those before - here in the UK as long as the tax man doesn't poke around, you can sell as many cars as you want in a year. It's always great seeing older cars treated nicely and brought back to life like this. Been subbed since I got my Accord (Euro - which in the UK is just standard as we didn't get the US Accord) but man, the rest of your content is fantastic as well. Very underrated channel

[@KiwiCarLife]

Thanks man! And yeah here some people have got away with selling more but I'm not keen to get in trouble

[@MrButtonpresser]

Great videos, well delivered and edited. 👍

[@KiwiCarLife]

Thanks!

[@spadgm]

Nice work!, what a good buy for a grand! Look forward to more of these sorts of vids mate!

[@KiwiCarLife]

Plenty more coming!

[@motleydude73]

Score! Well done. Enjoying your rescue and restore vids! And as an ex car groomer yes sand is a nightmare. And burned on brake dust! My best score was 1994 Accord VTiS for $300 back in 2015. Had the SRS light on. Got it fixed and flipped it for $2200.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Thanks man! And ooh yes that's a great flip. Ugh yeah hate sand and brake dust. The latest Mazda 6 video has plenty of that!

[@reneeandmitchhardman6326]

Love watching your vids from the other side of the ditch mate; great to see your work. 2015 XV in the drive here and for well over 200K on it she drives mint.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Thanks man! Wow you aussies do some serious k's

[@Jonathan.MichaelNZ]

The harnessed power of four children going through a rubber band 😂 too true

[@KiwiCarLife]

HAHAH yep

[@HK-vv9kv]

Would love to see more detail on the mechanical work

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@HK-vv9kv problem is I’m not there for it because Jack does it in his own time so I never have much footage of the work he does

[@helplesskiwi]

Damn.... Nice job Sir. Good stuff 👍

[@KiwiCarLife]

Thanks!

[@butterz3488]

Hey mate- a good video format for you could be short and sweet "Best cars for 5k" and keep going up each week or every few days etc- next week best car for 6k or jump up in 2s etc Just an idea- like the content mate- from a fellow wellingtonian haha keep it up

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@butterz3488 ooh yes that could be a good idea!

[@kapualaniananialauagiagi8371]

Would love to hear more on how much you put in to the vehicles to get em back in tip top shape and reselling em

[@kapualaniananialauagiagi8371]

Great video tho as per always!

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@kapualaniananialauagiagi8371 yeah I’m trying to put more detail in

[@dronriddy9873]

it's incredibly cool to buy such a Subaru Legacy for just one thousand dollars, in my country, even considering the condition and year of manufacture, such a car costs at least nine thousand dollars....

[@KiwiCarLife]

I know! I was amazed to get it this cheap too

[@thatguyben3128]

_🤔..if you ask me _*_JACK_*_ deserves a pay rise OR more air time, 👏🏼great job guys_

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah he’s getting his fair share don’t worry haha

[@thatguyben3128]

@@KiwiCarLife haha 😁

[@Usernametouse]

Awesome stuff Just looking on trademe, you might make 4-5k on it … One thing would be the timing belts in Subarus can be pretty pricey & usually get done around 200kms

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah hoping to sell for about 6-7k

[@RockingNZ]

Love the video! How much did you sell it for?

[@KiwiCarLife]

$5k

[@BenjaminButler.]

To get sand and fine shit out of carpets get one of those small electric sanders with no sand paper and put it on the carpet to vibrate the sand to the surface

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@BenjaminButler. ooh that’s a good idea

[@bikesbeyond3135]

U do this so utterly well🎉, it’s a pleasure to watch

[@KiwiCarLife]

Glad to hear!

[@The_Noticer.]

Change the wipers though :D

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yes haha they wipe fine but are noisy

[@mikemichaels2914]

You sound like the Kiwi version of Steve Erceg from UFC 🤣🤣🤣

[@KiwiCarLife]

Lol

[@victorwilks88]

Flip master

[@KiwiCarLife]

Haha hopefully!

[@toxaq]

You want to change that cambelt if you don’t have proof it was done already. Did you put it in sport+ mode? The default is super placid to make the economy good on that boxer engine around town.

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@toxaq yeah thankfully the cambelt had been done already. And nah this one didn’t have the Sport# option. But yeah I had that in my old Legacy 3.0R manual and it made a big difference

[@toxaq]

@@KiwiCarLife I assumed they all had it, I can't imagine my 2010 without it!

[@patch860]

What is the final cost after purchase?

[@KiwiCarLife]

I think it cost about $1500 for all the parts and labour to fix it up plus the purchase price

[@matt_hayward]

Subaru: The school of rod knocks

[@KiwiCarLife]

lol

[@otrivinity]

Hey have you sold this/ how much were you looking for? I have a friend in Wellington who might be interested

[@KiwiCarLife]

Hey man get him to email me [e-mail]

[@Mazokn]

Nice bargain. So many Subarus in NZ, even the FPS guy in Christchurch was driving one.

[@KiwiCarLife]

I know there's plenty around!

[@thomass8118]

Love these subies. Just one question: in Europe, the sport came lowered on Bilstein with 18s wheels from factory, twin exhaust (and full spec interior - leather and rear vents). Are you sure this is a sport?

[@KiwiCarLife]

Just coz it says “sport” doesn’t mean it’s the same spec worldwide. This one is a “sport” because it’s got paddles, body kit, larger wheels etc. doesn’t have the suspension or leather though

[@thomass8118]

@@KiwiCarLife That's what I was wondering. Thanks for the clarification.

[@BullyHayes1977]

I think that sounds like what was called the 2.5GT in New Zealand. 2.5litre, turbo, with 5 stage Auto behind it. I had one for a few years because i wanted a fast 4wd wagon that wasnt Euro. And other than those features, I hated it. Noisy, terrible Bilstein suspension, nasty cheap interior and questionable exterior styling. The Gen3 and Gen4 Legacys were much better cars in their day.

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@BullyHayes1977 yeah agree tbh the gen4 legacy I had before was better to drive and better built than this. Dunno how the new one got worse

[@thomass8118]

@@BullyHayes1977 Most European countries did not have the 2.5 turbo (or the later 2.0 DIT). We had 2.0 N/A (EJ204) with 6 speed M/T or CVT, the 2.5 N/A (EJ25) with CVT and the 2.0 diesel with 6 speed M/T. The 2.5 and diesel were available as 'sport edition' and had full leather, rear seat AC vents, bilstein shocks with lower springs, 18 inch wheels, twin exhaust. In some markets (Germany) they also offered the 2.5GT (only 09 and 10) which came full specced from factory. When euro5 emissions came around, the 2.5 was dropped and was never replaced by the DIT.

[@alastairh9607]

Strange pronunciation of Subaru. Is that how it's said in NZ?

[@stringy872]

Yes, that's how we pronounce it.

[@Callum027]

It's closer to the original Japanese pronunciation so from my perspective the way everyone else pronounces it is strange

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah everyone in nz pronounces it like this. It’s not helped on my part by me having difficulty saying R’s. But yeah Sub ahh roo is how we’d say it

[@chrischoy9]

@@Callum027it’s neither. The Japanese way doesn’t put overemphasis on the BAR part.

[@taelee347]

I assume you will now be doing an engine swap with EZ30 + manual transmission swap in this as well? 😄

[@KiwiCarLife]

Haha nnoooo

[@RanenPo]

Do you need to do anything to the engine bay before hosing it down with water?

[@KiwiCarLife]

Nah it’s fine

[@seanhamilton4175]

Just don't spray it down the intake and you'll be fine 😂

[@adnanmoazzem4146]

Hey there just wondering which car parts shop did you use to buy the car parts ?

[@KiwiCarLife]

Just go on trade me and look for wreckers selling parts for the right make, model and colour of the car you want. That’s how we got the guard and the tail light

[@adnanmoazzem4146]

@@KiwiCarLife thank you for the reply. Also thank you for the review, it's was interesting to see your point of view with this car. Your guess with the car Is spot on- a good family wagon. Has exactly what I need - heaps of space for two cars seats, stroller, camp chairs, eskys and many more.

[@MVDBMedia]

hey what product did you use underneath the car with the rust because it has surface rust? sandblast ?

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yep and underseal

[@MVDBMedia]

@@KiwiCarLife also do you have a discord server up yet

[@kronikphase]

What a deal

[@KiwiCarLife]

Sure is!

[@snggarageeng]

make review on B9 Tribeca , biggest mistake of Subaru

[@KiwiCarLife]

ooh yes that would be an interesting one

[@Wilt8v92]

Driving around with brakes like is not good,i bet they changed the oil as well...

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@Wilt8v92 the car stopped fine enough, they were just noisy. All fixed now though

[@Wilt8v92]

@@KiwiCarLife I was not having a dig at you mate it was previous owners.,.

[@sensei_habibi8925]

How much did it end up getting sold for

[@KiwiCarLife]

Haven’t sold yet

[@Jonathan.MichaelNZ]

What an excellent Japanese automobile 😂

[@KiwiCarLife]

Good strong car

[@Ryan-fb1ot]

Lol

[@B33ond]

Start your own dealership with Jack.

[@KiwiCarLife]

I sorta already have except he's just my mechanic

[@Keaguan]

subaruuuu

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@Keaguan good strong car

[@MartinJones123]

Been following your content for a bit, and enjoy your reviews and car flips... Decided to subscribe, from Australia 🦘

[@KiwiCarLife]

Thanks man!

[@Pixels1920]

4 more harnessed children going through a gearbox with the structural integrity of a block of cheese.

[@KiwiCarLife]

That’s the one HAHA

[@kleenbeats]

Perfectly fine… until that CVT fails! (Known lemon)

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah we'll see this one seems ok

[@deathtoming2201]

Ah you bought a boat!

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@deathtoming2201 it’s a big car!

[@chapove]

First one.

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@chapove well done

[@footballnz3017]

3rd one....

[@KiwiCarLife]

Well done

[@Vikturus22]

What is the point of paddle shifters for a cvt? Such idiocy

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@Vikturus22 haha I mean they kinda work but yeah they’re a bit pointless

[@subazealand9158]

Trust me, they work well in Alpine passes when driving downhill. I personally don't use them to "race" (and newer Subaru mimics gears when accelerating fast, so I don't need a paddle shift to "feel" the gears)

[@Tobesyy]

I remember getting my Subaru levorg 2016 on 120xxx for 3K was a deal

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@Tobesyy AYE? How?

[@PashaOCE]

I heard this car was going for a $1000? 😅

[@KiwiCarLife]

Good one!

[@PashaOCE]

@@KiwiCarLife had to try man😂

[@andysaunders3708]

Subaru. It's Japanese for "You are walking home". And please clean up the rusted shell you left on the side of the road..

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@andysaunders3708 lol

[@coopsnz1]

it rusted and damaged

[@KiwiCarLife]

I see

[@TB1M1]

NZ new never hold up as long as cars made in Japan for Japanese.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Bro they're made in the same factory what are you on about?

[@TB1M1]

@@KiwiCarLife they are not made for the local Japanese market. The standards are not as high. Mazda used to tectal treat (rust) all their local cars but overseas markets had no requirement so they rotted away.Japanese make the best vehicles for Japanese. Go ask Scotty Kilmer.

[@mynameis123456ish]

worst car I've ever owned

[@mynameis123456ish]

a part related to the cvt went on it. Was quoted 4-5k

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@mynameis123456ish yeah that would explain it haha. When it was working was it alright?

[@mynameis123456ish]

@@KiwiCarLife yea, owned it while living in wanaka so was pretty handy to take up the mountains. Would be an awesome car if not for the cvt

[@WayToManyAssassins]

That much corrosion for a 2011 car 😂 typical subaru

[@nymphia2922]

Not really a Subaru problem, pretty sure it’s because they live on an island. All their cars probably have rust 😂

[@Drifty325i]

@@nymphia2922 no very little rust compared to most islands, this one probably lived right by the beach

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah they did live by the ocean unfortunately. Would have happened to any car

[@coopsnz1]

the not even that price at auction in japan ! what a deal less than a 1000 k

[@KiwiCarLife]

Crazy man!

[@coopsnz1]

2010 white 2.5 wagon 313000km bid in Japan 106000yen

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah we certainly got this one for a steal!

[@JamesO-q4q]

Would of gave ya 1100 for it😊

[@KiwiCarLife]

Good one!