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Happy 100k, Subie!

5 September, 2007 by Adam R. Paul

I know, it’s silly, but …

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Today, coming home from running some errands around town, my mostly-trusty little ’02 Subaru Outback Sport rolled 100,000 miles – yay! I picked it up, all shiny and new, on April 1st 2001, and it’s taken me all over California and into Nevada and Oregon. As the photo below, taken in July ’01 shows, it has even actually seen a small modicum of light off-roading.

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It hasn’t been without its warts, with a creaky driver’s-side window motor, a broken drive belt, a recent left-front axle replacement, and several sets of brake rotors & pads. It currently chirps cheerfully when idling, which I choose to think of as a bird calling until I get around to getting it fixed, and the right-front axle is now making the same noise the left one did before it was replaced.

Still, those issues, and the poor fuel economy caused by it being full-time all-wheel-drive (I average around 23mpg in mostly city driving) aside, it’s served me well for the past 6 1/2 years, and hopefully will continue to do so for quite some time to come!

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  1. on 5 September, 2007 at 19:15 montucky

    We do get attached to them, don’t we? My old Jeep is at 146K and going strong. It has been a good friend for a lot of years.


  2. on 6 September, 2007 at 14:12 Bernie Kasper

    It’s not silly Adam, it has served you well you should be proud, I have an old 88 nissan truck behind my garage that I haul junk in and drive in the snow. 209,000 and still kicking.


  3. on 7 September, 2007 at 13:38 Adam R. Paul

    I do try to practice non-attachment, as in the end, the car only exists as a tool to convey me around, but hey, 100k is a good milestone 🙂


  4. on 8 September, 2007 at 07:58 winterwoman

    This cracks me up. For miles and miles I kept watching my odometer because I wanted to photograph it when it read 123456. But, I missed it.


  5. on 9 September, 2007 at 09:26 Adam R. Paul

    Lucky for me, Jennifer, it rolled 100k just a couple of blocks from home so it was easy to get a photo of the odo 🙂 And thanks, now I have another goal in approximately 23449 miles 🙂


  6. on 9 September, 2007 at 20:17 aullori

    I liked this post it really made me giggle.


  7. on 17 September, 2007 at 14:21 Adam R. Paul

    Glad you enjoyed it, Aullori.


  8. on 24 September, 2007 at 06:19 ExPat Chef

    I am pretty attached to my Subie, a Forrester XT. I traded the little red sportscar in for it when I got pregnant. It DRIVES like a sportscar, but it is safe and has some room. I’m a fan.


  9. on 26 September, 2007 at 07:10 Adam R. Paul

    Thanks for dropping by, ExPat! I had a Forrester loaner while some work was being done on my OBS – it was very nice!



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