At $6,200, Is This 1994 Subaru Justy 4wd A Justifiable Deal?

With its three-cylinder engine, CVT transmission, and on-demand 4WD, today's Nice Price aliases No Dice Justy is simply a triple threat of oddball features. Could that make it worthy nan seller's asking? We'll person to find out.

In an ultra-rare occurrence, past Sunday night's Academy Awards ceremonial had a necktie decorativeness successful nan "Best Live Action Short" category. This was only nan seventh clip successful Oscar history that 2 winners had topped nan voting, and, arguably, it proved to beryllium nan astir breathtaking result of what was different a reasonably mundane and drama-free night.

I thought we mightiness person a akin communicative successful nan voting connected nan 1987 Chevy Corvette Callaway twin-turbo we looked astatine yesterday. Looking astatine nan results coming in, nan early voting was cervix and neck, virtually 50/50 connected nan car's $33,000 asking price. Eventually, nan yeas pulled up of nan nays, earning nan Callaway a creditable 54% 'Nice Price' win.

While yesterday's Callaway proved lust-worthy for most, today's 1994 Subaru is Just-worthy. Er, I mean, it's a Justy. This was Subaru's one-and-done introduction into nan then-burgeoning. mini car marketplace backmost successful nan 1980s and '90s. Offered successful 3 and five-door bodystyles, nan Justy was derived from nan Rex kei car, enlarged successful each directions but sharing doors and broadside windows pinch its small progenitor. After this edition, Subaru went nan way of rebranding cars from different manufacturers arsenic its compact models. None of those ever came to nan U.S. market.

Unlike each nan different Subarus sold successful nan U.S. astatine nan time, nan Justy didn't person a pancake motor mounted longitudinally successful nan nose. Instead, powerfulness for nan Justy is provided by a transversely-mounted 1189 cc inline triple pinch a azygous belt-driven overhead camshaft. A chain-driven equilibrium shaft smooths nan move connected nan 73-horsepower mighty mite.

The Justy's declare to fame, however, is its value arsenic nan first car sold successful nan U.S. pinch a continuously adaptable transmission (CVT). Oh sure, those are arsenic ubiquitous coming arsenic a leader pinch their manus successful your pocket, but it each started pinch nan Justy. While five-speed manuals were besides available, this car happens to beryllium 1 of nan CVT-havers. That feeds nan beforehand wheels each nan time, but astatine nan push of a dashboard button, it tin nonstop powerfulness to each 4 wheels successful accepted Subaru fashion.

Other than nan sliding set automatic, this Justy is beautiful bare bones, thing nan seller points retired arsenic a benefit, calling nan car "pretty elemental and aged school." They further claim, "These cars are besides very elemental to activity on. Parts are still disposable for astir things, and moving connected it is astir arsenic easy arsenic an aged VW Beetle."

That's not to opportunity it's nan automotive balanced of a pet rock, and nan seller says location has been a bully spot of caller attraction done to nan car. That includes caller CV shafts, a timing loop and h2o pump connected nan engine, and caller Vredestein tires connected each 4 corners. That past 1 is benignant of a large woody considering really difficult it is to find decent 13-inch tires these days. Other updates see a replacement lipid pump, cam screen gasket, and a fluid work connected nan CVT. At present, nan car has only 54,000 miles connected nan clock, and nan seller claims it useful awesome and is nan "Best snowfall car" they've ever seen.

It looks beautiful good, too. Or astatine slightest arsenic bully arsenic immoderate '80s-designed mini car can. These don't connection an ample canvas, but everything connected this 1 appears to beryllium successful bully information connected nan outside. It moreover still carries its original mill integrative instrumentality covers, each of which look to beryllium successful awesome shape. The seller does statement a mini ding successful nan driver's doorway beneath nan keyhole, arsenic good arsenic immoderate missing weatherstripping connected that aforesaid door, where, they say, a squirrel noshed connected it erstwhile nan car was parked nether a tree. Sheesh, rodents, americium I right?

One bully point astir nan four-door Justy from this era is that it still had B-pillar-mounted spot belts, dissimilar nan three-door's mechanical rodent belts. Another positive successful this Justy's compartment is conscionable (see what I did there?) really cleanable it is. These were not expected to beryllium semipermanent keeper cars, but were sufficiently good built to clasp up complete nan decades, and this 1 has seemingly not seen excessive usage aliases abuse. There's thing peculiarly singular successful here, prevention for nan truth that it is truthful tidy and original, correct down to nan mill radio. A cleanable title, on pinch acquisition and work paperwork, will travel pinch nan car arsenic an added bonus.

As a last trading point, nan advertisement notes that this Justy is tin of getting adjacent to 45 mpg connected today's ever-more costly gasoline. Part of nan logic for that is nan frugal 3 nether nan hood, and nan different is that nan car is happiest astatine little road speeds. That seems for illustration a adjacent trade-off, making this some a quirky classical car and a viable commuter. The question, of course, is whether aliases not nan seller's $6,200 asking value makes this Subaru a coagulated contender.

They opportunity nan value is arsenic patient arsenic a greenish banana and that nan car is cash-and-carry.

What's your return connected this Justy astatine that $6,200 asking price? Does that consciousness adjacent fixed nan car's capabilities (it's supposedly awesome successful nan snowfall and gets bully mileage) and condition? Or does that value consciousness wholly un-Justy-fied?

You decide!

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