Ed.   Yep. My Subaru is a '97 Legacy OB. Bought with 96,000 miles. Headgasket blew over Christmas at 134,000 miles.

I was wrong about it having all-weather tires. They are mud & snow. (Bought it from a kid who had just spent 4 years at school in New Hampshire.) When they need replaced, however, I'll probably go with all-weather.

My two previous cars, inherited consecutively from Ma & Pa were a Taurus and a Sable. I was satisfied with the way they handled snow and ice, but the Subaru, with it's awd, was noticably better. No fishtailing going up icy hills, and just a very little bit when making turns across deeper snow piled up at intersections by the snow plows. I also liked having 3 lower drives to downshift through to stay off the brakes.