WRX's don't count, AFAIK they're "rode hard and put away wet. Beyond that is hard t osay - I think most of the older turbos on the market are 2.0's, arent they? It appears the 2.5 turbos will go over 100K miles without repair. Ford Contour platform, 32 Ford II, Henry, 13 Ford Thunderbird, 22 Fox. They essentially spend zero on maintenance. Some people buy new and sell their cars with 50-60K miles. But my cost-per-mile would have been lower if I'd sold much earlier. I did so because I knew a relative was probably going to buy it. The question is really more one of cost.įrom 140-165K miles I put over $2,500 into my 97 OBW. If you maintain a modern car, you can drive them a lot of miles. If you go to a site like ultimatesubaru that focuses on maintenance, you'll find hundreds of posts about problems with head gaskets. That may be, but the 95-99 2.5l Outback motor is now rated, "Fair" or "Poor" depending on year. Can anyone comment on this.I've been doing a bit of reading on the subaru, but I wouldn't mind hearing your opinions.Įdit: It was 04 for Consumer Reports ranking Subaru #1 Here's a few good threads.also type in "Subaru Reliability" into the search box a lot of good info. But I don't want to sacrifice long term reliability. The main reason I would go for the legacy over the others is the power increase and the awd (which I could live without). Both the lexus and the acura have very good long term reliability reviews, especially the lexus with the bullitproof inline 6. 7 L turbo diesel engine Wheel nut torque Reply Subscribe. My question is, how does the powertrain, particularly the 2.5 in the legacy GT hold up over the long run? I am looking for a car that will last me a few years like I mentioned, without significant repairs (my last car was a ford contour SVT, a fun car, but a moneypit). SVT Contour, the SVT Focus, Ford GT, Shelby GT500, GT500KR and the F-150 SVT Raptor. I am buying used and hope to have this car for a good 8 years. The other cars on my list are the Lexus IS300, and the acura TSX. I have narrowed down my car search to 3 cars, the legacyGT being at the top after I drove one. What would we do these days without these things, I don't know.Īnyway, I've been lurking on this board for a few weeks. The gearheads under SVT Director John Coletti applied time-proven tweaks to the Contour’s V-6, including using an extrude honing process to smooth intake passages, plus adding new cams, a larger-diameter throttle body, hypereutectic pistons, a high. First of all, I think this board is great. Ford freshened Contour’s styling for 1998, but the real news was the new performance model.
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