Forester STI capable of high mileage?

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25 February 2018, 08:36 AM

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Forester STI capable of high mileage?

Considering a forester STI as our only do it all daily car. There is a car local but it has 85000 miles and is mapped running 310bhp with 365ft lbs. Is this likely to be a ticking time bomb with the 2.5?

It won't cover many miles as I cycle to work and my wife will just use it for about town.

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25 February 2018, 09:31 AM

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The JDM EJ255 is pretty good. My old Foggy STI was past 150k with an LPG conversion the last I heard.

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25 February 2018, 10:21 AM

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They will need looking after, so you're going to want to see a nice thick wedge of service history, preferably by a specialist.
But they are capable of high miles.

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25 February 2018, 10:31 AM

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Had a widetrack STI but miss the noise and the power, currently have a 2012 Legacy which is nice and massive inside but it's a bit slow.

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25 February 2018, 11:47 AM

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The 2.5 issues appear to be more a case of if, rather than when. So they are as likely to fail at 80k as they are at 130k. That being said, I'd still budget for a full rebuild at some point during your ownership.