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Do you think my car will survive a 2,000 mile road trip?

It’s a 1995 Subaru Impreza with 97,000 miles. It drives pretty good for it’s age. No major problems. I recently took it to Firestone to get a complete inspection and these are the items they said need attention:

I would recommend the timing belt be done as a preventative measure at it’s current mileage. If the fuel filter has not been replaced in the last 20-30k miles it should be changed also.
While you are probably at or near the recommended Spark plug replacement interval if you are not experiencing any drive ability / miss fire issues they can certainly go another few k.

Not sure on the steering gear … not enough information to make a firm recommendation … was it just general wear or some specific problem, if the inner tie rod ends are loose but move less than 1/8″ (1mm) you will not have any problem but if either one exceeds that limit you really need to have them replaced, but that should not require replacement of the rack assembly – they seem to last forever unless they are damaged in an accident.

Replace hoses only if they are either cracked on the outside or swollen or actually leaking under a 18 pound pressure test. Replace water pump only if making noise or leaking.
Radiator flush is good general maintainance and the transmission flush falls in the same category but neither should be a make or break issue for your trip.
Put the brake fluid flush in the back of your mind to do the next time you have the front pads replaced, no need to do it as a separate service.

On any major repair I recommend that you get 3 or 4 estimates from local service facilities unless you are lucky enough to have a shop with an absolutely stellar reputation available. Compare the estimates and choose one of the middle estimates. My reasoning for this is the low estimate either left something out or worse is deliberately giving a low ball estimate to get you in and then when your car is all torn apart they find all sorts of critically important things wrong with it which run your bill through the roof. Do the leg work and be an informed car owner. No reliable technician or shop will give an estimate for repair site unseen except as a budgetary estimate which will be a range from the middle average to the unusual high end possible.

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