gtguy
04-29-2003, 02:44 PM
The first year that I got the car, I put over 25,000 miles on that sucker. I was driving EVERYWHERE! "Honey, I have to go to Home Depot...in Wisconsin!" :lol:
I've only put about 6K miles on the car in the second year of ownership, not because the love affair has diminished in any way, but I have resumed riding my bicycle (after doing the ex-racer blowup), so the car mileage drops dramatically as a consequence.
But this past weekend, while out running errands, I remembered how cool this car is. The first time, I'd forgotten something in the car, and turned around to go back to her---stopped, and was thrilled by how good it looked. I took a couple of seconds to admire. Later in the day, returning to the car, I was again struck by the visual balance, the combination of muscular proportion and subtlety, with the gently flared fenders, and how the wagon's greenhouse really seems to lend an overall visual balance to the whole car.
Driving it, I still find excuses to do hard accelerations in 2nd and 3rd gear, and it's still as fast as I need, and then some. It's fun, it handles great, and after throwing it around at a rallycross on Sunday, marveling at how it, and all the other WRXes just took to the dirt like hogs to slop, it was just so awesome.
I drove home, past the "show and glow" import tuner crowd who were also at Great Lakes, who stared agog at my filthy, filthy ride. I gave her a good wash, put a subtle shine on the tire sidewalls, and I gotta tell you guys...
I love this car. That's all, just wanted to gush in a place where it would be understood.
Kevin
I've only put about 6K miles on the car in the second year of ownership, not because the love affair has diminished in any way, but I have resumed riding my bicycle (after doing the ex-racer blowup), so the car mileage drops dramatically as a consequence.
But this past weekend, while out running errands, I remembered how cool this car is. The first time, I'd forgotten something in the car, and turned around to go back to her---stopped, and was thrilled by how good it looked. I took a couple of seconds to admire. Later in the day, returning to the car, I was again struck by the visual balance, the combination of muscular proportion and subtlety, with the gently flared fenders, and how the wagon's greenhouse really seems to lend an overall visual balance to the whole car.
Driving it, I still find excuses to do hard accelerations in 2nd and 3rd gear, and it's still as fast as I need, and then some. It's fun, it handles great, and after throwing it around at a rallycross on Sunday, marveling at how it, and all the other WRXes just took to the dirt like hogs to slop, it was just so awesome.
I drove home, past the "show and glow" import tuner crowd who were also at Great Lakes, who stared agog at my filthy, filthy ride. I gave her a good wash, put a subtle shine on the tire sidewalls, and I gotta tell you guys...
I love this car. That's all, just wanted to gush in a place where it would be understood.
Kevin