***Would you buy a Forester with 150k km's?***

That's what mine has done and it feels like it will last forever. I have looked after it but it has also had what I would call normal use and has been trouble free. I hope to get 400,000km out of it.
 
I just bought one with 137500. What problems it has are being fixed under warranty. Service history essential. I found a lot of dodgy onesfor sale, so I ended up going to a Ford dealers used car lot.
 
Depends on the service history. Provided it's been looked after & there's proof that it has been (documentation) probably yes.
A well maintained Subi should easily do 250k's if not more.

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
Service History is very important. if its well look after, 150,000kms is nothing.

Lets say for my Liberty's example - it has country kms and always been serviced every 7500kms, well look after'd and now on 330,000kms today and i reckon I can get 425,000 plus out of it. Nice and strong EJ22 and the compression is pretty good, no leaks, only downside is noisy gearbox but im used to it and I dont even notice it!
Cheers
AP
 
I just sold mine with 230000kms on the clock and it was wonderful. Took it down the strip dead stock with 200000kms and ran 14.9 which is standard time. No reason to believe it would fail anytime soon.
 
Amate in the WRX Club has a 1998 WRX which he regularly takes to the track and it has just hit 300,000 k's with the original engine. Quite an achievemnt, because the track is one place that will stress the engine
 
G'day Piet,

Its something you have to consider that the average owner would do between 12000 to 20000 kms per year dependant on various things as well as the types of km's driven.

If you found a Forry that has 150K on the clock and is essentially a 4/5 year old car, then it is assumed that this car is about 50k over its average which can elude to other things, such as was it mostly highway km's, country roads, etc. And as mentioned, it is important to peruse its service history if available. You can identify a pattern of the way the previous owner (s) looked after the car.

However be aware of cars with sod all on the clock as well - generally suggests that they have either spent a lot of time in the shop due to it being a lemon, or some dodgy bloke has got the drill on the speedo (ack a bit harder with digital clocks these days...)

Cheers

Aitcho.
 
A good electronics guru would find the odomoter a piece of cake. Be on the lookout for repaired write offs
 
my XT has done 50 k in 12mths ( 90% of that highway/country on cruise) at that rate it will be a 3yo with 150k always serviced on time and i baby it a bit because i love it so much , i will replace at 150k as it is my business vehicle. already have 2 people willing to buy it when i do get rid of it

late model high milage is not always a bad thing
 
I think you just got to make sure that you look at the vehicle carefully or have a mate who know what he is looking at when purchasing a car.

I have a 06 X Luxury with 125Ks which is i am going to look at trading in or selling, and i have serviced it at a subaru dealer at each scheudled service and i would have to say that its never missed a beat.

Go with something that has a service history from a dealer, no the local mechanic shop with more Km's(depending ont he amount of Km's offcourse) then something that hasnt got a service history with less Km's.
 
Dealers aren't all they're cracked up to be. I know where most of the skeletons are in the dealership closets, and there have been some real disasters from poor workmanship. Like the mechanic that set the workhop ablaze when he was working on a fuel tank. Or the apprentice who used a rattle gun to do up a sump plug. Or the brand new BMW that had grease and oil smears over the cream leather upholstery. And so on. There are some very good ex dealer mechanics out there, and some are pretty good and don't rip you off like a dealer does. On the other hand, there are one or 2 good Subaru dealerships in Sydney, who if you get the right mechanice working on it, is about as good as you can get.
 
Rally said:
There are some very good ex dealer mechanics out there, and some are pretty good and don't rip you off like a dealer does. On the other hand, there are one or 2 good Subaru dealerships in Sydney, who if you get the right mechanice working on it, is about as good as you can get.
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Do you want to give the good ones a free plug? (Both ex dealer & dealers)
 
The ones i have personal experience with are on the north shore- but it will vary from mechanic to mechanic. Subaru Lindfeild can be good with the right mechanic. Unfortunately, their number one mechanic is on extended leave at the moment, but there are some other good ones there. But you don't get to really see them as it is a bigger dealership. Hornsby is smaller and they really do try to give good service. A mate of mine Paul works at Roseberry. I bought my first Forester off him when he was in sales, and my dad his Liberty. He is now a service advisor and I'm pretty sure he'd do a good job. He used to have an MY99 WRX as his daily driver, and is still a member of our club. Lives around the corner form me now. Cannot vouch for the blokes on the spanners though as I have not dealt with them. A1 Mobile specialise in Subarus so you could look him up as well.
 
I have been going to Tom Kerr for the last 4 1/2 years and never had any issues with there work.
 
Yeah my mum bought her 03 Outback there and they did all the servicing too. She couldn't fault them.

I bought my 00 GT at 80,000km with log books and a perfect service history. It has just gone past 150,000km. I've done as much maintenance myself as possible. It's my daily drive, in most cases in heavy Sydney traffic so I do strict 5000 km oil changes with full synthetic. It still feels like brand new.

There are only really a few key parts which wear out and these can be replaced quite easily - eg: wheel bearings, clutch, timing belt, power steering belts etc which should be inspected or replaced at Subaru-recommended intervals. Stick to the recommendations and it will last at least 350,000km.

Oh, and although it hasn't happened to me yet (touch wood) some people have had to replace various sensors like O2 and air flow (MAF) fail on them. That's about all I really have heard about.
 
My 2004 manual Forester just completed the 200,000k service, and it's as good as ever. I plan to do at least 300,000k on it, 'cause it's bulletproof. I'd like a diesel, but this one ain't broke yet and the way it's going, it could be quite a while before it is.
 
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