I'm more curious what people this this is worth, but if someone was interested in buying it even better.
1996 Legacy Outback 5 speed
~420k miles on car, ~220k on engine.
Needs tires, tie rods, brake pads and rotors and a starter soon.
Leaks about a quart of oil per 100 miles
Wont pass smog because of an oxygen sensor heater code, but it passed fine 2 years ago otherwise.
White exterior, with 2 hand sized dents, and a couple scrape marks on the bumper.
Interior is fine, a little worn but no obvious problems.
Its located near the SF bay area. It belongs to my dad and I dont think he has decided 100% to sell it, but if someone is interested I will let him know. It would probably be worth $1500 registered and not leaking oil, and more than scrap value in its current condition, but idk what would be a fair price.
'96 5 speed, so it's a 2.2? Here in the rust belt, that's "ask $1200 and hope you can get $700," but then we don't have smog inspections to fail. I'm sure the body is better than the clapped out pathetic rotboxes that are left here in the North after 16 years, so YMMV.
EDIT: since I chase prices for fixing up my own rotten clapped out '95OB too often...
$200 or so for good used tires from a scrapper, $100/axle for decent pads and rotors, $70 or so for four decent tie rod ends from RockAuto and $50-100 for a front end alignment, roughly $60 for a good o2 sensor. The starter probably just needs a disassemble/clean/lube, unless it's just weak, figure $100+ for a good reman. If I remember your description of the oil leak correctly, it's likely the oil pump seal. Budget $200-220 to replace every seal under the cover and a timing belt kit.
So you're looking at what, $5-800 to fix it up if you do it yourselves? It's probably worth a shade over $2k if mechanically sorted, up to you two if you want to invest the effort. Should be good to go for a long while longer if you go whole hog now.
I'd make a cash offer for it as-is if you weren't on the wrong side of our very wide nation.
I'm with VP. I wouldn't mind having it if it didn't mean certain death via the wife. It was hard enough haggle permission to buy a motorcycle.
Probably needs a driver's seat after 420k.
I pulled the timing cover and there are no visible oil leaks that would explain the massive amount of oil leaking, and my dad doesn't want to put any money into it without fixing the oil leak. I just think it seems silly to scrap it when as of a month ago (its been parked since then) it was being driven 3-400 miles a week with no problems other than clouds of oil smoke anytime you stopped for too long lol. The drivers seat actually doesn't look bad. Its completely rust free too.
Your main oil leak points on a 2.2 of that vintage are, in order of greatest leak to slowest leak: oil pump, separator cover, front and rear mains about equal, valve cover gaskets and cam end seals about equal, then headgaskets. Pretty much all of those pour onto the header, hahaha.
This assuming there's no gaping rust holes in the pan... not much of an issue on a SF Bay car, I'm assuming..
