Denz

Does any one know how many miles an Impreza should reach before major problems? Was told once about a Legacy doing 600,000 miles before it kicked the bucket! Could I expect 200K taking into account how an Impreza is likely to be driven!

Also in general have they proved reliable All the dealers say so, but i was just wondering what fellow owners thought.


Thanks!


Denz

JWKC

Just wonder How many of Imperza are runing 100,000+ miles already?
Thanks
JWKC

xyzpaul

Excellent question.

I know of someone with 120k miles on the clock of an Imp turbo.

Denz

xyzpaul


any trouble???



Thanks
Denz

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Matt Oz

Denz,

I used to have a 94MY UK turbo. It had 111,000 miles on hte clock when I sold it, and the only bits that had been replaced were the usual comsumables, such as clutch, discs,pads etc. I had the gearbox looked at and lightly rebuilt, but nothing drastic. Biggest bill was £1000, and that was for all of the above at about 90,000 miles. A cracking car, and no mistake

IainM

What about bodywork/rust? Anyone with the older cars seeing any problems there.
I was wondering cause of IM's insistance on bodywork treatments to maintain the rust warranty. Dont suppose theres any galvanised bits in a scooby is there...

Matt Oz

Well, the amount of rust on my car was tiny! Probably due to a diet of Autoglym. The front was chipped and there was a little bit of rust on the leading edge of the front wings. Nothing blistering elsewhere apart from the odd bonnet chip that had water ingression. Pretty impressive.

Markus

grrr, bit to handy with the submit button

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Markus

I've got a MY94 WRX Wagon, which has done about 67000 miles, and it's still running OK.

As for rust and it's condition, well, it's got the odd scratch and scrape here and there, and just a tiny bit of rust near the tailgate, but apart from that it's in very good nick, I'm very, very impressed with it, as it's 6 years old. Doubt that my previous mondeo ST24 would be in similar condition 6 years down the line.

Steve Howat

Hi Guys.

Mines a MY95 UK turbo with 95000 miles on the clock. Biggest expense so far... 90k service (ouch). Only other things to do apart from pads and disks was a crankcase oil seal (fairly common) and a temperature sensor. It's still on its original clutch (not for much longer though ) and any other expense is down to mods, the latest being a spanking set of 17" wheels .

As for rust, hmmmm..... The sunroof that was fitted from new has started to blister around the surround. Not a car problem but a dealer problem (they f****d it up and didn't treat it properly ). Other than that no probs!

Hope that helps!

Steve

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Stuart Page

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M reg and 107,000 miles, still as sweet as ever! No rattles, no bits falling off. (touch wood!) Blokey at garage said it drove better than a few he'd seen at 50k miles.

Stef

Hmmmmmmm....MY98, 56,000 miles.
Been off the road for six out of the twenty one months I've had it. New bottom end, three new gearboxes, two new wheel bearings, new discs, etc, etc.
They certainly aren't bullet-proof, unfortunately!

Stef.

Steve Howat

Certainly not with the amount of abuse you give it, Stef

Under 'normal' driving they are pretty good!!

robs

M reg with 99K. No probs at all. Had it for ~21 months & biggest expense was (again) the 90 K service. Got it from a Sub dealer with a 3 year warranty when it had 85K on it. Still on original clutch, which juddered when I got it, but is silky smooth now. I guess it'll go one day. Anyone any idea how much a new one should be?

Opie

My wife's MY95 Impreza L has 119,000 miles! The only "problems" it's had are: @89,000 miles - power steering pump, @100,000 miles - A/C fan relay. It's been through 3 sets of brakes, 1 clutch, 3 sets of tires, and all the other "normal" maintenace. The car still looks and drives like new , No rattles, no rust.

MattT

Hey Steve,

I've got the same blistering problem around my sunroof. (I wish I didn't have the f****r). What did you do? Cost?

I'd appreciate the benefit of your experience!

Cheers

MattT

Denz

thanks for everyones help i was worried as im not going to be able to buy another MY00 when i need to replace, and thats likely to be in only 2 years (100k)!!
so looks like iv probably got longer with her than i thought!

thanks

Denz