Brought home on November 2013. Has 209,000km.
Trackdays: about 5-8 times a summer, autox 2-3 times, all-season car.
Finished with my second set of summer tires, plenty of life on my second winters.
- oem
- yokohama ig52c
- Michelin PSS 245/40/17
- Gislaved Nordfrost 5
I'm a year into my 3rd set of front pads, a month into my 3rd set of rears.
- Amazing how long these stoptech street performance can go with such abuse.
Second throwout bearing (installed at 130K, along with clutch) quietly hisses sometimes. I'll change it at ~220 preemptively.
***Coolant change at 130K with Subaru OEM (protect your gaskets people). I should have done it earlier but was nervous. New maintenance tasks are always frightening the first time.
This car lives up to its Subaru name, (you toyota owners should be thankful
).
My Habits:
Never drive off without giving the engine 30 seconds to oil up (2 minutes in the winter).
Drive like grandma unless the oil is at temp (a few minutes later than when the coolant is at temp).
Drive it hard, don't worry, it'll be fine.
Don't change your valve springs unless you engine is already broken.
Oil on time.