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#101 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 10591
Join Date: Sep 2001
Chapter/Region:
AKIC
Location: anch, ak
Vehicle:2017 Ram 2500 dark blue |
![]() Hey everyone, I left the subie world in 2005/2006, but I'm looking into getting in a wrx or sti again!
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#102 |
Scooby Guru
Member#: 100607
Join Date: Nov 2005
Chapter/Region:
AKIC
Location: Alaska
Vehicle:2019 STI-His 14 XT-Hers |
![]() I love my 2019 STI!!!! Would recommend. I'm very bias though.
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#103 |
Scooby Guru
Member#: 159474
Join Date: Sep 2007
Chapter/Region:
SWIC
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Vehicle:2017 Impreza Sport Lithium Red - OLDKID |
![]() I'd wait for the 2022 WRX and 2023 STI.
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#104 |
Scooby Guru
Member#: 22923
Join Date: Aug 2002
Chapter/Region:
International
Location: above 8000 rpm!
Vehicle:2002 EJ207 V8 1.5xtr TWIN-SCROLL Black Bugeye |
![]() Crazy full circle story. Many years ago, a couple young boys visited their grandfather in Alaska one summer. I was close friends with their grandfather, he was a fellow motorcyclist and gear head. He brought them out to several auto crosses where I was competing back in the day in the XP class against the Carter boys. Competition was fierce in those days between their 555 Blue and Gold rally car and my Underground Performance sponsored Black bugeye.
The boys helped their grandfather put the race rubber on my car while I attended the driver's meeting. I took them on track walks and ride alongs were allowed. They were absolutely thrilled to be in the car doing the full tilt boogie. We did that together every few weeks at the summer autocross series. It was a great experience for them, listening in, meeting other racers, learning the physics, course set up, car maintenance and driving performance. We were a team and it eventually paid off with a win in the XP championship that year, as well as a Fast Time of the Day award against Ryan's GTR, which usually dominated events at that time. Time marches on. After completing my PA program, I moved back to Florida, my family in tow. It has been a good move...we have a very good life here. The Black WRX has undergone further transformations, it competed down here in the sunshine state in many HPDE and auto crosses. We held our own against many and on most occasions, the only vehicles that bested our lap times arrived and left on race trailers. Not bad for a nearly 20 year old daily driver. My now 18 year old son has been driving the car the last two years while going to high school. Sharing this car with him and working on it has been a treat, as it was purchased new 2-3 weeks before he was born. It has been such a rich part of our lives for so many years...but the time has come. Luke is about to graduate highschool. He is a budding Amateur motorcycle racing champion here in the southeast in off road motorcycle racing. He now has a Toyota Tacoma to carry his KTM around. Not much use for an aging WRX. I kept up with those two boys at the beginning of the story. Both joined the military, following their grandfather and parents service to our country. Aidan is a Army Paratrooper. He has served in Europe and at the Syrian border. He just made sergeant and is about to be stationed back in Alaska. He has been after me to sell him the WRX all these many years. The time has come. Childhood dreams realized. Soon, he will take over ownership and have the military move the vehicle back to Alaska, where It all began. I hope that some of the old crew will welcome him back and help keep the car's legacy moving forward. Thanks for listening. Last edited by Nomadgene; 03-18-2021 at 05:43 AM. |
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#105 | |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 132030
Join Date: Nov 2006
Chapter/Region:
AKIC
Location: Davis Monthan, AZ
Vehicle:2007 obp STI broken again |
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#106 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 217208
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Seattle, WA
Vehicle:BMW M3 DCT ARA #206 STI |
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#107 | |
Scooby Guru
Member#: 22923
Join Date: Aug 2002
Chapter/Region:
International
Location: above 8000 rpm!
Vehicle:2002 EJ207 V8 1.5xtr TWIN-SCROLL Black Bugeye |
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#108 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 132030
Join Date: Nov 2006
Chapter/Region:
AKIC
Location: Davis Monthan, AZ
Vehicle:2007 obp STI broken again |
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#109 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 217208
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Seattle, WA
Vehicle:BMW M3 DCT ARA #206 STI |
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#110 | |
Scooby Guru
Member#: 22923
Join Date: Aug 2002
Chapter/Region:
International
Location: above 8000 rpm!
Vehicle:2002 EJ207 V8 1.5xtr TWIN-SCROLL Black Bugeye |
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![]() ![]() No worries. I will keep the car circulating with our other vehicles as a commuter/fun car. We live in the country surrounded by farms. One of the reasons for wanting to sell it was that the car sat for a while before Luke started driving it and field mice had a good gnaw on my JDM HID wiring harness. We got that issue resolved but I was afraid of that happening again if the car sat for an extended length of time. It was interesting using objective insight watching my internal barometer as the young man's departure date (and car purchase) loomed. I began looking at the vehicle with soft eyes again, getting all misty looking through the extensive records of invoices since day one. No loss , no harm, no foul. Drove it in to work every day this last week, just hit 200500 miles. ![]() |
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#111 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 320851
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Anchorage, AK
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![]() I’m still alive.
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#112 |
Scooby Guru
Member#: 22923
Join Date: Aug 2002
Chapter/Region:
International
Location: above 8000 rpm!
Vehicle:2002 EJ207 V8 1.5xtr TWIN-SCROLL Black Bugeye |
![]() Well, I am about to be back up for a spell. My daughter is getting hitched and asked me to give her away. We've been gone 7.5 years. Hoping to see some OG's.
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#113 | |
Scooby Guru
Member#: 6214
Join Date: Apr 2001
Chapter/Region:
AKIC
Location: Wasilly
Vehicle:01.5 Audi S4 www.motorsportsalaska.com |
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You can count this OG in for meeting up, although it'll have to happen in your neck of the woods. |
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#114 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 159986
Join Date: Sep 2007
Chapter/Region:
AKIC
Location: YK Delta
Vehicle:2014 Jeep Patriot Blue-ish |
![]() havent checked here in like 18 months but looking to get back into a scoobaru at some point here in the next year.
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#115 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 340756
Join Date: Dec 2012
Chapter/Region:
AKIC
Vehicle:1998 Legacy GT Ltd |
![]() Still here ***55357;***56846; <---sunglasses emote that got butchered by vBulletin
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#116 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 62410
Join Date: May 2004
Chapter/Region:
AKIC
Location: its bristol baby
Vehicle:2004 wrx w/o engine psm/carbon |
![]() I'm still here haha
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#117 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 62410
Join Date: May 2004
Chapter/Region:
AKIC
Location: its bristol baby
Vehicle:2004 wrx w/o engine psm/carbon |
![]() https://www.japan-partner.com/Auto/33118/Subaru/Legacy/car-for-sale.html
What you think... |
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#118 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 127922
Join Date: Oct 2006
Chapter/Region:
International
Location: Frozen Wasteland
Vehicle:2016 Citroën Cactus Silver/Black |
![]() Still popping in occasionally. Still in Stavanger, Norway, think I am a lifer here now... Still got my 2016 Citroen Cactus, 1.2 liters of turbo charged three cylinder fury!
Just did a solo 2000 km roadtrip to Sweden and back for the hell of it... Stopped in at the Båstnäs Car Cemetery along with a ton of other things. Since all of you are car nuts I will assume you all have heard of Båstnäs, but I will put a link to it too. Need to go back in summer when there is more daylight, I arrived just a few hours before sundown and had to drive out on 20 km of unknown narrow one lane gravel roads in the dark! https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/...s-car-cemetery ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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#119 |
Scooby Guru
Member#: 159474
Join Date: Sep 2007
Chapter/Region:
SWIC
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Vehicle:2017 Impreza Sport Lithium Red - OLDKID |
![]() Aaayyyyeeee. Good to see ya! I still got the Converse you sold me before you left. Lol I'm hoping to snag a 2023 GR Corolla if all the specs are right: AWD, 6-speed manual, hatchback, and 1.6 liters of turbocharged, D4-S fury!
Thanks for the update. Glad you're feeling at home over there. I think about moving to Europe from time to time. I'm not tied down yet, so who knows. Anyway, stay safe! |
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#120 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 127922
Join Date: Oct 2006
Chapter/Region:
International
Location: Frozen Wasteland
Vehicle:2016 Citroën Cactus Silver/Black |
![]() Awesome! I was just thinking of those shoes the other day!
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#121 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 180365
Join Date: May 2008
Chapter/Region:
AKIC
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Vehicle:2018 Crosstrek Sunshine Orange |
![]() I exist. Still up here, it was good to see Nomadgene when he came up earlier in the year.
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#122 | |
Scooby Guru
Member#: 22923
Join Date: Aug 2002
Chapter/Region:
International
Location: above 8000 rpm!
Vehicle:2002 EJ207 V8 1.5xtr TWIN-SCROLL Black Bugeye |
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Me and a group of motorcyclists are in planning stages for a Dust to Dawson run as the summer solstice approaches. let me know if you are interested. ![]() |
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#123 |
Scooby Guru
Member#: 6214
Join Date: Apr 2001
Chapter/Region:
AKIC
Location: Wasilly
Vehicle:01.5 Audi S4 www.motorsportsalaska.com |
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#124 |
Scooby Guru
Member#: 22923
Join Date: Aug 2002
Chapter/Region:
International
Location: above 8000 rpm!
Vehicle:2002 EJ207 V8 1.5xtr TWIN-SCROLL Black Bugeye |
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#125 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 340756
Join Date: Dec 2012
Chapter/Region:
AKIC
Vehicle:1998 Legacy GT Ltd |
![]() Found this for 2001 120k for $1400, its doing a great job of tiding me over until used cars come back down to sane prices. Say hello to my friend in the passenger seat, browsing insta while I take pics.
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