Life begins at 200k miles
So my 1993 Subaru Legacy has finally reached the golden age of 200,000 miles. It rolled over the looming mark just a few minutes ago and contrary to my nightmares the car ran just fine afterwards. No dead engines or dropping transmissions it just kept on rolling. My wife and I decided to take it out for a short drive just to roll it over, we both have spent many hours in this car through 4 years of college and nearly 2 years of commuting to work the car has yet to give us one problem. I’ve had the car since about 100,000 miles and besides routine maintenance and leaking a little oil the car just won’t stop. So stay tuned because in a few years I’ll be claiming 300k!
January 2nd, 2004 at 2:40 pm
Bryan,
I have a 1993 Subie Legacy with 178,xxx miles on it. Still running!!! I purchased this car with $156,xxx miles and it runs excellent. With just regular maintenance and some front CV joints, I have had no major engine or transmission issues. The only engine problem I have had (and this is so common on Subaru’s in the 90’s) is the dreaded hesitation. I pretty much solved my problem by changing the spark plugs with NKG’s and a Collant Temp Sensor. We are a Subaru family. We have a 2002 Subaru Outback Wagon LL bean edition and love it. The 3.0 H6 “Boxer” engine is one of the smoothest engines I have come across. I think Subaru’s are the best built AWD vehicles on the market today. Iam currently looking for a 2002 Subaru Sedan with the H6 motor.
Good luck on your Subie… let me know when you hit 300,000 miles…
Paul
February 2nd, 2004 at 9:13 am
Hey yall! I have a 1991 Subaru Legacy with 217,000 miles on it. It is a great car but,
twice in the last year I have had to put on a new front CV joint…now only 10 months after replacing the first one, it is going bad again.
Does anyone know if this is a common problem? Could there be an underlying problem that I could take care of instead of replacing CV joints every 5 months?
February 18th, 2004 at 10:36 pm
Hello, I have a ‘97 Outback wagon with 140k (original) miles on it, carrying family, boats, dogs, skis, etc. all around the northeast US. The original tires went to 70k miles. The 2nd set went to 130k. Regretfully, the head gasket blew in sub-freezing temperatures a few weeks ago. So, after having the heads machined some, and replacing all seals, gaskets, pumps, clutch, flywheel, idler bearing (that had gone bad before), pads and rotors, hoses, and a full tune-up, the car is ready for another 60k - 70k miles (at least). The car owes me nothing and cannot be compared to in terms of performance and reliability for so long (7 yrs).
July 22nd, 2004 at 6:09 pm
My mom’s got 250+ miles on her ‘87, I think, Subaru Legacy wagon….We’ll see when it runs outta juice…