SUBJAM1

Guys

Does anybody have an opinion on how many miles a standardish Turbo Impreza is likely to manage before needing major engine work...

Most cars these days are capable of 150 - 200, 000 miles if maintained carefully, but i rarely see Imprezas with high miles...is there a reason for this?
other than maybe being short distance or weekend cars

Anybody got a high miler?

mr.sheen

i know of a high miler (over130000miles) tuned quite a lot running at 1.6bar boost on original engine and internals no problem. tuned by OMA performance but the highest ive ever seen was a uk turbo with 250000miles but dont know the cars history.

big-kev

i think its all down to how you drive your car and maintain it . i seen a scooby the other week down the street from me and every time i seen it since the guy has been hookin the **** out of it ! then he drove in to my street today and tbh the engine is hangin out off it , so if you look after it , it will look after you

petedotuk

my mate has over 150000 on his rb5, Full De-cat and re-map, dont know wat power but all standard components including turbo.

He hammers the sh1te out of it everyday but he lets it warm up properly and he has a turbo timer fitted. Everyday car and it runs/sounds great.

RB5 Boyo

Aye thats a lot of miles for an impreza too, although on saying that i also have heard wat mr sheen is saying about a car i see at OMA's with over 130k miles on it, and its supposed to be quite quick and bravely tuned also....think theres a couple of high milers around OMA's running big power with standard internals!! A friend of mine also recently bought a high miler impreza turbo with 115k miles on it with a full graham Goode service history, full exhaust and down-pipe, dump valve, induction kit and front mount....he rakes the crap out of it every day and it runs sweet as a nut with no problems at all!!

I bought my RB5 a year ago with a full engine re-build into the deal. The engine had went bang at 52,000 miles with the previous owner who only had it two weeks , and it had a service history from eastwoods so seemed to have been serviced regularly....but then you dont know what way the car had been treated by the previous owners, maybe it had the s**t driven out of it and not warmed up cooled down, bad cheap petrol, bounced off the rev limiter every day....who knows.

I know any car i buy i change the oil and filter every 4000 miles and service it regularly and i like to think this helps to keep the car going for many miles....but is suppose unless u buy a car brand new u cant be sure how well the car/engine has been looked after!!

Kevin

OLLIeRB5

loads of high milers on pistonheads. and a lot of RB5`s as I noticed when looking with over 100k.

had a load of bug eyes in work with 90-120 k on them too.... one had 118k and was minter than mint and the guy had it from new for hs missus, and had no bother with it

5doorbullet

iTrader: (1)

my94 uk wagon has 143k and goes like ****.... all way's puts a big on my face when i have her out for a run

davey21wagon

milage means nothing as long as its looked after

mind u i personally wouldn t go out and buy a car with big miles on it

bekee

just as was said, look after it and it will last a lifetime......my dads cars wer all serviced regularly and are still goin like clockwork..........scoobs are slightly different, as with other high performance cars, as they tend to be gunned a bit more than the average car!!! but true, keep it well maintained and ther should be no unexpected problems

davey21wagon

well tuned car u know in the back of ur head it s going have more problems
ie needing rebuilt at some point ( but its part of the fun )

i ve done 25 more miles in the last week ( 73k ) ......... all looking good keep u s posted

SUBJAM1

Thanks for the responses guys and gals, all sounds good

I've got 87k on mine with a full history so there should be plenty of life in it yet then......doh shouldnt say that its doomed now