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Originally Posted by svxistentialist
I forgot one thing, one important thing jetboy.
If the car you are considering buying has a black roof, it is of the older phase one variety, no matter what the year of first registration may say.
As you mention, sometimes they were in showrooms a long time before first registration.
If you purchase a car that is all one colour then that car is a phase two car.
Phase two cars will have the different [EOBD?] diagnostic plugs and may not lend themselves to chip tuning, but remember what I said about the 4.444 grearbox. That is the cheapest way of quickening up the car so you will notice the difference in performance.
Joe
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Wow, thanks for your answers. In particular I wasn't aware of the Forester transmission, that one hasn't popped up during my search yet.
Icing, apparently they came with designations like CXW etc.. which supposedly says what's fitted. It seems to me that most sellers, or at least adverts, are not really stating everything about the specs. However, I'll call Subaru and hear them out how to ID the unit (we probably have some VIN equivalent here) and check what it is actually.
Just keep it coming folks and thanks so far.