May 22, 200520 yr http://www.subaruhighmileageclub.com Check this out, 2000 Outback legacy with over 800,000km (over 500,000 miles!)
May 22, 200520 yr Hey cool, that's the email I sent to the site admin! I reckon the secret is lots of calm cruising. Limit on the sort of roads he's been driving is 90km/h. (55mph) Of course, hitting 800k km is extraordinary regardless.
May 22, 200520 yr If I had the money for a spare car, i'd just set it on bricks and let it run the odometer up real high...just to show it off :-P
May 22, 200520 yr Way to go, Roger Soderberg of Sweden! I wonder if he knows he's becoming a celebrity over here?
May 22, 200520 yr i can't believe it i just finished reading the e-mail an had to check it out for myself.if i hadn't seen this i wouldn't have believed it.people say to me,geez you have alot of miles(146,000 or so) an mines only a 94
May 22, 200520 yr I wonder what the first ownere of our 2000 Legacy AT used it for. When we bought in in November of 2001 it had 99,850 miles on it. Ticked over 100,000 driving it home. We slowed down, only 155,000 or so now.
May 22, 200520 yr Damn I'm only putting 30k a year on my Legacy.. I bought it with 48k last year.. and am just getting to the 78k mark.. I couldn't imagine driving 100k a year! Yeesh!
May 23, 200520 yr That is damn impressive. I wonder what his secret is. Well, he's from Sweden, so like my Outback, his car was probably built in Japan and not the USA ! :-p (Sorry, only teasing ) Seriously, just regular careful manintenance and a lack of abuse....I don't think there are any secrets to long vehicle life.
May 23, 200520 yr see that cane in the pic? its called, look i put it on blocks and wedged my cane on the accelerator... don't ya think with 500k it'd have a little bit less shine and a few more bugs/paint chips on the front? i have my doubts..
May 23, 200520 yr I was reading about him.. he has a birth defect that he can't use his right leg to drive.. thats kinda gotta be a PITA to drive that much with just your left foot.. nah.. may be you'd get used to it huh? ... Either way .. Why would an old dude like that put his car on blocks just to have that many miles on his car? Also, it said he delivers campers or something like that all over sweden for a living. ALSO, it said he had the HG's changed.. a front CV joint.. and both rear wheel bearings(from all the towing I'm sure) .. It's believable. see that cane in the pic? its called, look i put it on blocks and wedged my cane on the accelerator... don't ya think with 500k it'd have a little bit less shine and a few more bugs/paint chips on the front? i have my doubts..
May 23, 200520 yr It's a 1999 according to this : http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=771959 Very cool in any case Steve
May 23, 200520 yr Essentially, a driver in Sweden bought a used 1999 Outback in 2000 with 12,000 km on the odometer. His most recent safety inspection shows that he had 807,801 km. He can only use his left foot to drive because of a birth defect. He's "retired" but freelances delivering camper trailers throughout Sweden, so about half those km were spent towing trailers.
May 23, 200520 yr That would have to be $40k+ in gas ... if it was in the US! So what did it cost him at Swedish gas prices? -Heikki Essentially, a driver in Sweden bought a used 1999 Outback in 2000 with 12,000 km on the odometer. His most recent safety inspection shows that he had 807,801 km. He can only use his left foot to drive because of a birth defect. He's "retired" but freelances delivering camper trailers throughout Sweden, so about half those km were spent towing trailers.
May 23, 200520 yr It's for real. Roughly two years ago he was featured in the European Subaru magazine. He was nearing 600k km. The beauty was that he had only owned the car for a week and came back to the dealer wanting a 12,500km service....they couldn't believe it!
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