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Originally Posted by 86fanatic
How many people with WRX or STIs actually do regular compression tests to make sure their engines are running as strong as when they were factory new? I'd guess not many, maybe 1%? People make a lot of assumptions about turbo reliability and maintenance and just because you change oil with synthetic and haven't had a major failure doesn't mean the turbo doesn't have it's own cost on your motor.
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Exactly... I was the only person I knew of my friends who really took good care of their STI or WRX. My other friends just ran theirs into the ground. I feel bad for whoever bought their cars more than mine. Unfortunately I got a lemon... I went through a center diff, a first set of rod bearings, a turbo, and a 2nd set of rod bearings (bad warranty fix on the 1st one IMO) within 40k miles of the car being new. Complexity always adds variables that end up possibly biting you in the pocket book. Easily 13k worth of warranty work.. I didn't want to be on the recieving end of that trainwreck when it came out of warranty.