I once saw a story about a teacher that drove to work and back. Her journey took her 120 miles EACH WAY. What was her car? 2004 Subaru Outback. She racked up over 500,000 miles on that car and it never let her down. Subaru used her story when she bought a new one as part of the 2020 Outback ad campaign.

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These Outback’s were awesome. A friend of mine had one in College, upstate NY. Had over 200K miles and ran great. It was a beast with 4 snow tires in the winter. Tons of cargo room too

I just bought myself this year a 2001 outback legacy LL Bean with only 38k miles with a perfect carfax from a dealership paid in full ,the paint is perfect, no scratches, interior ia immaculate...so pumped to read how stoked people are on this car. An old man,never married , garage kept had it his whole life, literally only drove it to the grocery store and maintenance. The best surf wagon I could have ever asked for and am moving to the mountains next year!! So pumped to own this car!!!

I've had my 2002 for six years and I love it. I'm a fairly conservative driver so the 2.5 engine doesn't bother me even when towing a small trailer which I do pretty often, it just requires good timing for entering highways and passing. It drives and handles well, is comfortable on long trips even though I'm a big guy at over six feet, and the AWD is remarkable in those occasional times when I've been in low traction conditions on some pretty sketchy back roads. The only real problems to watch out for on this generation with the 2.5 is the head gaskets are known to fail though there is a much improved replacement available and the timing belt needs replacement at around 105K miles because if it fails the engine is likely toast.

LMAO that is SO clever, the Legacy Outback at least my 2000 has seat warmer switches where those coin holders are, you gotta admire how much they innovated for every level of elegance.

Thank you for this review. I am going to be looking at a 2000 Outback next week

Great review i really liked how you took us through everything. It is really practical for someone who is looking to buy one :)

Excellent video. Thanks for posting. We just bought our first Subaru which is a 01 Outback VDC with the 3.0. Looking forward to making XC trips with it. Thanks again & have a great day.

I bought a 2002 Outback LL Bean edition with the 3.0 October 2022. $2900 cash. I absolutely love it. I enjoyed my Lincoln Towncar but this Subie has so much going for it. These have had bad years 98-00 & others. If you are a camper, hiker, fishing or just driving in the woods of Central Oregon like this KZfaqr? I cannot recommend the H-6 model enough. Yes, not great gas mileage and due to frameless windows you get wind noise on them all. Mr Subaru on KZfaq has some honesty on these. Nice review Driven Companion. Honest and accurate.

I have a 2002 😎outback legacy ... I luv them sporty & fun to drive their known 4 being reliable !! & going over 300 k miles 🤘🏽🏄🏽‍♀️💯

Nice ol' school Subie Review! There was also a one-year -2000- Brighton model. All Subarus were AWD from '97 until the BRZ. This 2.5 with Automatic transmission gets 22/27 city/highway MPG, which is comparable to anything else from 20 years ago and with AWD. (My '04 CR-V only gets 25MPG.) These were the last 'well-built' Subarus, if you ask the die-hards -except for HG. (The '05+ models had more general issues with body hardware and difficult to upgrade the integrated HVAC + stereo/HU in higher-end models. )

I just got me a 2000 outback 160,000 miles I’m so excited... thanks for the review..

Great explanation and clesr thanjs was doing some tesesrch on buying one

I bought my 2002 LL BEAN with 300k miles for $450, and it runs like a 100k mile car. Amazing build quality. The rear seat DOES sit flat. You have to lift up the rear seat, remove the headrests, and it locks down. Also, if you can get the LL Bean, you get the 6 cylinder engine that gives a ton more power. They like to cruise and putter around, but floor it and it will fly!!!

Nice review - I have just purchased a 2001 Subaru Outback Limited version vehicle ahere in Australia, and just need to do a bit of work to get it back on the roads. This will be a great car for me.

Hey Mike C reviewed my car! Haha those old Subaru Outbacks are the best. So fun to drive, I wish mine had a manual transmission.

This is a REALLY Great Subi Video. Thanks for making it!

I live in Connecticut, Subarus everywhere and for good reason! Some of the harshest winters in the country at times. Looking to get the L.L. bean version

My mom had one of these Outbacks. I drove it from Maine to Maryland and back one summer. It's was a beautiful vehicle. I wish Subaru hadn't changed the design so much

You can lift the bench of the back seat rotating towards the front. the bench will up against the back of the front seats. Then you can lay the back seats flush with the rest of the cargo area.

My future car in few days 👍 very happy 🙏😊🌟

I rode in the back of this car as a kid! it was a great car Mom a green one Miss that car

The 3.0 is amazing I love every bit of it. It will go 120 without a heart beat and just shift to 4th gear at 4500 rpm in 4th going 120 I’m assuming I’ve got it to 145 with plenty of room to go faster

Very simplistic design, I really want one of these

Love my 2000 Lmtd. Bought two years ago from family, I just hit 87k miles last week.

I agree, my biggest complaint about the 2.5 is it's incredibly slow and it's not even that fuel efficient. If I'm going to sacrifice power I at least want fuel efficiency.

I had a 2000 Legacy Outback. I did like it. However, two problems cropped up during its time with me. It was a five-speed manual and the manual transmission was never up to spinning those four wheels and thus it was a clutch destroyer. I've always only driven manual transmission cars and have gotten well over 200,000 miles on every clutch which is far more than the average for any car. This car only managed about 75,000 mi before burning through a clutch. Secondly, and everyone who's owned one knows it, the head gaskets go at around 70,000 miles as well. This can be a big repair bill especially when you couple it with the possibility of replacing your clutch as well. Subaru has since figured out the head gasket issue and they no longer offer a manual transmission in this heavy a vehicle that spins four wheels. Other than that I thought it was a pretty cool car

That is either a 200 to 2001 model. In 2002 they have two cup holders between the seats instead of one in the dash.

I just got 2000 from my cousin and it’s so nice that i can fit my surfboards into a “small” car

I just paid $2,700 for a 2002 Subaru outback legacy the dark blue and light gold package the illumin 16-inch beautiful charcoal grey interior with wood trimming automatic power everything she's my second Subaru and I don't regret spending the money on it or any little repairs that I'm doing

2003 L. L. Bean and it’s so incredible!! ❤

Bought a 2000 outback last October. Has had some electrical issues with the ECU ground but I’ve put 26k on it already and took it on a 17 hour roadtrip without it failing me

About to get a 2003 H6 3.0 Outback with only 120,000 on it. Can’t wait!

i've been watching your videos to help find what car to buy for me. I think I am going to buy a 2004 Outback tomorrow :)

Do you know what air filter you’re running and what the outer diameter of the intake on the car is?

The back seats do gold flat, if you fold the bottom of the seat forwards first. And the 5-speed manual is faster at acceleration, for some reason. Probably shorter gearing.

People who live in Wisconsin, and other states that borders Wisconsin, especially Canada, own a lot of Subarus of every model and generation. 🙋🏻‍♂️

I was wondering if you could make more space in the back seats by moving the seats a little back and having less space in the trunk. Lmk if this is possible thanks

I have to agree yes handsome car. I want 2000 model with full Deluxe model/ full package and six cylinder engine.

Actually Subarus crossover basically started back in the late seventies early eighties with the Subaru dl and GL wagon sedan and they also had the justy that was both front-wheel drive and four-wheel drive some of them had the four low the synchros just was not very good on the ones with the four low because it would constantly knock out the second gear synchro

Oregon...The Subaru Capital of the World👍😀 They just built a 600,000 SF warehouse right down the road from me!!!!

Interesting intake

One thing I think about most videos where they say a vehicle is slow around 10 seconds from zero to sixty I mainly ignore because most cars get from zero to sixty within that time

I love my BH. I'm torn as to whether or not to sell it.

Man i miss driving that car😔

The Baja was also built on that platform.

Consulta amigo me venden el mismo año 2000 es muy gastador o no ??

Cool!

Im gonna look at one tomorrow at a used car lot. Tryna get it down to 2 gs or less if it runs good and miles arent bad.

That's right.. 82 KID is (presently) a Subaru Outback.

What about consumption?

What are those rims?

Which version is this one seeing so there's four different versions

Subaru Outback... must be in Oregon!

So what is the decent fuel economy?

Need Moarrrr BODY CLADDDDDINGGG!!!

This model was like marrying a supermodel, the later ones were plain Jane in comparison

My concern is that seems to be a gas hogger.... 2.5 loter getting roughly 21 to 23mpg on highway thats terrible for a car in ots segment... plus all the underlying issues with engine!

You forgot the VDC model..

You know you can lift the back bench to get the rear seats to sti flat.

If you’ve had a manual one it could have more responsive for the increase speed

How tall are you? I'm trying to see how well I'd fit as a 6'3" driver

My 2001 Outback back seat bottom pops up so if you take head rests off of rear seats, they will fold down flat.

Gen 2 was from 2003-2008. How is this a Gen 3?

CLOSED BY THE WINDOW???

26 mpg not that good? Wow

Does anyone know where to buy crossbars??

Subaru dropped the legacy name in 2000 for the outback name

All I need to say I have the same car but you need a manual

Literally in bend Oregon

This is only second generation not third third generation starts 2005

Those are fog lights!?! Thank you

Американский или европейский

Don't call it SUV. It's a wagon/estate

I have one of these and it is kind of a piece of s***. I might get it fixed (engine changed) ONE MORE TIME................ (2002 2.5)

Че за Сергей на минималках

Toughest Subaru ever made.