I just re-read this. Did you actualy get a flush, or just a fluid and filter replacement. I see a lot of places trying to talk people into a flush and with an older tranny it always does more harm than good.

Also if you are looking at suburu, a lot of people around my parents (way in the country) bought them thinking perfect a 4wd car. Now a lot of people are selling them because they AWD and underpowered for the hills so the gas mileage isn't much better the trucks and SUV's the replaced. Then they found the maintenace cost is higher, car suspension gets knocked out of alignment easier, timing belts instead of timing chains so you have to tear into the engine often to replace the belt along with a bunch of other parts. Then most people kept their suv/truck for when they needed to haul something so the cost of isuring another vehicle ate most of the gas savings. So in the mountain states like WV, MD, PA there are a bunch of used ones for sale really cheap.