Lowest milegae SVX in USA.

[newsvx]

Originally Posted by newsvx

I have to chime in with "my" story.

I bought my '97 in 2000, paying top Blue Book at the time. It now has 70K plus since I commuted to work in it until I retired in 2003. It is well used, but well maintained. Since I autocross and put it on the track, I change brake pads like underwear ......

Now that I have the '92 Pearly, I doubt it will get the activity it has in the past.

And like one of the earlier posts, I admire a vehicle with lots of miles on it, obviously well maintained and looking sharp!
Harry

BTW, the PEARLY has 133K on the clock .......

Harry

[SVXMAN2001]

dcb, no offense dude but saying the SVX is NOT a money pit would be the furthest from the truth, don't get me wrong I absolutely love my svx and wouldn't get rid of it for anything, and perhaps you've lucked out with a maintenance free svx, but from my experience and from reading the woes of many others these cars are very very expensive to maintain...even more so if one doesn't have the mechanical know how...since I've bought my svx which was for 7k in 2001 I've spent the following

Rebuilt Transmission....$2200
Radiator.....................395
Power Steering Rack.....800
Yet another Transmission...$1000

That's a little over $4k just to keep it on the road, not even accounting for the brakes, numerous oil changes, tires, and cosmetic improvements (wheels, headlights). Which easily surpases $3k...and i barely drive the car, i've had it since 2000 and have only put 40k miles on it!

I wouldn't say these cars are reliable either because I am constantly evaluating what every little hick up, transmission flare, shudder and shake could mean down the road...

Great car but these cars are perhaps the biggest money pit's out there! Aside from your older much higher end vehicles...

[GreenMarine]

I don't have the lowest mileage one anymore, but I bet I am racking up the miles at one of the slowest paces... ...

I think in the last year I have put right about 4,000 miles on it... Now sitting at 104,xxx... And I still Autocross the hell outta it!!!

[GreenMarine]

Originally Posted by SVXMAN2001

dcb, no offense dude but saying the SVX is NOT a money pit would be the furthest from the truth, don't get me wrong I absolutely love my svx and wouldn't get rid of it for anything, and perhaps you've lucked out with a maintenance free svx, but from my experience and from reading the woes of many others these cars are very very expensive to maintain...even more so if one doesn't have the mechanical know how...since I've bought my svx which was for 7k in 2001 I've spent the following

Rebuilt Transmission....$2200
Radiator.....................395
Power Steering Rack.....800
Yet another Transmission...$1000

That's a little over $4k just to keep it on the road, not even accounting for the brakes, numerous oil changes, tires, and cosmetic improvements (wheels, headlights). Which easily surpases $3k...and i barely drive the car, i've had it since 2000 and have only put 40k miles on it!

I wouldn't say these cars are reliable either because I am constantly evaluating what every little hick up, transmission flare, shudder and shake could mean down the road...

Great car but these cars are perhaps the biggest money pit's out there! Aside from your older much higher end vehicles...

Lets not forget Wheelbearings.... Mine is in Southern States Subaru at the moment recieving both rear wheelbearings to the tune of about $600 parts (Hubs, bearings, seals, etc) and $450ish in labor... ... Damn, no christmas for me this year

[dcarrb]

Originally Posted by SVXMAN2001

dcb, no offense dude but saying the SVX is NOT a money pit would be the furthest from the truth

A ways from general experience, maybe, but not from the truth. I've replaced wheel bearings, a radiator, a crank pulley, plus the usual maintencance items like belts and hoses, but I don't think that's all that extraordinary. Geez folks, show me any fifteen+ year old car in with 150,000 miles on the clock that doesn't require a bit of green to keep on the road. A one-time dead battery is the only instance when the SVX didn't det me there and back, and than was my bad for not changing it when I bought the car.

I know folks whose car payment is more than my mortgage payment. That's a money pit.

dcb

[SVXMAN2001]

I had a 1990 subaru legacy that had 400,000 miles (to which i did nothing but general maintenance, never had to replace pulleys, just regular maintenance) on it that required 10x's less maintenance than the svx...so i guess i am kinda skewed in my perception of what a reliable car is...a car that needs something new or replaced every couple of months (which the svx usually needs) is a not so reliable car, in my opinion. the subaru legacy, at least the early 90's one's were a reliable car.

In all fairness though i am surprised more isn't wrong with a car from which a company only produced 25k. I imagine toyota is so reliable because it has bench tested hundreds of thousands of toyota's.

[SVXMAN2001]

A money pit isn't someone paying a large car payment for a car....i wouldn't consider $500, $600, $2000 car payments for a porsche or ferrari a money pit, if you can't afford that type of car your an idiot for trying to do so in the first place...

A money pit in terms of cars is one where your always fixing something which by my definition fits the svx perfectly. I've learned an exponential amount of car knowledge from the svx just by having to fix so much random crap!

[mikecg]

Originally Posted by SVXMAN2001

Rebuilt Transmission....$2200
Radiator.....................395
Power Steering Rack.....800
Yet another Transmission...$1000

You forgot the $6500 for a stage III. Cuz it aint runnin til it's runnin boost!

[SVXMAN2001]

haha yeah i'll add that to the list once i get my $5k level 10 transmission! I just spent $1100 on another transmission that is already slipping!!!

[dcarrb]

Originally Posted by SVXMAN2001

A money pit isn't someone paying a large car payment for a car...

Yeah, I understand what you're saying, and in the traditional spirit of the expression you're right, but the way I see it, many new car buyers burn more than I paid for my cars the moment they drive their shiny prize off the lot.

dcb

[shelfy]

Originally Posted by anthonybuchanan

Maybe I'll have to wait for 2027 or 2037 to be the lowest in the USA. That is assumming the other current low mileage folks put on around 5K per year.

i've been averaging about 2700 miles per year. we'll see what happens after i finish downsizing. i'll probably buy another daily driver svx and greenie will only get driven on the weekends.

[anthonybuchanan]

I'm glad I started this thread so now I know my competition insofar as making my red/beige 97 the lowest mileage SVX in the USA.

Since I also have a black 95 SVX it may be easier for me than other lovers of SVX's to keep my mileage low. I can still get my SVX fix and keep my mileage low at the same time.

Anyway, I'll restart this thread in 2027 or 2037 .

By then I'm hoping I can have the title of the "Lowest Mileage SVX In The USA".

[L.O.R.D. SVX]

Originally Posted by anthonybuchanan

Anyway, I'll restart this thread in 2027 or 2037 .

By then I'm hoping I can have the title of the "Lowest Mileage SVX In The USA".

OH Jeez Fitting a car in a time capsule might be a little tight... I'm not sure

[NikFu S.]

I hope to have rolled the odo by that time.

Then I would have the "lowest mileage" SVX, in the world.

[anthonybuchanan]

Sorry NikiFu, but by 2037 technology will exist that detects odo tampering. Also, by 2037 mileage will be determined by government run satellites and video images from these satellites will automatically determine mileage driven.
Odo's will be useless by then.

the satellite videos will prove that my red 97 is really the lowest mileage svx.


video images will