heartless Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 well, my 89 GL wagon, spfi, 5 spd, fwd, just turned over 230,000 miles on Sunday. I am putting about 100 miles a day/5 days a week on this car driving to and from a new job. car had 142,700 when I bought it 4 1/2 yrs ago. the first couple of years of ownership, I was driving truck long haul so the car sat around a lot and didnt get all that many miles racked up - maybe 500 a month back then...now it is more like 5-600 a week. the best part is, I am getting around 32-33 mpg!!! hard to beat that with a 17 yr old car! I figure that sometime around October, I, personally, will have put 100,000 miles on this car since I bought it. Could happen sooner if I take any longish trips with it... I can honestly say I have NEVER owned a car that has held up as well as the Subaru has. (and to think that I used to be against owning foreign cars! what a dummy i was!) I want to put out a heartfelt thank you to all of those that have helped me keep this ol' girl going. Without all the great folks here I would have given up on her long ago. I am really glad that I havent done that, I really like my old Subaru. It will be a sad day when the time comes to take her off the road (she has cancer) but I hope to be able to replace her with another Subaru when that time comes. Drive safe everyone. Long Live the Subaru!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfire Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 well, my 89 GL wagon, spfi, 5 spd, fwd, just turned over 230,000 miles on Sunday.I am putting about 100 miles a day/5 days a week on this car driving to and from a new job. car had 142,700 when I bought it 4 1/2 yrs ago. the first couple of years of ownership, I was driving truck long haul so the car sat around a lot and didnt get all that many miles racked up - maybe 500 a month back then...now it is more like 5-600 a week. the best part is, I am getting around 32-33 mpg!!! hard to beat that with a 17 yr old car! I figure that sometime around October, I, personally, will have put 100,000 miles on this car since I bought it. Could happen sooner if I take any longish trips with it... I can honestly say I have NEVER owned a car that has held up as well as the Subaru has. (and to think that I used to be against owning foreign cars! what a dummy i was!) I want to put out a heartfelt thank you to all of those that have helped me keep this ol' girl going. Without all the great folks here I would have given up on her long ago. I am really glad that I havent done that, I really like my old Subaru. It will be a sad day when the time comes to take her off the road (she has cancer) but I hope to be able to replace her with another Subaru when that time comes. Drive safe everyone. Long Live the Subaru!!! i got my first gl this past november. i got it because my truck was ready to for project work. the gas prices as well. i am up to 309,455. i have put about 5,000 miles on it myself. no problems yet on mine. i have added alt. battery (optima) red top. few other small touches. good luck with yours. i hope mine gives me another 100,000 miles. might be wanting to much but i wish cant I????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WagonsOnly Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Personally I have never put over 50,000 miles on a single car. However, the most reliable so far has been my '94 Justy--the only repairs that have been made have been normal maintenance items, and it's due for some body work from a slight mishap. 12,000 miles since I bought it as an "unsafe car" from a dealer in New Hampshire for $900--and it's running better than ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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