hmm . Odd. I currently have a 2003 wrx, 2014 forester XT and a 2004 wrx rallycar. Not to mention have owned a 98 impreza, 2002 wrx and a 2012 Outback. No blown headgaskets. And I am far from "nice" to them. That "smell" is because they are horizontally opposed, there's gonna be oil burning...