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Wow.. Seems like most everything has held up well with the amount of miles.

Whats your MPGs been like being majority freeway driving?

 

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Well, I keep the crossbars on the rack, I have a 2" Anderson Fabrication lift kit, I switched tires to a more aggressive Champiro Ice Pro tire and I average 70mph highway driving which includes about 10% city, 5% mountain and 85% highway driving. That being said I'm averaging 28.8mpg (actual). With all season tires I average 29.4 (actual). Not complaining at all with those figures.

Nope that all makes sense.

I plan on picking up a Crosstrek this summer. I have a 30 mile each way commute (90 % freeway). Plan on having bars and the 2 inch lift. So seeing/hearing real world numbers is always nice.

My STi, on the stock motor and driving as easy as I could, would get 24 MPG - spending $100 a week on gas. So I bought an older civic just as a DD. 35-40 mpg depending on how I drove and $25 a week in gas. I think ill be selling the civc to get the Xtrek.

 

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I plan on it being the complete opposite of my other Subaru - tall and slow lol

 

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How many times have you had to replace it now?
And within how many miles since the original one?

 

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Ive never read or taken your postings as angry and upset with issues that have come up. Ive taken them as you just stated, as information and a "heads up" to those who are reaching higher mileage.

 

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Do you know of any model year Crosstrek with more miles than yours?

 

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^ That seems like it would be pretty obvious.

 

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Even if you nose in, you sill have to back out, so either way you pull into a parking spot you're going to reverse once (unless you can nose in and pull forward into the next spot).

 

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I love reading these updates. Knowing how very little issues there have been, is very comforting!

 

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Thats awesome.

What oil/weight have you been running?

 

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Ya interested to hear how many miles are on the car now lol

 

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I know, I'm really slacking off, I'm so ashsamed?. 480, 000 miles as of this afternoon.

Thats awesome!

 

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WOW... seriously wow!

 

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Mt first comment might be to check the nut behind the wheel but, even at that....there is something else going on there. Does your mechanic have a REALLY NICE boat?

lolol

 

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I love reading these updates.

I dont know as much about the previous gen since ive got an 18, but do they also have timing chains? If so, have you had any issues?

 

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WOW.. I know of cars with less than 100K (Not Crosstreks) where their compressor has given out.

 

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hahahhaha great find!


And yes, I do keep an OBDII reading in my glove box

 

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Any new updates?

How many miles are you sitting with now?

 

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To begin with, I'm at 607,189 miles right now. The Crawford system has had no discernable effect on oil consumption either way. Oil consumption is increasing slightly but it has been regular and I do have a few miles on this engine.
I do have one concern/annoyance. The standard Subaru 5th gear whine is becoming a little more annoying. Considering I spend 80% of my time in 5th gear it's not surprising. I think next time I do a clutch job, just for fun, I'm going to drop the tranny and split the case. The tranny is working great but I'll probably just have a complete bearing/seal set on hand anyway.

Outstanding.

How much consumption have you been having? How often have you been needing to replace the clutch?

 

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I know those numbers are slightly ridiculous. September was 20,000 miles and October was 22,000 miles. Over the last 6 months I average 1 quart every 5,000 miles but I've been running pretty hard. The clutch always looks great, it's the clutch bearing that begins to whine around 150,000 and needs to be replaced around 160,000 to 175,000 miles.

well 2 extra qts on your 12k mile oil changes doesnt seem too bad hah.

Bummer the Crawford didnt help at all.

Are you replacing the bearings with OEM or aftermarket?