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[quote=Anonymous]Agree with others that you should fix it--that's not that much relative to the cost of a new (or even a used!) car to replace it.

Our Subaru is 10 years newer, but we drive it very similarly (about 6K miles/year, single car family in the city, mostly short local trips with 1-2 road trips a year). Both our Subaru dealer and our independent mechanic recommend that we do the maintenance closer to the recommended times than the recommended mileage. (We do something in between in reality and try to get it in for a major service every 18 months or so, with a minor visual check/oil change in between.) Some parts wear out with use, but others deteriorate with time. We generally service it at our independent mechanic and don't do the full laundry list of things Subaru recommend at each juncture, but they will do visual inspections and let us know when they think we should have something checked more carefully (not often). If you just follow the mileage for the maintenance, you can go a few years without a major service if you don't drive much.[/quote]

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