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I am new to this site but have been a Subie member of nasioc, iwsti and subaurforester for years. I am planning on purchasing the '15 STI when it comes available for us and cannot wait! This will be my 4th Subie that will be the proper WRB/Gold color as I previously owned an '06 STI, '07 STI, '07 Forester XT Sports that I converted to a FSTI and now the 15 will make #4! My current car is an '88 BMW E30 M3 that is used as my track/daily/fun/whatever car that I built up myself over the past 10 years. I will never let go of it as to many it is an icon but to me it is just my M3 that puts on smile on my face when I drive it or just looking at it in my garage. My first car was a handed down '84 chevy S10 on my 16th birthday that I learned to lower myself and figure out that racing remote control off road race trucks(Team Losi baby!) as a young lad were not too far off the rear thing when it came to set up and suspension geometries! Caster/Camber toe in/out and gearing was a nice segway to real car set ups. I then sold that and purchased a '91 E30 318is that I modified as much as I could afford at 17 working 2 jobs in high school! Working for a major telecom company at 18 afforded me to purchase my dream car at the time, a 2001.5 Audi S4 in Nagaro blue with the blue/black interior 6speed- holy crap the world of turbo's was a full addiction now. I loved that car and still do to this day when I see them in pics or in person. All I did was suspension and an APR chip with BBS 19" CH's and it was perfect for me. After that was sold my next new car was a 2006 STI with in 2005 being the new hawk eye with the rear roof spoiler- I loved that car just as I loved my S4! Bone stock I took it to local autoX's and Sebring for a few track events where it really shined! By far the best mod to do was track days to hone driving skills and to date I have been to Roebling Road, Texas Motor Speedway's infield in Dallas, and Sebring. I then had the '06 tuned by Doug at Top Speed in GA with a COBB TBE and wow Doug is a genius at tuning man! Sadly a few months later it saved my life when my good friend was driving it one night with me in the passenger seat and he lost control on a wet road and we hit an oak tree head and rolled over a few times- dam these cars are SAFE! Not only fun and fast but safe man! As a dad of 4 daughters thats a big deal to be able to walk away without issue! I then purchsed a used '07 STI, then traded that for an '07 Forester XT sports 5spd and I converted that to FSTI with gold prodrives and a VF39 with STI top mount, badges, suspension and all it was awesome! I sold that then bought a 2002 E39 M5 that I recently sold as I loved that 6sp V8 with open pipes- a true grand touring car just really heavy! Now I just have my M3 and cannot wait for the '15 STI to come so I can pick one up! I look forward to being a part of this forum and cannot wait to be a new Subie owner once again! Here are some pics of some of the cars I used to own- enjoy! --Robb
I am new to this site but have been a Subie member of nasioc, iwsti and subaurforester for years. I am planning on purchasing the '15 STI when it comes available for us and cannot wait! This will be my 4th Subie that will be the proper WRB/Gold color as I previously owned an '06 STI, '07 STI, '07 Forester XT Sports that I converted to a FSTI and now the 15 will make #4! My current car is an '88 BMW E30 M3 that is used as my track/daily/fun/whatever car that I built up myself over the past 10 years. I will never let go of it as to many it is an icon but to me it is just my M3 that puts on smile on my face when I drive it or just looking at it in my garage. My first car was a handed down '84 chevy S10 on my 16th birthday that I learned to lower myself and figure out that racing remote control off road race trucks(Team Losi baby!) as a young lad were not too far off the rear thing when it came to set up and suspension geometries! Caster/Camber toe in/out and gearing was a nice segway to real car set ups. I then sold that and purchased a '91 E30 318is that I modified as much as I could afford at 17 working 2 jobs in high school! Working for a major telecom company at 18 afforded me to purchase my dream car at the time, a 2001.5 Audi S4 in Nagaro blue with the blue/black interior 6speed- holy crap the world of turbo's was a full addiction now. I loved that car and still do to this day when I see them in pics or in person. All I did was suspension and an APR chip with BBS 19" CH's and it was perfect for me. After that was sold my next new car was a 2006 STI with in 2005 being the new hawk eye with the rear roof spoiler- I loved that car just as I loved my S4! Bone stock I took it to local autoX's and Sebring for a few track events where it really shined! By far the best mod to do was track days to hone driving skills and to date I have been to Roebling Road, Texas Motor Speedway's infield in Dallas, and Sebring. I then had the '06 tuned by Doug at Top Speed in GA with a COBB TBE and wow Doug is a genius at tuning man! Sadly a few months later it saved my life when my good friend was driving it one night with me in the passenger seat and he lost control on a wet road and we hit an oak tree head and rolled over a few times- dam these cars are SAFE! Not only fun and fast but safe man! As a dad of 4 daughters thats a big deal to be able to walk away without issue! I then purchsed a used '07 STI, then traded that for an '07 Forester XT sports 5spd and I converted that to FSTI with gold prodrives and a VF39 with STI top mount, badges, suspension and all it was awesome! I sold that then bought a 2002 E39 M5 that I recently sold as I loved that 6sp V8 with open pipes- a true grand touring car just really heavy! Now I just have my M3 and cannot wait for the '15 STI to come so I can pick one up! I look forward to being a part of this forum and cannot wait to be a new Subie owner once again! Here are some pics of some of the cars I used to own- enjoy! --Robb
I'm glad you made it out of that crash okay. It speaks volumes about these cars. :tup:
