mattocs Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 I needed a new rotor and pad on my front drivers side wheel. $210 at Monro...so that sucked...and then the guy said 'in the new Subarus you're lucky if you see 50,000 miles.' That made me sick to my stomach. So now i'm torn...do I really need all wheel drive? Perhaps a Hyundai or a Toyota will be much more worth it than a new Legacy. I just wish I could buy another brand new 1995 Legacy and all would be well. Anyone out there with new Subaru's have problems yet? I want a new Subaru...but I also want to get 200,000 miles out of the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenSisters Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 50K for the brakes sounds reasonable to me. You didn't say how many months of salt spray exposure they were subjected to in PA. I've never been able to keep brakes (rotors and hardware) from rusting to hell in Ohio. I'll agree that Subaru reliability has plummeted and there are a lot of good AWD contenders that weren’t available when I got the 'ru, but 50K on a set of brakes wouldn't dissuade me. Head gaskets and wheel bearings, now that’s another story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattocs Posted March 13, 2004 Author Share Posted March 13, 2004 When he said 50k I was thinking he meant like engine life in the car. 50,000 miles for brakes is FINE! :-D Heh...I got worried...I'd hope i'd get a lot more than 50,000 miles out of a Subaru. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenSisters Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 It didn't even occur to me you were thinking 50K total mile lifespan for a Subaru. That guy is working at Monro because he's not skilled enough to be a real technician. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcspeer Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Go buy a 29.00 dollar rotor at Auto Zone and a twenty dollar set of pads, you problary should get one for each side so they will be the same. Then get a Haynes manuel and follow the steps, if you need help their is plenty of advise here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattocs Posted March 14, 2004 Author Share Posted March 14, 2004 Yeah..I said 'My Subaru has 209,000 miles or so and still runs...not many prolems' so I dunno if he assumed the brakes where that old or what when he said that. I just was like 'OMG' because it scared me...heh. I hope to have a new Subaru by early May Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane b Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Originally posted by mattocs and then the guy said 'in the new Subarus you're lucky if you see 50,000 miles. You should feel lucky. A guy at work has a Jeep Grand Cherokee and has to do a total brake rebuild every 20K. This is his second Jeep and he said his last one was the same way, every 20K. Said he sold it before the warranty was up just in case. Don't know why he bought a second one.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HB_Dad Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 I wish I could get anywhere NEAR 50,000 on my '03 LL Bean Outback! I've replaced the fronts 3 times now (twice included new rotors) and I only have 42,000 miles on the car!! All work is done at the Subaru dealership, so you'd expect the best, but maybe this is untrue? I have an open case with Subaru on this who insists it must be my driving. This is untrue since I drove my previous Outbacks EXACTLY the same with the EXACT same commute! Moral of the story, I wouldn't bitch about 50,000 miles on a set of brakes, because some of us are envious of your "problem"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattocs Posted March 15, 2004 Author Share Posted March 15, 2004 lol my roters just replaces 21k miles ago (11 months ago) brakes need to last longer :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtsmiths Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 We bought our '00 Legacy wagon in November '01, and it had 100,000 miles on it when we got it (this was a 13 month old car, mind you). Today the car has 146,000 miles on and we're still running on the same brakes, front and rear. Just had them checked when we put the summer tires back on last week, and the shop said they look just like they did last fall. My '87 Wagon had 130,000 on it when I bought it in '97, today it has 210,000 +, and I haven't done brakes on it either (or clutch, for that matter). Just remember that brakes are 'fungable' parts (that means you use them during normal application of the product). Drive hard and you pay more, course I'm a geezer, so whadda *I* know about driving hard, right? Wrong, I just don't do it much any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99obw Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Yep, driving style. Think coasting and following distance. 90k miles on the original OEM brakes on our '99 outback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99obw Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Another thing, I was always taught that both sides should be replaced at the same time. Is there any truth to that? It seems to make sense to me that you would want the two sides to brake as equally as possible. I would think that this guy at Monro would definately try to get you for both sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lsr3177 Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 108,000 miles on the brakes on my '98 outback and still doing great. But then again I am an old f**rt. Although head gaskets at 94,000. In fact today just for fun, I test drove a Hyundai Santa Fe with the 3.5 liter. Then I went over to Toyota and drove a new RAV4. Interesting, the RAV4 did handle very sporty and nimble. Drove on some real twisties and up and down the aisles in a park parking lot. Then some gravel on the level and on very steep hills and in a grassy constuction site etc. Great traction with their anti skid with traction control. Very inpressive and the young sales person was along. But like I told him, with all that traction it takes the fun out of trying to power slide. Maybe, I should go back to a rear wheel drive as I enter my second childhood for the second time. But my outback drove very well in comparison though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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