He was the only person to EVER give me props to my car, without actually being smoked by me. Pulled up alongside of me and honked then gave an enthusiastic thumbs up!! Couldn't believe it!! Not even the impreza guys give notice. Freakin bandwagon hoppers!
posting the same thing on two message boards at once????
Tsk tsk........
and yeah, the only other time I have been noticed was driving along and coming the other way is this impreza, non-rs or wrx, but it had custom paint job, and a ***huge*** FMI. He pointed at me and kept giving me big thumbs up. That made me feel good
I had a body shop guy comment on my car yesterday. He was like this is 92....I said no 90.....he said you don't see them like this very often.....despite the fact I was getting an estimate to get the side marker thing fixed.
The thing too is that right now....it's clean and looks good....but it has not been waxed in a long time, and needs to be cleaned very good.......I just haven't been able to get it up to my level of cleanliness due to uncontrollable circumstances.
are you talking about the new civic si hatchback.
I know what you guys mean. I'll go to the the gas station in my z and everyone stands around and wants to ask me about my car and everyone
is real nnice to me. then I will go to the same gas station not even 5 minutes later in my legacy and not even the same attendant will recognize me. then I tell people that the legacy is my fast car and they laugh at me. the guy in the new honda vfr gave me a thumbs up when I was pullin on him on a long straight this weekend.
Most Impreza owners don't know about this car... I blew one away (all tweaked out N/A) and he asked "Is that thing turbocharged?!!!". Laughed about that for days. Of course, he probably thought it was a transplant...
I do to the nasioc boards and I'll comment on the Mid-A forum how nobody notices my car. They'll usually reply "I would notice!!" Then I'll post how I saw a bunch of them on the road and they ask me what I drive and I'll get the response: I didn't see you.
There was a white RS that was racing down 95 a few months back. He was going maybe 90mph to my 75mph. As he got closer I shifted to third (which is the perfect gear at 75) and accelerated when he was at my side. Blew by him by the time I shifted to fourth and put BUSLENGTHS on him after that. I'd let him catch up and he'd go again with similar results. I eventually slowed down and let him catch up again to give him a thumbs up but he pulled a flyby on me!! So I reeled him in, passed him AGAIN, and put on my flashers, just to let him know that his car wasn't the shit afterall.
I have only had people ask me, " Did that turbo come stock or is that a EJ20t WRX motor?" Some times I will tell them the history of Subaru before the WRX. Sometimes I'm just too lazy and just say, " Yea it's stock.."
I've reiterated the history of Subaru to countless people. Even "die-hard" subaru guys. I NEVER get noticed in my wagon either. The only time anyone ever noticed anything was at a Subaru meet we had here in the Bay Area. I actually caught someone taking pictures of the Turbo badge on the back of my car. They had no idea what it was
We will get a lot more notice if kelley gets his into sports compact car I saw a 92 sport sedan in a side street car lot, I was in my GL-10 turbo, about broke my neck "thats a hood scoop on a Legacy, I know what that means" Turns out is was an auto but I test drove it any way I thought about a tranny swap but decided against it. I found a 5spd. There is a 17-18 year old girl that bought it, looked at me funny when I gave her a thumbs up. Shame it went to someone who doesn't even care what it is.
GizMo22t wrote: Some times I will tell them the history of Subaru before the WRX.
It's unfortunate that people don't understand that the WRX was not the first of it's kind from Subaru. I try to let everyone know this with my license plates: B4 WRX
I like to say that the WRX wouldn't be where it's at today if it wasn't for our legacys.
Andy Rose
1993 Subaru Legacy Sport Sedan
2003 Subaru Impreza WRX
2004 Subaru Impreza WRX STI
1999 Hyundai Accent
Someday...I dream of getting my Leg Turbo to the point where its really crankin out the horses, and I'll get the license plate WRXEATR !!! That would be great...if only I could back it up, but hell, I got a EJ20G closed deck quad cam turbo...its possible. Once I get it running again!
Micum
People really respect my car when I explain to them what is under the hood. Otherwise on the highway some jerks see what the back-end looks like getting smaller over and over again and then they get mad and won't even look at you. Oh, my fault you keep trying to pass me and keep getting smoked (not blocking them, mind you). You just have to laugh at them.
