[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by JT58

Never, ever even consider any "Buyback" car- no matter how good the deal. My daughter experienced it first hand. Shed bought a Subaru Imprezza about 5 years ago. Only like 5K miles on it- was a "buyback" She had just graduated college and was looking for a good reliable AWD car for a budget price and it fit the bill perfectly. It had "transmission issues". She test drove it a few times- drove perfectly. She bought the car and has had 5 years of trouble free driving it. Just this year she wants to trade it in- growing family- dog, new born son, etc. Wow the dealers knew it was a buy back and pretty much no one even wanted it as a trade. A Subaru dealer offered the best deal and she kind of settled on a new Ascent. But her first choice was a Toyata Highlander but the dealers did not want it at all. So any buyback should be a red flag, just like a rebuilt.

Value is affected but 5 years of trouble free ownership doesn’t sound that terrible. And nothing wrong with rebuilt cars when fixed CORRECTLY. I’ve rebuilt 5 myself, all have been perfect.

Personally I’d avoid buybacks but that’s generally because the manufacturer doesn’t actually fix it. Sounds like your daughter got lucky and Subaru actually fixed the problem!