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87 messages, Last post on Nov 28, 2009 at 4:56 AM
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Replying to: p0926 (Feb 27, 2008 2:41 pm)
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Replying to: ateixeira (Feb 28, 2008 8:49 am) Clutches wear out at significantly different rates depending on driving conditions (city vs highway) and driving habits (jack rabbit starts, slipping the clutch, etc). For instance, it's not uncommon to hear about a young "enthusiastic" driver needing a new clutch before 20k while others can go for more than 150k miles without replacing their clutch. In my case, I sold my Jeep with over 125k miles on the original clutch and fully expect to approach if not exceed that mark with the Forester  -Frank
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Replying to: p0926 (Feb 28, 2008 10:27 am) I sold my Forester with nearly 90k miles and it was on the original clutch. A friend of mine had an Impreza 2.5RS, 2 years newer, and was on his 2nd clutch (an ACT model) within a couple of years. He abused it, though. AWD burnouts sure are cool but you gotta pay to play! 
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Replying to: ateixeira (Feb 28, 2008 10:32 am) Sold my Mazda truck with over 150k miles and original clutch, which had pulled 2000 lbs of boat and trailer every summer since 1991. Having been a passenger in many manual transmission cars in the past 50 years, I have noticed that very few people use the clutch in a way that will get the most life from it. They are not abusive, but they just don't know.
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Replying to: sibmx (Nov 24, 2007 8:56 pm) Love the car on ice & snow, so far no other problems but the interior fabric.
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Replying to: djenson (Mar 02, 2008 10:56 am) Both happened under warranty. Seats are a wear item, to be honest I'm surprised they even replaced the covers for you the first time. Another thing - the X model gets different fabric than the upper trim lines. Just check that out before you decide. I wouldn't count on the warranty to fix any of that stuff, from any make to be honest.
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Replying to: aatherton (Mar 02, 2008 10:47 am) Like I said, perhaps are Subaru Kharma was bad or something because I know others have great luck with them. |
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Replying to: ateixeira (Mar 03, 2008 9:24 am) That said, I had no problems with the cloth on either of my newer Outbacks (07 and 08) with about 7500 miles put on each. |
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Replying to: xwesx (Mar 03, 2008 10:01 am) My 98 had a thick woven fabric that turned out to be very durable, but didn't feel soft, like the fabric on the higher trim line (S models). But that softer velvet-textured fabric was less durable, as a trade-off. paisan pointed out in another thread that lark6 used to rest his elbow on the window sill and the fabric there had some wear.
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Replying to: ateixeira (Mar 03, 2008 10:18 am)
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