blongo804 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 5W-30 dino oil, changed every 7,500 miles. -Clif ...and BAM. No one saw that coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustincredible Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Sorry - out driving... http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/007/508/watch-out-we-got-a-badass-over-here-meme.png Sold: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT Spec B #104 of 500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 5W-30 dino oil, changed every 7,500 miles. -Clif ...and BAM. No one saw that coming. Exactly! Most of us (I think) freak out if we go over the 3750 mile OCI; at least I do. OP, have you ever checked your banjo bolt filter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suds2250 Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 too funny! 335HP/360Tq VF-22/1820 clone with Meth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
__raj Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Good to hear this. My wife is ancy of something major going on her 140k 05 LGT wagon 5mt. It looks like we potentially have another 60k at least although still sporting the factory turbo. We sport the magic elixir too, whatever our mechanic or gas station pours in dino although every 4000 miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No DRFT Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 What do you do for a living? You drive a lot. I have no control over drippie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee07 Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Wow, You drive 50k a year? Original engine, drive-shafts, axle etc? I won't be at 200k for another 7-8 years unless I start taking it on more road trips, scenic roads. Went every weekend for 2 months now and going again this weekend, just to put miles on it and enjoy the car, drive , life, nature etc(6hr/350 mile one way trip this weekend). Would go further and more often but I'm not that rich. I just put 2,000 miles on it in 1 month(Usually less than 1000 miles a month). I still have a long way to go, just turned 95k on Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmx045 Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 I'm not sure. I usually replace my motor before I need to change the oil hahaha. i was thinking the same thing. i split my block every time i change my oil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmx045 Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 ...and BAM. No one saw that coming. +1 the jury's jaw just dropped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Users paintpollz Posted May 8, 2012 Mega Users Share Posted May 8, 2012 Sorry - out driving...5W-30 dino oil, changed every 7,500 miles. bullshit. show me a spoon to the dash and I will shut up. "Remember Danny - Two wrongs don't make a right but three rights make a left." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No DRFT Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 or rather, a fork. I have no control over drippie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubrinaIsMyCar Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Congrats!!! you must have taken really good care of her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laz Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Was your ride something like this: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue6ZyzVvZzA]200,000 Miles Subaru 2012 Impreza AWD Commercial - YouTube[/ame] X --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maclif Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share Posted May 8, 2012 I haven't checked the banjo filter. If I have that part of the engine open, I'll check that out. I've always wanted the 06 spec.B. I personally think it's the best car Subaru has made. Someone I know was selling this one in 07 with 24,000 miles. When I got the car, I tweaked the power, suspension and brakes to how I want it. I've just been maintaining it ever since. I don't really mess with making it faster. There are faster cars on the road (there always will be), but mine gets me going plenty fast enough. I can have a lot of fun on the track, pass in any situation I want comfortably and still get 26 miles per gallon on the highway. I work for a yearbook company. I work with teachers and staffs in about 80 different schools across north Texas and about 2/3rds of Oklahoma. I think I drove 52,000 miles last year. When I'm hitting rural Oklahoma, it's not uncommon to hit 800 miles in two days. Most of that is twisty two-lane highways with no cell phone reception. That's my idea of heaven on earth. I did remember a few other things I've changed. Front lower control arm bushings, 150,000. (well worth it) Turbo inlet hose between the airbox and turbo at 195,000. A variety of CV boots. The way I see it, Fuji Heavy spent millions of dollars developing an engine designed to run on 5W-30 dino oil. I tend to trust opinions of experts. I had a leakdown test done at 200,000, the difference across cylinders was less than 5%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_sharp Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Wow, You drive 50k a year? Division fail. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPU1 Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Bravo, I hope you reach your 500,000 Milestone. Mine will no longer be my daily by 100,000. I run on Dino 5w30 as well, it doesn't consume any either after 72,000 miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planelazy Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 You just replaced the CV boots? Which ones did you go with? One of my boots is torn, I was thinking about just replacing the whole axle since I don't know what kind of damage has been done to the joints... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maclif Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share Posted May 8, 2012 You just replaced the CV boots? Which ones did you go with? One of my boots is torn, I was thinking about just replacing the whole axle since I don't know what kind of damage has been done to the joints... OEM ones. I caught it before there was any internal damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maclif Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share Posted May 8, 2012 I use my car for a lot of things: High-speed test bed for a wing I built for my ChumpCar racecar (300ZX turbo) http://homepage.mac.com/maclif/legacy2/photo1.JPG Out at MSR-Cresson near Ft. Worth, TX. http://homepage.mac.com/maclif/legacy2/photo2.JPG Pulling out after camping at Lake Wilson, KS http://homepage.mac.com/maclif/legacy2/photo3.JPG A little bird hunting in Frisco, TX (the bird lived, actually) http://homepage.mac.com/maclif/legacy2/photo4.JPG Material hauler for a lightweight canoe I'm building. http://homepage.mac.com/maclif/legacy2/photo5.JPG Exploring Lake Murray State Park, OK http://homepage.mac.com/maclif/legacy2/photo7.JPG The end of the road, Rockwall, TX http://homepage.mac.com/maclif/legacy2/photo8.JPG Typical load, showing trunk retrofit. The interior of the trunk is removed, the base is now truck-liner painted plywood with a set of bungee tie-down points added. http://homepage.mac.com/maclif/legacy2/photo9.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No DRFT Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Do you get tired of driving? I have no control over drippie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee07 Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Tentatively, I'm shooting for 500,000 miles. That has a nice ring to it. I should hit that in about six years. -Clif 50k x 6(6 years) = 300,000. 300,000 + 200,000 = 500,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maclif Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share Posted May 8, 2012 Do you get tired of driving? I used to commute. I hated that. Driving, nah. I don't get tired of driving. I listen to a lot of music and audiobooks - unabridged only. Last year for bucket list purposes I listened to War & Peace. I did it in about a month. -Clif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maclif Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share Posted May 8, 2012 Yep, we need spoon pics. So... what do you guys mean by spoon? I don't spend a whole lot of time on forums these days. -Clif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lol slow Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 So... what do you guys mean by spoon? I don't spend a whole lot of time on forums these days. -Clif Basically take an actual SPOON and put it by your ODO that shows it's over 200k miles, that way we know it's not a fake photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators BarManBean Posted May 8, 2012 Moderators Share Posted May 8, 2012 Basically take an actual SPOON and put it by your ODO that shows it's over 200k miles, that way we know it's not a fake photo. Because no one can photochop a spoon into a picture? I don't get it either... "Bullet-proof" your OEM TMIC! <<Buy your kit here>> Not currently in stock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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