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Post by last celtic warrior » Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:20 pm

Unsure how many kms my Subie would have on it. I'm guessing somewhere in the vacinity of maybe 400,000 to 500,000 km. But that isn't really anything worth considering, as the car has had a full rebuild and fresher parts are always replacing older ones. The other thing is the motor, which I believe is the original one from this car, but has had some use (till he couldn't trust it to stay running if he went outside town) in Rick's car (rtcb65 on here). He threw it my way when his new motor was built because I had just had two motors blow up on me and needed yet another. This motor is going stronger than ever now, while all I've done to it is work it hard (high revs with custom auto controler) and clock up lots of hard highway miles on it since halfway through last year.

I think Subies could just about last forever if you excersize them regularly and look after their health.

Impressive high mileage would go to the old Peugeot wagon I had for 10 years before the Subie. It had somewhere near 400,000 km on it when I bought it where it had sat for a year on the side of the street in Brissie. Put a battery in it and drove it to the nearest servo for the 200 km drive home. I put another 290,000 km or so on it and never ever had the sump plug out, even after blowing the head gasket and another time replacing the eaten out head. It cost me around $200 in maintenance the entire time I had it and was pranged/crashed a number of times (would have easily been a write off each time if it was insured), regularly crossed a local river (water lapping over the bonnet at times), towed things that no other car we had around could manage, did a problem free trip to Tassie and back towing my beach buggy on an A-frame and fully loaded and returned more fully loaded with the buggy loaded as well as a full roofrack crammed with furniture (in 2 easy days). The most impressive part would be the brakes. When I sold it, it still had the brakes that I got it with, and I'd only just replaced the front pads after all those years. Could not kill that car nomatter how hard I tried, and I tried pretty damned hard...
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Post by someguy » Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:36 pm

mine rolled over to 340,000 about a month ago (but the engine was rebuilt at around 250,000)

Brothers liberty - 260,000

mates brumby - 698,000 :P Never rebuilt and thrashed on the farm.
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Post by discopotato03 » Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:21 pm

303 500 and counting .

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Post by Cam » Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:34 pm

207,000 on n/a ej20 in my brumby, had 40,000 less same time last year tho:(, turbo lib had 280,000 when i sold it, and l series had 350,000 on it before the motor was stuffed, still running tho..

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Post by El_Freddo » Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:57 pm

Ruby Scoo is now on 395,5xxkm today... It doesn't leave much time for the rest of the EJ conversion before she hits the 400,000km :???:

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Post by subasurf » Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:06 pm

My 2001 Forester has a bit over 167500 KM.

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Post by Dougie » Sat Apr 18, 2009 6:49 am

Ben wrote:87 Brumby has 90,350. 03 Outback has 121,000 or so.
90k on a brumby, got any pic's:p
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Post by Dougie » Sat Apr 18, 2009 6:52 am

just realised this is a old thread but pic of your motors and mileage would be cool:cool:
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Post by T'subaru » Sun Apr 19, 2009 1:01 pm

'89 RX 330000 plus
'90 wagon 330000 plus
Both parked with major oil and compression issues. Both ea82 turbo's and a part of the family.

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Post by libertarian » Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:45 pm

got 258,000 on my 94 lib wagon and thought that was a lot but obviously these things go a lot further.

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Post by username » Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:55 pm

91 L, 297XXX, got it at 276XXX in 07, 3rd owner, main stuff all original, clutch slips like craze and third is always mad.

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Post by someguy » Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:15 pm

Dougie wrote:just realised this is a old thread but pic of your motors and mileage would be cool:cool:
Will do when I get the camera out next.

My EA82 looks like new because everytime I get home from an offroad trip I alway clean it and scrub it to make it nice. (but thats just me I like my engines looking nice)
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Post by Cliff R » Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:31 pm

OMG !!!!
How amazing are these figures.
My MY 1982 touring wagon only has 236,666 k's and they are original too.
No wonder people say at 250,000 and the motor is just run in.
Be nice to have our KIA Carnival do the same figures (yer right)

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Post by AlpineRaven » Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:44 pm

Cliff R wrote:OMG !!!!
How amazing are these figures.
My MY 1982 touring wagon only has 236,666 k's and they are original too.
No wonder people say at 250,000 and the motor is just run in.
Be nice to have our KIA Carnival do the same figures (yer right)
Subarus have always lasted longer than what you think, if you look after it, Subaru will look after you!
Mine is nearly 300,000kms and have the feeling she'll go beyond 450,000kms and that is my goal...
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Subarus that I have/had:
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1996 Liberty Wagon - SkiFX AWD 5MT D/R, Lifted.. Outback Sway Bar, 1.59:1 Low Gearing see thread: 1.59:1 in EJ Box Page
Sold at 385,000kms in July 2011.
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Post by Busdriver » Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:01 pm

have to say that I agree with that AP, I got mine (my first Suby) at 300,000 and did a comp check to find that it was all to spec, then checked with both previous owners and no major engine work has ever been done, and now another 30,000 later it still doesnt use any oil to speak so I am beginning to see why they have such a good reputation. Here is mine at Mitta at Easter.
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Post by Albert » Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:52 am

Hello all. I'm new here. I have a MY04 2.0i sedan with 88,000 on the clock.
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Post by aware » Wed Apr 22, 2009 2:34 pm

MY05 Forester X Weekender: 39,500k
MY09 Forester XS: 68kms :D

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Post by Elmy » Wed Apr 22, 2009 6:55 pm

Mine got 202000km :mrgreen:
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Post by justincase41 » Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:06 pm

My brumby has 250,000km. Original Engine purring along beautifully, Rebuilt Gearbox.

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Post by charlie90lserieswagon » Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:29 pm

1990 L Series has done 266,700kms. Engine is reconditioned and runs well, new clutch, timing belts and radiator.

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