Subaru Owners?? Options

[chucho]

Any subaru or former subaru owners on the site? I'm trying to figure out the upkeep cost of subaru and the boxer engine. I'm very interested in buying a XV Crosstrek in a few months but don't want to buy anything that has as much upkeep cost as my VW Jetta. I live a distance from work so we put a lot of miles on our work vehicles. 60 miles one way to work . Thanks for any feedback.

This post has been edited by chucho: Feb 4, 2013 - 8:09 AM

[creis]

Don't know about to 15' sti.

I'm a Multi subaru owner, (2001 2.5rs coupe + 2005 WRX) There great cars, the head gasket is true, around 100k and they need to be replaced which means pulling the motor resurfacing the heads and new studs but beyond that scheduled maintinance and there generaly problem free if you stay away from mods that is. I spun a bearing in my stage 2 wrx pushing it too hard but I picked up a new long block and dropped it in (was a much much easier swap them replacing the 5s in my celica.) my 2.5 is completely stock and has had only 1 issue (besides head gasket which was preventative done at 105k with the timing belt) the fuel pressure reg when out around 117k, pretty simple fix. (I've put 100k miles on it since I got it at 49k) Worst problem is the paint on the front bumper is thin, and rock chips add up. the 2.5 handels like nothing else, not as smooth a ride as the wrx but damn you can throw it into corners as hard as you want and it holds it. Driving the 2.5 for a while then hopping in the wrx makes it feel like a boat around the corners (though suspention mods can fix that, stock for stock is crazy.)