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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’d get it.

By the time my Crosstrek had 90,000 miles, I’d replaced [b][b]5 wheel bearings, both CV axles[/b], [b]the rear differential[/b], all the valve springs in the cylinder heads, [b]6 brake rotors[/b], and it was using 1 quart of oil every 1,200 miles. 
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All that BEFORE 90,000 miles.

I’ve had other cars that reached a similar mileage with no repairs at all except for brake pads and tires. [/quote]

The frame wasn't true.  Or, you just beat the living sh*t out of cars.[/quote]

“The frame wasn’t true”????  WTAF does that even mean?  :? Do you even know anything about cars, or what?

Most cars today don’t have “frames”. They are unibodies. Made of dozens of precisely stamped and folded sheets of metal of various shapes and sizes, all welded together on jigs by robots. They have tolerances of less than a millimeter when they come off the assembly line at the plant. A improperly shaped unibody wouldn’t even fit on the assembly line. So no, there is no such thing as “the frame isn’t true”. Not since about the year 1980 or so. JFC, every time I read posts here it’s an enlightenment into how little all you “smartest people in the room” know about cars.

Anyways, the issue with the wheel bearings and CV axles have everything to do with 1) poor component quality, and 2) sloppy engineering when it comes to platform sharing / component sharing.

In the case of the Crosstrek, it uses the exact same CV axles and wheel hub unit bearings as the Impreza. But it uses the coil springs and struts from the Outback. Which is why it sits 3” higher than the Impreza. That extra height puts the CV axles at sharper angles to the hub bearing unit than they’d be on the Impreza. That sharper angle causes the already poor quality CV joint to wear out faster. It also wears out the hub bearing unit faster for the same reason. Instead of designing and spec’ing a different CV and hub unit, Subaru just used the same ones on both cars because it’s cheaper. Check any online parts site and compare the part #’s for the hubs and CV’s - they’re the same parts. Likewise the coil springs and struts. Same part #’s as the Outback.

So yeah, it’s got nothing to do with the way I drive, or “the frame being untrue”. It’s got everything to do with Subaru’s corner-cutting engineering.

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