“Bought a 2007 Subaru Forester 5K cash, 150K miles earlier this year against my better judgement—hubs was insistent it was reliable.”
who maintained it and how well? did it come with any service records? 150K isn’t exactly low miles.
For me 150K is “nicely broken in” Here are some cars I’ve owned in the past:
72 mercury montego (lemon)
85 Dodge Ram Vam (meh)
86 Toyota Corolla (nice car but long story)
88 Subaru Justy (took a licking and kept on ticking)
92 Saab 900 nice car; ran well hit a deer)
93 Audi Quattro (electrical problems)
95 Honda Passport (lemon—really an Isuzu Rodeo)
94 Nissan Truck (was hubs not bad for a little truck)
97 and 2000 Dodge Neon (at the time repairs were free for the 2000 so had pretty much everything replaced-weird ignition but ok)