MikeyG

All of a sudden ive gone all paranoid that my car is gettin on towards high mileage now the odometer has rolled over 40K miles. Its an MY99 UK Turbo with FSSH carefully treated and doesnt have any problems that I am aware of. Someone reassure me that there is loads of life in the old dog yet!

Re-Bitten Hero

You're worried at 40k miles??? Scoobs, if looked after, are good for 150-200k miles with nothing major! Maybe the odd clutch or two, if you're a hard driver .

It's barely run in really!

Richard

Peanuts

iTrader: (15)

40k, shyte, its gonna die tomorrow
go to for sale and look at all the cars and see the mileages.
otherwise we`re gonna end up with another *Scoobs are toss and worth **** all* thread.......

Re-Bitten Hero

Look at this thread that was directly below yours:

http://www.scoobynet.co.uk/bbs/threa...hreadid=228857

Gedi

if I remember correctly, one of the scoobs at Jap innovations has about 180K on, is running well over 300bhp and still sounds like a new engine

fdpxfunix

MikeyG

Don't worry.

My MY99 UK Turbo Wagon has 34.7K on the clock. Both our cars should of covered about 48K miles by now, saying 12K miles a year average.

So far in 22 months of ownership ....

dead battery
new tyres
new back box (old one was fine, but standard)
new front disc/pads (next weekend)
new MAF (warranty)
new Lamda (warranty)

... all in all not bad for a 4 year motor, and to be honest the MAF/Lamda has been changed in the last month.

High mileage for an MY99 has got to be up in the 70K region, but IMHO the boxer engine at this mileage will still be singing sweetly .... where other engines won't.

Main reason I bought the Scoob was for the engine. I know things do go wrong (and probably will now I've said this) but would you rather have a 'mass production car that sounds like Electra' at 40K or an Impreza?

J.

Hanley

Mikey

Don't worry mate

Mine has 170,000....YES...170,000 miles on the clock and is running like a dream, epsecially now it's been chipped by David Wallis. 280BHP of pure fun!!!!

If you see a White MY95 around St Helens it's probably me

I live in Whiston and my mate in Sutton Manor has a Silver MY98

You have years left on that car mate!!!




[Edited by Hanley - 11/07/2003 17:41:30]

MikeyG

Hanley, I might have seen you around. Saw a white classic (STI4??) in St. Helens a couple of weeks ago. I live in Rainhill so im barely a mile from you! Should have seen you more often really!

Hanley

Mikey

Yeah was probably me

Mine is a UK MY95 with STI 5 rear spoiler and STI 4 front lip

Just in the process of facelifting the front-end to look like an MY00

How long have you had the scoob??

k9any

My 97 UK has done 92K still going strong

millband

92k miles MY97 also... fine except the £600 service at 90k!

Has to be said mine did get a short engine under warranty at about 40k though (slapping)

Steve

zoomzoom

dude, you've barely started, 40K is almost nothing. I've got 74K on mine (MY'99). Scoobs w/ 100K and 200K on them aren't that uncommon.

MikeyG

Hanley, had it for about 7 months now. Decat, DV, boost gauge, Afterburner, clear repeaters. If you wanna meet up drop us an email as per profile!

Ian D

My MY98 turbo saloon is on 119,000 miles, I have known the car from new nad it had a minor warranty repair (relay?) in the first month, new battery and rear exhaust section last year but apart from that sweet as a nut. If it has a FSSH and is driven with respect (ie not driven hard until warm) high miles should not be a problem.

GTI

There are a fair few in the states running 300,000 miles yes 300,000 and there only 6/7 years old how people can drive 50,000 miles a year is beyond me, but good to know they will last!

Pavlo

117,000 still going nicely thankyou.

40k is just a baby

Paul

sulli

As long as it's serviced at the correct intervals - not much of a chore with Subaru being fairly resonable on servicing costs - and oil is changed at least every 5 k, and other fluids at recommended intervals, I reckon you will see 200k no problem, without anything major engine-wise. Warm-up and warm down are imprtant too.

I looked at a few before I found mine (MY98 with FSSH, oil every 3k, 90k mostly motorway, and 90k service just done) and it drove sweeter and tighter than a 16 yr old virgin (And also sweeter and tighter than all the other scoobs i'd test driven, including ones with less than half the mileage, and a P1 demonstrator with 5k !!)

So don't you worry, ensure you learn how to change the oil, and do it every 3k, and you will be fine for years to come.

Echo

Blimey - at 29,000 on the clock from new in November 2002 I'm depending on mine doing 200,000!

:-)

Mike