On Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 8:39:08 AM UTC-10, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
> >
> > On 2015-05-28 12:14 AM, dsi1 wrote:
> >
> > > OTOH, Subarus have always had good press but when I'd see them on the
> > > side of the road, I knew exactly what happened to them - broken timing
> > > belt. That's easy enough to fix. To bad they're a drag to drive.
> >
> >
> > Wow. I am impressed. It is not everyone who can spot a car broken down
> > at the side of the road and know immediately that it has a broken timing
> > belt.
>
> Well, it must be a great relief to any driver who stopped because they
> had chest pains.
>
> Janet UK

The incredible depths of my perception allows me to tell the difference between some old geezer on the side of the road clutching his chest and a young person standing clueless next to a Subaru.

Broken timing belts were a problem with this car of that vintage so it's a pretty reasonable assumption. They had two timing belts which pretty much double your chances of breaking a belt. If you were lucky, you'd break the belt which didn't drive the distributor which would allow you to limp home on two cylinders.