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Old 03-22-2012, 11:08 PM   #61
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Originally Posted by tachi1247 View Post
repairs and routine maintenance are definitely different things and maintenance costs aren't much higher for a turbo car in this class than a na one.

your car was as you stated a lemon and isn't typical. A factory turbo charged engine should last 100k miles if its not abused.
Well I don't think we are going to agree, but it is a known issue that turbo subarus tend to have engine problems. And in my mind the cost of maintaining a vehicle includes "repair" work.

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