As the title says, I just passed 100,000 miles on my WRX. I've had the car new (it didn't even have one mile on the odometer when delivered) since March of 2001 and it's been my daily driver ever since.

Thankfully I've had no troubles so far, other than a few thousand rock chips and one suicidal raccoon who managed to crack the lip and bend a fender.... I autocross the car on a regular basis and usually drive it pretty hard on road trips. The car creaks and rattles plenty, but it's been doing that since 20,000...

I hope my next 100,000 miles are as trouble free and enjoyable.



I haven't done much in the way of mods, mostly to the suspension and brakes to sharpen things up for autocrossing. Nothing has been done to the engine as far as increasing boost or fuel. I've changed out the intercooler and radiator hoses for Perrin silicon. There's a Kartboy shifter, Knuckleball, and bushings in there as well.

Here's a rundown...

STi Version VII struts and springs
MRT front castor camber plates
STi aluminum control arms
Cusco Version II front brace
Cusco front and rear sway bars with Perrin end links
Cusco front and rear strut braces
DBA rotors and Porterfield R4S pads
Goodridge brake lines with Motul RBF600 fluid
Gram Lights 57S with Falken Azenis

Like I said, nothing too fancy...down the road I want to upgrade to a full coilover system, probably Cusco Zero2Rs, then I'll start thinking about adding more power since I'm pretty sure the engine's broken in and reliable by now...

The car's paid off so everything from here on out is gravy.

 

good lord! i'm glad to know that they last that long without much in the way of problems. i now fell a hell of a lot better about having 16k on my '03!

 

hmmm that's what 50,000 miles a year? i'm impressed....

 

Damn, I'm lucky to put 10,000 a year on a car. That might change since I bought my WRX cause it makes me want to jump in it and go cruise around. Good luck on your 2nd 100K.

 

Are you using your stock struts with the springs? I got my 04 almost 3 months ago and I have put 6200 miles on it already....at that rate i might hit 100K in 2 to 3 years lol.....

 

greddy5, yeah I'm still using the stock struts, and to be honest that's the only part of the car that's starting to feel tired. I definately want to upgrade to either coilovers or some STi take-offs in the future.

 

Thats good new for me on the struts...I want to get rid of that gap and was afraid i might wear out the stock struts faster by just putting on springs....

 

damn... thats alot... where did you go? i put 27,000miles on my WRX in a year, and i feel so sorry for my car...

 

cool! glad ist driving well...keep us updated on mods n stuff :-)

 

Ferg.. What kind of oil do you use and how often do you change it?

Do you let it cool down before shutting it off?

Do live in an area that gets snow?

 

that is a crap load of miles. my friend bought his 02 wrx at the end of march this year and today he put 12,000 miles on his. he will have a lot of miles to, but trouble free.

 

I've been pretty good about changing the oil every 3,000 miles with Mobil 1 5w30. I use Redline oils for the transmission and diffs. I don't have a turbo timer, but I'm always very concious of letting the car cool down before shutting it off.

Thankfully the NorthWest has been pretty much snow-free for the past three years. Honestly, that's sort of dissapointing since I've always wanted to drive it in the snow.... We do have plenty of gravel trucks who like to overfill their trucks... I've had to replace one windsheild thanks to them.

 

Thanks.. I have 38K on mine. I guess i'll have a ways to go to catch up with you!!