Replaced the engine at 1.2 million miles.
Replaced front axles 4 times.
Replaced the transmission at 1.3 million miles.
Recently done an entire front end overhaul, everything replaceable from the bumper to the tranny has been replaced.
Replaced the seats with more comfortable ones from a newer car.
Accelerates quite quickly.
A lot of low end torque, great for off roading.
4wd lets this vehicle go pretty much everywhere any other 4wd truck can go.
Handles great on ice as if on dry pavement.
Console is well laid out.
The mileage figures are absurd. Are we expected to believe a vehicle that had already covered 1.185 million miles did another 135,242 miles (not km) in three years? Nearly 1000 miles a week, every week, for three years?
Yes the miles are quite belivable my brumby is up around the same figures and it is quite possible to do 1000 kilometers a week I do it quite regularly the brumbys are excellent car worth all credit given.
Absolutely, Fuji Heavy Industries made an engine that would far outlast the body itself. I had a Brat with 276,000 miles which I had a front end collision with. After having it towed to the junk yard because the whole front end was smashed in, I figured what the hell and tried to start it. And yes it started and hummed away like always despite the fact that it was totalled.
Yes brumbies/brats are extremely reliable like all subies and are great fun on and offroad.
My First vehicle is a brat. great little car.
These amount of miles are far from absurd... I bought my brumby for $1200 with 500,000 on the clock and she is humming like new... the only thing wrong with it is the cv joints are worn, but that is my fault for not changing the cv boot when it was torn... these cars are bulletproof and despite the ugly looks, are an absolute weapon... id never part my me brumby now... trying for a ea82 turbo.
1.2 million miles - that's 1 920 000 kilometers - over 16 years. 120 000 a year, 2 307 per week and 329 a day. Every day for 16 years.
Over the 3 years you have had it, you have driven 216 387.2 kilometers. A comparatively small 72 130 a year, 1 387 per week and just 198kms per day (every day for 3 years).
That's a lot of driving and while possible (I suppose) it seems a bit far fetched...
Sorry for the decimals by the way, but I cant think in miles - being an aussie and all :)
Mate, I think the Brumby's are the sickest machines ever. I have pwned a Subie since I was 15 and I will never look back. I just bought a Brumby Ag-Quip and I love it. I also have a '79 Leone and I wouldn't part with it for even an... Impreza!! Actually, maybe I would.
LONG LIVE THE SUBIE'S!
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I think the reviewer should contact the Guinness Book of Records because that mileage is probably a world record. I think the current record is a 1960's Mercedes which covered 1.1 million miles.
(Assuming the reviewer can prove the mileage, of course)
I agree... The miles stated by an obviously over excited owner are quite hard to believe.
I love the Brumby and their reputation for lasting has been well documented. I had a friend at school who bragged that his father owned the Woomera Rocket Range (as it was known then) Its human nature to exaggerate about something that we are extremely proud of.
But Come On Fella??? how could you find the time to write your comment. Wireless laptop? Pull over and have a snooze.
Suffice to say that Brumbys will still be around long after most of us have left the planet. (or gone underground)
Like a lot of 70,s bands have returned for that last jam... Maybe Subaru will re-release something closely related to the Brumby.
Wouldn't that be great.................................... I probably wouldn't buy one as mine is still going strong.lol.
Quote: "Maybe Subaru will re-release something closely related to the Brumby.
Wouldn't that be great..."
Subaru already has...it's called a Baja... been around for a few years now...
Yeah...I checked out the Baja and really can find little in common with the Brumby. Apart from the fact that it is a Subaru & it has a small ute tray the rest is quite a different story. The Baja being a (4) door (4) passenger compact pickup with a weight of 3480lbs doesn't come close to Brumby, s 2410lb.The Baja having a 21mpg city 25 highway cycle is a far cry from my 28+ city. (and my motor has done 240,000)
Argumentative reply? No... but I do think that the Brumby has not been reborn in the Baja. Its definately a much larger vehicle with four passengers in mind. I think Ill still keep the Brumby.
My brumby has been a fantastic car. Can't believe the reliability at 400000 km the engine runs like new. Only thing on the way out is the front CV joint. Have no doubts I will get at least another 3 - 400000 km before anything goes wrong. Totally reliable. Bulletproof.
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