Highest miles on a Baja (so far!)?

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andti02 wrote:I'm the newbie here. Just picked up my neighbor's 2003 Baja, but my 6th Subaru (kid's driving now). Currently has a little over 295,000 miles and running strong! Located in Snohomish, WA.

Just took it in for its airbag recall and now going in for timing belt #3. Neighbor was the original owner and drove it back and forth between Washington State and New Hampshire routinely.

Really happy to be part of this forum. Look forward to getting to know everyone!
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New member here. Just picked up a 2003 with a manual transmission and 293K for $1800. Seller bought the car brand new for his wife, and claims that is has the original head gaskets and timing belt. They weren't a fan of doing major mechanical work to it unless something was actually failing. So far I'm hearing the "supercharged" whine of the power steering pump (flush and rebuild forthcoming), and I can hear a wheel bearing roaring whenever I steer to the right. So I've got a lot of mechanical sorting to do. But I'm looking forward to doing all of it, because I love Subarus.
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Just passed 200k tonight!
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Guacamole wrote: Tue Sep 04, 2018 11:04 pm Just passed 200k tonight!
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You didn't take it while driving! Don't you know you're only supposed to photo your dash while you're doing at least 80mph in heavy traffic (and include both factors in the pic).
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kamesama980 wrote: Mon Sep 10, 2018 12:15 pm You didn't take it while driving! Don't you know you're only supposed to photo your dash while you're doing at least 80mph in heavy traffic (and include both factors in the pic).
Okay you caught me- it's photoshopped. Here's the original unedited pic.
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Thought I'd put up both extremes..

Black 2005 Sport
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Here they are together
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I just reached a minor milestone.
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Yep, got a matching ARE cap.
2003 226,802 miles so far.

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At only 97,000 + I feel like I'm not trying.... :(
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I just hit 219,700 miles and just started having issues with fuses blowing. I need to do some research and work to keep my faithful Subarino going!
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attila wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2019 10:08 pm I just hit 219,700 miles and just started having issues with fuses blowing. I need to do some research and work to keep my faithful Subarino going!
Like, random fuses blowing or the same ones over and over?
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Count me in.
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While far from the highest, mine is now in the "200k Club". This is the third Subaru I've owned to break the 200K mark. Dennis
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New here! The baja is too... to me at least. 2006 with 84k miles and hopes to put many many more on her.
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Probably I would win the shortest miles! Newbie here!
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I'm at a touch over 193k, bought her a couple months ago at 190.
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I found one at auction this week with 423k on it
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