This thread strikes a chord with my present Subaru-less person...
Lots of people sell parts cars on eBay Motors and Craigslist. It's worth a shot.
My buddy has done rather well buying late 80s SAABs on Craigslist and then parting them out via eBay and CL when they starting pooping out. He has a driveway and garage, though, and is often around on weekends with his boys while his wife works at a local hospital. Me? No driveway and less interest in waiting for CL buyers to show up.
In fact, you might want to see if you can find someone selling one with extensive body damage where the engine might be okay.
Around 1982 I sold a Honda Civic for $500 that was totally trashed save for the fact that the engine "ran good". I found an ad in the Boston Globe for a pristine Civic with a blown engine and called the guy. He gave me the cash and drove the engine-cum-wrecked-shell home to Burlington (what, 30 or 40 miles?) with no brakes whatsoever. His wife drove in front and, I must presume, served as an emergency bumper.
Oh, and our friend ricin works at
Copart. They have a
'99 V70 GLT up for auction with rear-end damage. I don't know precisely which model you have, obviously, so that might not be a match.
My WRX sits about 50 miles north of here, eviscerated, in a barn, while I try to decide what to do with a 2002 MY car with a blown engine. Only 82K miles, but a certain degree of "rode hard and put away wet". Edit: yes I am looking at a used engine from a wreck. But at least I got
my Capra moment.
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