I personally have never owned a Subaru, but I do have friends with them. One with 216k miles on the clock and the other with ~140k. Both 4-cyl, both still running strong. The nice thing about Subaru's is they don't change all that much drivetrain wise so there are tons of interchangeable parts year-to-year. I do have experience with the EG-33 (6-cyl) and that is a nice powerplant. Only thing I will say is like any boxer engine, can have some oiling issues when you get up there in the lateral g's. It powers this little monster in the picture. Front of a Subaru SVX drivetrain in the back of the car.