moving to stage 2!

a few months went by and i never did install the exhaust components. (this was mostly due to not having space to work on my car for a lengthy amount of time). i ended up moving back to Easton when the company i was working for laid me off.

around that same time, my sister bought a chunk of land that had an actual garage on it! so i used that as my place to work on my car. I installed the uppipe and downpipe immediately..then flashed in Stage 2!

 that winter, i shot this video..my first time playing in the snow...

(video is no longer online...so ill have to find/re-upload it to youtbe later)

a few months later i figured i was competent enough to put a real cat back exhaust on the car..or i went and ordered one from COBB to compliment their downpipe.

i immediately fell in love with the boxer grumble!

Shortly after that i started regularly attending meets so i could learn as much as possible about my car.

this is what i looked like around that time:

 

a little while after that photo was taken, i ended up meeting up with a guy named Bill and we swapped trunks:

this was from that day (1:15:05) - went directly to a meet after the swap - second car in:

 on 04:10:05 i attended my first subaru meet and drive with the NEPA peeps:

...to be continued

Welcome to the Journal of my 2004 Subaru WRX

On this page im going to walk thru the last 6 years of owning my car and it progression to its current state of greatness!

Lets start at the beginning:

I purchased a brand new 2004 Subaru WRX at CVM Motors in Mechanicsburg, PA in March 2004. The only thing was i couldn't drive it (because it was manual). So my friend Joe was the first to drive the beast off the lot. We spent most of that day learning how to drive a manual transmission. (that night, i immediately went online and ordered a COBB accessport, COBB downpipe and a Vishnu Up pipe!)

that following weekend i decided to drive the car solo up to Easton to show my family my sweet new wheels. (and to put some break in mileage on the car). I had an awesome weekend, my bro drove it, my sister drove it, my bor-in-law drove it...and they all loved it!

sure enough, however, on the way back to Harrisburg, the new car gremlins got me.....

driving on Rt 78, i was in light traffic and we got to a part where there was a TON of truck tire retread laying all over the road. Everyone was doing their best to avoid hitting the pieces...unfortunately, the Monte Carlo in front of me swerved to avoid a piece, and as they swerved back, the hit another which kicked up a 3-4 ft piece of re-tread up and into the air..landing right smack dab into my widnshield.

at first, i had no idea what had happened..all i heard was a loud popping sound..and my dog, Kito, was freaking out...then i popped back into reality and realized what happened:

 (this is what i first saw when i pulled over to acess the damage)

(and thats what hit me - crazy right?!)

took this photo when i got home after i prepped the car to drive back to the dealership for repairs

sadly those are the first photos i have of my brand new car. 3 days old and totally jacked up!

well that following day (monday) i dropped the car off at the body shop and i got my wicked sweet PT LOSER turboooo as a rental. unfortunately i had to drive that pig for a month! (it smelled like cow poo cuz of the low end leather used in the interior)

During the time i was waiting for the car, the parts i ordered arrived and i was itching to install them!during that time i also ordered a set of Samco intercooler hoses.

Finally got the car back and decided to attend hot import nights in Harrisburg..where i picked up a sweet JDM part...a Cusco radiator plate! (and thats where my Cusco fetish started)

that weekend i installed the hoses and the rad plate:

after that, i kinda left the car alone but did flash COBB's stage 1 in with my accessport.

....to be continued....