Subarus - are they any better these days??

[2jayzgte]

My MR2 and I are going to cry into our handbags after that mean comment

I knew you'd be in there with something I was actually expecting a come-back..

[Gonad]

toy baru your car is not all origional, you have had to replace quite a lot in your car, and rebuild your gearbox. TWICE. albeit with factory parts, it still isnt "as factory". try a 462,000km(and counting) toyota corolla, origional motor and gearbox, only things changed are brakes, clutch and cvs. or our 300,000 2e carby rolla, same again. nothing has had to have been rebuilt. and both these cars get thrashed to sh*t.

I owned one, it was the biggest piece of crap I have ever owned, endured it for a year, two motors, three auto boxes, faulty cooling system, and no, it wasnt thrashed.

I'm picking up a bias here... I wonder if some of the above are annoyed that the Subarus are quite fast, and justifying why they haven't got one?

Why would I care if Subarus are fast? If I wanted one, I would buy one but as I stated above, the one I had was a POS, so wouldnt touch another with a barge pole.

[deaf_rattle]

i remember a comment a friend made to the guy rebuilding his 206kw legacy motor.

"do the bearings fail because they are too small?"

rebuilder: its not that the bearings are too small, its just that they arent big enough.

im sorry, but reliability and subaru dont go together, run bearings on a sub 100000km car?

[JustinSpiderholden]

I have always said any motor where the piston is to lazy to stand up needs to be looked at carefully

[B1NZ]

Why would I care if Subarus are fast? If I wanted one, I would buy one but as I stated above, the one I had was a POS, so wouldnt touch another with a barge pole.

Ive known many a POS toyota as well but I would still buy one, You have to base each car on its merits, regardless of manufacturer

[johndoe1025]

i got chased by some crazy skinheads ina v8 ford falcon, while i was in my mates $700 POS auto 1.6 rolla. and got away. now thats saying something about toyotas! hahaha

[iOnic]

i got chased by some crazy skinheads ina v8 ford falcon, while i was in my mates $700 POS auto 1.6 rolla. and got away. now thats saying something about Toyotas! hahaha

Or it could be saying something about the driving ability of the average crazy skinhead.....

As for the Subaru debate. I've heard of people having trouble with them and heard of others never having to touch a thing. I'd say, like rotaries, they need to be maintained fastidiously which is something the average owner never pays much attention to. Most of the people here that are praising their Subarus seem to be the ones that looked after them well which should say something.

If Ferrari's cost $9k they'd probably be flagged as being rubbish as well because the people that bought them didn't give them the treatment they need to keep going well....

[Timmo]

501,000 kms.....not bad.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... =189538570

[darkwolf]

501,000 kms.....not bad.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... =189538570

Also not turbo. But 501,000KM is impressive in any car. Just shows anycar properly maintained can do anything.