Thread: Car Talk
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Xaqtly
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Join Date: May 2004
 
2012-06-24, 00:26

Yep, when you're at 120k miles all bets are off pretty much. The Forester is generally a very reliable car, my Subaru Legacy was still very nearly perfect at 92k miles. Just make sure you have the basics taken care of on the long term wear items like the timing belt (or chain... not sure which the Forester has), but honestly because it's only 5 years old I wouldn't expect things like bushings or hoses to be going bad yet.

Because of that I'd say you're probably in a better position than you might be with other cars that have 120k on them. Just keep an eye out for common wear-based issues, like the shocks, brakes, things that wear out via use rather than age.
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