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I have probably abused my car as much as anyone here. It now has 19 track days on it, for a total abuse duration of almost 30 hours. It has almost failed me a couple of times, but always got me back home. Closest shave was when the power steering return hose split at Pocono. Luckily the local mechanic fabbed a replacement out of generic high pressure hose, and I got home. Most esoteric problem was when the power steering pump began hemorrhaging, spilling fluid on the AC belt, which jumped a groove and wore a hole in the timing belt cover, allowing a plastic shard of the cover to get lodged between the belt and the cog, causing the belt to jump a tooth or two. Young Tom scoped that one out and got my power back.
This post is just to reaffirm 2 points made previously. The car is no more fragile than the great majority of cars out there. Remember that our community, among car groups, is celebrating cars well beyond social security car years. Most of these cars aren't garage queens, either. Many of them are daily drivers and don't even have benefit of garages. Yet they plug on from day to day giving good service for 150,000 mile vehicles.
The second point is the necessity of having a good mechanic who knows the cars. The Subaru dealership checked out my car when I complained it was down on power and didn't find the shredded timing belt cover and jumped belt. I had to call in Super Tom for the rescue.
By the way, had a great day at Lime Rock Saturday. Will post some pics when they come out.
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95 LS-i Red, 31,xxx; bone stock for now; Daily Driver
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