@@RobertLupo Nope

@@tuan056585 I never had a leak I could see. As in, I never saw oil on the ground where I parked. I think it did have miniscule seepage in certain areas.

Thank you.​@@nappyjim

@@N0TZ3R0 a tutorial specifically of what? The actual dashboard is a Mish mash of different things, that'd be a long video. Is there a specific thing youd like to see?

@@RaulKandla-bc3gi 0w-20

@@bohdanked i think they had supplier QC issue with wheel bearings early on

I dont know if its the chain, but the engine held higher rev's for first few minutes, then quieted down.

Engine oil/filter: 5k. Differential oil, spark plugs, brake fluid, 60k. Coolant 130k then 75k thereafter. CVT I did DIY "flushes" at 202k and 344k. Doing it again, I would just do drain and fills maybe every 75k. Tires, brake pads, etc were done on a need-to-do basis.

@@nappyjim Thank you kindly. Looks like changing oil every 5K miles paid off. In Europe Subaru set oil change int. at 15,000 km which is 9400 miles. I do it every 5-6K miles just to make sure all is good. My car has only 43K miles on it but already 5 years so I decided to change coolant as I do not believe in those 10 years intervals they tell us. In general you made a lot of miles but you also took care of the car. Congratulations. 6 cylinder boxer wouldn't go that far. Thanks again for sharing this information.

The first change or two I did. The 3rd one no. Didnt notice any difference either way. But again, mostly flat highway driving.

Over 200k miles.

@@samkitty5894 field service for a CNC company

@@StevenWidmer $2500? You can check cars.com right now, similar years and miles are selling for easily double that.

Thank you for that information. May you n your family have a Awesome Day!

@@mhbone taken care of, they are pretty solid vehicles.

Yes. Ever since about 70k I would burn up to a quart of oil between oil changes, which were every 5k. Never a leak.

Well probably not a lot of open road driving though no?

@@nappyjim Well, small country, 10M people so alot of traffic aswell = carbon buildup and all sorts of shit in the block.. not many open roads yea (only up north or in the dessert) I think there's a complete correlation between the longevity of a car and how it is driven (like open roads or mostly city) In my case i dont really have a choice well i do.. changing the oil abit more than you also its super hot here

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Change is always good. Yeah, I never got the CVT backlash. Maybe its just because I am doing highway and not city? But CVT still running good. In fact, my first CVT oil flush at 200k, I sent in the oil for analysis and they were surprised about how good the oil still looked for how many miles were on it.

Thanks Jim I actually own a 15 outback I really think they’re great cars. I was curious if your motor was using any substantial amount of oil

@@nappyjim Not sure bro even on highway if there is something wrong with longevity it would have been apparent by now. Surprised that the first change was at 200K!

In the case of the Subaru CVT, it's not that it is more likely to fail than a geared transmission in a similar car. It's that there's no aftermarket rebuilt transmissions, so the cost is so much higher if they do fail.

@@Thisoldhiker That is a good point but why is this so? I don't get how hard it is to fix these or is it that most don't know how to fix it? There must be tones of parts all over junkyards by now as no one is rebuilding them. So spares should be nice and cheap! I don't et it, what is the hold up of rebuilt CVT's? I even seen a youtube rebuild one with different gear ratios to boot for a buggy. But as you pointed out this seems scarce and not sure what the reason for this is maybe myth has taken over?

If taken care of and not abused, I think yours will go a long way too.

I didnt think I could see myself driving the "same car" for another 10 years. And I wasnt a huge fan of all the cladding on the Outbacks now and I couldent wait for the major refresh thats coming next year.

Forester is overall much better.

@@patonbike I stated this in beginning of video I thought. All maintenance costs minus engine oil/filter, air filters, and tires was little under 5k. Very little issues.

Here is google sheet where I kept track of all maintenance other than engine oil changes: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AkaVroU0XSgAKBnYaxxv6G_Kd04yVxdignZOm5jtCUk/edit?usp=sharing

Plugs 60k. Differntial 60k. CVT fluid I did at 202k and 344k but I did more of a DIY flush then just a drain and fill of the pan (which replaces less than half of oil). But going forward on my Forester I think I am going to do CVT more often BUT I will just do drain and fills because its easier.

My has 41k😂, also 2015 model year

@@ws21cn My new 25 Forester will be at 50k before your 2015 Outback is lol

@@kieranpfeffer I am using a Lenovo tab M10 plus. It's mounted in a 3D printed case I found on printables. So in essence the back plate of the case if screwed onto drywall. Then the tablet slides into that piece and the left and right pieces just slide over each side of the tablet. It's powered with it's standard adapter. The wall that the tablet is on, on the other side of the wall is a small closet. Under the tablet are light switches. I installed new outlet in the closet side and then ran the power cable "thru that little 6 inch space between each of the two walls and it then plugs into the tablet. I have the tablet on it's battery smart saver mode so that it keeps power between 40 and 60% charged to avoid the battery bloating. Maybe I'll shoot a quick video showing this as it's easier to see with video.

@@nappyjimAppreciate the response, thank you!

No real hard mileage count to do it. Maybe every 75 to 100k sounds good to me.