Dumbest thing someone asked you about your Impreza?

[409industries]

I'm sure you guys have all kinds of stories... lets here em!

Mine would have to go a follows:

Guy: Nice car man, but id take off the hood scoop that things so pointless.
Me: Yeah, totally pointless, because using it to grab cold outside air to cool compressed air is dumb and detonation is awesome.

:roll:

[kainam00]

"Wow, you got a new car! What kind of Mustang is that?"

[kreitz3]

I was sitting in a parking lot with my WRX, and a 2.5RS and an STi.

Some kid walks by drooling over the STi and says "I have always wanted one of those."

So of course I say, "What, a 2.5RS?"

Him, "Yeah."

Oh we laughed.

[Storz]

Is that FWD or RWD? My answer was "its both"

[Pedro]

Why don't you get a body kit?


Do you drift?

[409industries]

Is that FWD or RWD? My answer was "its both"

OMG classic!

[Orion]

"Wow, you got a new car! What kind of Mustang is that?"

I can't count the number of times I had that question asked when I had my bugeye.

My reply was always "yep they shrunk it and added 2 doors!" That left them puzzled more times than not.

[BlueREX04]

Is that FWD or RWD? My answer was "its both"

I usually say YES it is. and smile.

[subyspawn]

"Are those California wheels?"

:?: WTF, i dont even know what that is!

[BlueREX04]

"Are those California wheels?"

:?: WTF, i dont even know what that is!

Yea I second that... WTF are they??

[subeerex]

He said:"I know these cars are better than the CIVICS but can it do a burn-out??!!!"
I said..."It's purely a daily driver...burn-outs are too MACHO for me". :wink:

[subeerex]

I don't understand this one. Well, let me clear out that he was refering to my '02 BugEye "wagon".
He said/asked: "Is the engine in the front or back...like the OLD-ones?" :shock:
I thought I would be a bit sarcastic by saying/answering: "The engine is now in the front but the turbo is in the back".
But to my surprise...he added: "So, this must be their HYBRID...what year is it?!"
I politely excused myself by saying that this was my wife's car and I didn't know much about it...and removed myself from the "twighlight-zone"! :?

[409industries]

He said:"I know these cars are better than the CIVICS but can it do a burn-out??!!!"
I said..."It's purely a daily driver...burn-outs are too MACHO for me". :wink:

yeah they can do burnouts... until this happens!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI9WdTS10C8

(fast forward to 1:45) poor car is crying... LOL

[Salvator Rizzo]

"hey nice civic"

"that thing looks like it can fly" - referring to the new sti spoiler i have on it or "now it can go faster"

[BlueREX04]

He said:"I know these cars are better than the CIVICS but can it do a burn-out??!!!"
I said..."It's purely a daily driver...burn-outs are too MACHO for me". :wink:

yeah they can do burnouts... until this happens!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI9WdTS10C8

(fast forward to 1:45) poor car is crying... LOL


Thank God it has the DCCD.

[UP2MTNS]

on my way to Portland on Friday, at a gas station, a 'rural local' pulled up beside me in a pickup and began fueling up.

He looks me up and down (I have a clean cut, preppy look)...looks at my car (sees the rally lights) and in a sarcastic tone asks, "So, do you do any actual rallying in that car?"

I just look at him and say, "yeah....I'm going to a rally cross school in portland right now actually."

<dumbfounded> "Oh, I didn't know they had those."


what did you ask me for then, jackass. (he did have a bumper sticker that said, 'Suck Zuki'....that was funny)

[DIRTYDIRTYDIRTY]

"Does that thing have the air shifter?"

[409industries]

<dumbfounded> "Oh, I didn't know they had those."



nice... LOL

[THE RETARD]

I live in a town that doesnt have Subaru's..well one other actually. anywho...
I had a kid..like 14 ask me if it was a Lancer.
now I figured he would know the difference.
I said sure...its a Impreza 8...a hybrid.
he said Really?
Man I laughed. guess u would have to be there.

my hood scoop is broke right now...
These cowboys ask me
"why is the radiator on top of the engine?"

[409industries]

I live in a town that doesnt have Subaru's..well one other actually. anywho...
I had a kid..like 14 ask me if it was a Lancer.
now I figured he would know the difference.
I said sure...its a Impreza 8...a hybrid.
he said Really?
Man I laughed. guess u would have to be there.

my hood scoop is broke right now...
These cowboys ask me
"why is the radiator on top of the engine?"

where do you live again? :D

[THE RETARD]

Well...I use to live in Colorado Springs,Co...alotta SUBY's there.Well moved south and..well..Lets just say I have heard all kinds of comments.some good like...Man I bet that be a blast in the dirt :D .
BUT...i have heard comments that I just cant believe.
"What the heck is a Subarooo" oh yeah forgot the "BOY" part at the end of most of there questions or statements LOL.
"Hey Carl..thats that new Civic SI" LOL...Im thinking..sure there AWD version.

But we did get snow here and thats never happened....
I went to the local WAL-MART parking lot..it was empty...Locked the DCCD in FULL. did a 360 donut.
What a blast....people actually stoped and watched. A older guy came up and said..sonny I wish I had a car like that when I was younger.

[409industries]

sonny I wish I had a car like that when I was younger.

thats pretty awesome. Sounds like you're definiately "south"... like deep south....

[JacksonRally]

"just put it in 2-wheel drive" UHH...WHAT??
(I was stuck in the sand and everyone thought I could do that to "swing the back end down" trying to get unstuck)

[subyspawn]

your 2 wheel drive would have helped here?

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f56/subyspawn/Subaru/Glamis%20March%202007/PICT0090.jpg

[Zed]

If its any consolation, we get the same mess down here in Australia.

The most common is "so do you actually take it offroad?"... and this still happens even when its covered in mud/dust.

[JacksonRally]

Yea thats the spot! At least the guy was nice.

[UndercoverObbie]

Some of these are just priceless. I had a good one the other day- I called a friend of mine from the passenger seat of Zebra's WRX, and she asked jokingly if we were in a fast car. I said yes, and when I told her what it was, she laughed at me.

"Oh honey, that's not fast."

So I returned the favor and laughed at her.

She later admitted that she didn't know "little Subarus could go fast."

[409industries]

She later admitted that she didn't know "little Subarus could go fast."

Nothing is better than interrupting one of my GF's cellphone conversations by dropping hard into 2nd gear and flooring it! She literally can't talk on the phone when I'm scooting in a straight line! :)

[UP2MTNS]

OVERHEARD:

I had to the dealer to get some header gaskets that Kragen doesn't have (I hate the dealership....$55 for 3 basic gaskets). Anyway, there were these kids....literally, couldn't have been more than 18...apparently all their parents bought them WRXs, I think one kid had an STI.

Anyway, the kid with the STI was talking to the other kid about how he needs to get the SPT Intake and heat shield. I was there for a while cause the guy helping me didn't know the difference between the crossover pipe and the 'midpipe' (dumbass, and you WORK for Subaru?) so while this kid was making up his mind, his buddies left to go look at the cars in the show room. He finally said,

Kid: "So, I think I'll just go with the intake and wait on the heatshield.....I'll still get a lot more horsepower, right?"
Parts guy: (without looking up) "Oh, sure."

I was DYING to sit the kid down, and give him a 30 minute lesson on what makes power and what doesn't on his car and to NOT listen to his dumbass friend (who, btw....looked/dressed like the ultimate white-boy ricer LOL)

I loved the fact I was definitely the dirtiest Impreza on the lot!! LOL

[409industries]

I guarantee you had the most enjoyed subaru at the dealership thats for sure...

[JacksonRally]

This was good for messn with drt suby last weekend in Mexico....We were at my chicks grandmas place in La Salina, Baja!!! Some dude came up to him when he was getting something from his car and said, "nice Honda man" Aw we were messn with him all weekend after that.

[SCUBERU]

When i got my '03 i had some one ask me if that was the new dodge neon, then when i got my '05 with AWD sticker dead center in back window in can't count the number of times i had some kid ask what "prefomence shop is that".

Glenn

[M_anstrom]

I can't count the numerous dumb things ppl have said or asked me...
I love it when someone looks down the scoop sees the engine and asks "is the a real scoop?"...
or one of the kids, who was there "subaru expert", at the local autozone was staring at my AWD stickers in the windows and asked " so, is this thing all wheel drive or front?"...

[WRXCMM]

i still love the "all wheel drive...hmmm[thought]...so does that mean all wheels turn?....uhmmm...yeah. :shootsself:

[Blix666]

one time i brought Puff for a mid-winter oil change to a jiffy-lube type place in N.H. and as soon as the guy opens the hood he says "awww, it's not even turbo-charged...i don't understand why they put hood scoops on the car if it doesn't even have a turbo!" :machinegunleft:

[409industries]

one time i brought Puff for a mid-winter oil change to a jiffy-lube type place in N.H. and as soon as the guy opens the hood he says "awww, it's not even turbo-charged...i don't understand why they put hood scoops on the car if it doesn't even have a turbo!" :machinegunleft:

I get this one alot... about the scoop... "so does that big scoop really do anything" phhh :shootsself:

dumbasses! see what American cars have done to perfectly normal functioning hood scoops? I say this because theres a guy i know that has a scoop on his mustang that goes literally nowhere. just a dead end on the hood!

[BlueREX04]

I got one the other day. A guy comes up to me and said that my Mustang looks like ****.. I said thanks but this is a Subaru have a nice day.

[M_anstrom]

I got one the other day. A guy comes up to me and said that my Mustang looks like ****.. I said thanks but this is a Subaru have a nice day.
:lol: Thats too funny... what gets me is my car has the weakest acceleration of any vehicle i've ever drove (previous vehicle 5.7 V8 F150..lol) and when I floor it everyone in the vehicle acts like is the fastest car in the world just because of the subaru growl at high RPM's.

But I still wouldn't trade it... well unless for another suby..lol

[robert.lshoc]

some guy wanted to know if I thought I cauld out run his civic si. I said get in but I wont waste my gas racing you. He said whatever and got in. Went down te road a few miles and then saw a gravel road they are everywhere in OK. Next he was holding on to his seatbelt with both hands while experiencing all wheel slide on the curve b4 it went to road again. Hit the pavement and wideopen thru 3rd. Needless to say he will probably never ask a stupid ? like that again, or probably get in my passenger seat either

[WRXCMM]

some guy wanted to know if I thought I cauld out run his civic si. I said get in but I wont waste my gas racing you. He said whatever and got in. Went down te road a few miles and then saw a gravel road they are everywhere in OK. Next he was holding on to his seatbelt with both hands while experiencing all wheel slide on the curve b4 it went to road again. Hit the pavement and wideopen thru 3rd. Needless to say he will probably never ask a stupid ? like that again, or probably get in my passenger seat either

LOL
i did that to a guy with a mitsu eclipse on the entrance of the freeway..newly rebuilt...smoth tarmac going 75 into the spiral on ramp sideways...the guy turned white...lol :mrgreen:

[lorenkb]

Old thread resurrection!

Coworker noticed my desktop (me in the wagon tearing it up in the desert)...

Coworker: So how's the car holding up?
Me: Great!
Coworker (looking closer at my desktop): Oh, so you take the hubcaps off before you race?
Me: :shock: Oh... no those are completely different wheels and tires.
Coworker: Really? Wow, that's a lot of work to swap wheels.

How one could ever mistake stock WRX wheels for having hubcaps, let alone mistaking them for rally wheels with rally tires, is beyond me.

[L and E Fab.com]

My Fav...

I am sitting at a light in the rally car.

Ricer-X pulls up along side "What does that thing run"

Me: "Low nines" I look over to see the jaw on the ground.

Ricer-X: "And its street legal?"

Me: "Its got plates"

I drive off leaving them behind aluminum spoiler and all.

[worldrallyblue]

LOL!! I woulda liked to of seen that happen.

[MetalNeverDies]

AHAHAHAHAHAH thats awsome. low 9s.... if only mine could do that. i went to the track. ran 16's :(. how much hp/tourqe do you have or is it cause of the super short gearing on rally cars?

oooh oooh i have a story. ok so i pull up at a store. guy in dodge lancer sees me. i walk away and arm my alarm. come back out he is sitting in front of store in his dodge lancer. as i walk away he goes" so....nice car. i say "thanks." he asks "what it is..." i was like "its a saab 92x, or if you dont "know what that is its a subaru impreza wagon." *nodes head as if he knows what that is* i say "its like a wrx with no turbo... you know the rally cars?" "oo what kinda engine doe it have:shootsself:" i say "a 2.5." he goes "oh sweet what kinda mileage do you get" and then after asking more wierd questions he goes "so is it front wheel drive." i go "no its all wheel." *guy scratches head* "so they all turn or what?" i go "no....all spin but only the fronts turn." "OH! i get it so the fronts are what drives the car and the backs just roll along with your car...*i walk off shaking my head and drive away*

[L and E Fab.com]

Not to be a Ashole,

But it really does not run low nines... Its a joke that they can not prove wrong.

and it is alot easier then trying to explain what a rally car is.

[MetalNeverDies]

yea very true. but the great thing is no matter what you could still destory them. im amazed at how many people dont know what the hell a rally car is. haha my dad was making fun of my car cause its a wagon... after i slide the car into a corner and stoped then cornered at 40 he decided not tomake fun of my wagon anymore... crap ton of body roll though. cant wait to get new swaybar and strut bars :)

[Qman]

Not to be a Ashole,

But it really does not run low nines... Its a joke that they can not prove wrong.

and it is alot easier then trying to explain what a rally car is.

ROFLMAO!!!

[409industries]

Not to be a Ashole,

But it really does not run low nines... Its a joke that they can not prove wrong.

and it is alot easier then trying to explain what a rally car is.

really? you dont run 9's? awwwwww :lol2:

I wouldnt say its a stupid question but i get guys asking me all the time:

"So you bought a second Impreza? oh cool a RS... so are you going to do an STi swap"?

(i proceed to explain that swaps aren't legal in the class i want to run)

"aww man that sucks bummer"

Then I think about how i can start to explain that since i have minimal experience driving in dirt/gravel let alone stages, it wouldnt make sense to have all that power. How i am much better off with a slower car that i can learn car control on first, etc etc etc. Then maybe go into the possibility that i am probably going to hit something anyway. Then i just give up and say....

"yeah its is a bummer". :flamed

[wr-ecks]

Originally Posted by subyspawn
"Are those California wheels?"

:?: WTF, i dont even know what that is!
Yea I second that... WTF are they??


california wheels is a term for the hubless semi truck wheels. they have no center. their are a bunch of bolts and clamps that hold down the outside ring of the wheel. so maybe he thought you had a semi truck running gear conversion from 50 years ago???

[Akagi_Redsuns88]

so I'm coming home from class today and am sitting at a red light when i catch a glimpse of a bright metal flake purple bass boat painted honda civic, massive wing, nos stickers, the whole lot. he sees me and downshifts into 2nd waaaay early just so everyone for 5 miles can hear how crappy his autozone special sounds... he finally clutches in and pulls up next to me turns his obnoxiously loud bass off and leans over... "hey is that thing turbo?" (valid question) I say ya and he asks "so is it fast?" I say "ya but not as fast as your car. I mean with all the stickers and that massive wing your car must go fast..." the light changed so I punched it and lit all 4 tires and left him with a mouthful of half burned gas and bits of tire... lol

[409industries]

Wow i didnt know what california wheels were either.

[Galen]

If it was single or twin turbo (this is a relatively stock 2.5rs mind you)

[rollo]

Not exactly but still, a few weeks after I got my car (March 2003 when they were still super rare) and the general public were still treating me like a rock star:

Dude at light: Nice car!
Me: Thanks!
Dude: Is it a 6 or an 8?
Me (thinking he means Evo 6 or 8 ): It's an 8.
Dude: Wow, it doesn't look big enough.
Me: (?)........ OH, you mean a V8? Oh. God no, it's a 4 banger. With a big ass turbo.

Thankfully the light turned at this point.

[Zap]

They didn't ask me, but my 96 OBS got voted 4th in the Legacy class at West Coast Subaru Show 8. The judges were kinda in the dark as to Subarus I think.

[sebhockey]

Ughhhh....I just had one of the dumbest guys talking to me outside my apartment.

guy "you want to race that"
me "i only race in the dirt"
guy "ill race you in the dirt"
me "i don't think you'll be able to keep up with me in the dirt" (guy was getting out of some suv)
guy "i got something for that, i got a datsun 510"
me "it wont be able to keep up with me"
guy "itll keep up"
me "i dont think you understand, it'd take an evo to keep up with this in the dirt"
guy "you gotta walk the walk if youre gonna talk the talk"
me as im walking away "if you say so"

I dont think the guy got it through his head that I dont street or drag race. I should mention that I was wearing my DI hoodie at the time too.

[04caliwrx]

some guy with a Vette told me that I might have a chance with a turbo......guess he heard that 18g spooled at 24psi when I passed him like he was standing still lol

[L and E Fab.com]

Wow i didnt know what california wheels were either.

http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/billavista/Trailer/Dcp_4842.jpg

google image search on "California Wheels"

There is a wheel shop called "California Wheels" as well.

[munozppk]

http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/billavista/Trailer/Dcp_4842.jpg

google image search on "California Wheels"

There is a wheel shop called "California Wheels" as well.

That shop is in San Jose. Its pretty popular.

[Team Illuminata]

Dumbest thing someone asked you about your Impreza?

Is that an Impreza?

[debbid]

I always get the "Why'd you get a wagon" question. Although, once i got a parking warning and under the make/model portion of the form is said "Toyota Subaru" :shock:

[ankyle62]

i was asked by a female at work if i was going to put a "whistle thing" on my car(BOV).

[10secwrx]

hey guys i am still in high school and i drive a 02 wrx and i did not get the car from my parents or anyone, I work 36 hours a week and school just to pay for that car.
So i brought my car into my schools auto shop to check some stuff out and i poped my hood and this kid askes me why do i have 2 radiators when he saw the intercooler

[litre]

Honda kid: You beat me on the interstate but I woulda took you off line
me: ok.

[overtheover]

BMW660iguy - "YOU GOT TURBO?"
/armenian accent

[lminette]

BMW660iguy - "YOU GOT TURBO?"
/armenian accent

Priceless!!!:lol: You must have been in Glendale!! Brow Down!!!

[lminette]

Had to!!!

FsRiy-1PZ8w

[UP2MTNS]

hey Aaron, remember that guy at my bbq party this past summer....(friend of a friend), kind of clueless, but wanted to hang with the boys as you changed your brake pads....anyway, you popped your trunk and had a compressed air tank in there, he looked at it and goes, 'Oh man, you got nitrous in that thing'?

LOL....it was one of those 10 gal air tanks....one hell of a nitrous tank!

[MetalNeverDies]

AHAHAHA i know like 3 armanina guys i have to show them this

[UP2MTNS]

that's funny....in SF its the persians and russians. I have a few russian friends (male and female) and they freely admit the stereotype. :D

[IneedRS]

LMFAO, AIM conversation!!

"random noob" (12:11:01 AM): wat type of car?
J4xxxK3 (12:10:41 AM): subaru impreza
"random noob" (12:11:24 AM): noice
J4xxxK3 (12:11:11 AM): yeh
"random noob" (12:11:58 AM): i gots a nissan Frontier xD
"random noob" (12:12:15 AM): wat engine u got in that?
J4xxxK3 (12:12:05 AM): 2.5L
"random noob" (12:12:40 AM): nice
J4xxxK3 (12:12:16 AM): yeah
"random noob" (12:12:55 AM): straight six?
J4xxxK3 (12:12:31 AM): lol
J4xxxK3 (12:12:45 AM): nope
J4xxxK3 (12:12:47 AM): boxer 4
"random noob" (12:13:26 AM): ehhh its a car right?
J4xxxK3 (12:13:12 AM): LMFAO
J4xxxK3 (12:13:21 AM): u obviously know nothing about subarus
J4xxxK3 (12:13:22 AM): :p
"random noob" (12:14:12 AM): yep http://www.dirtyimpreza.com/forums/aolbart:/1024/id/2B000001E4/3A2D29 i have no idea bout subarus, never had one dont want one
J4xxxK3 (12:13:58 AM): haha
J4xxxK3 (12:14:04 AM): you would if you knew what they can do
"random noob" (12:14:44 AM): THEY HAVE A LASER BEAM!!!!
"random noob" (12:15:10 AM): ???
J4xxxK3 (12:14:49 AM): LOL
J4xxxK3 (12:14:50 AM): omg
J4xxxK3 (12:14:56 AM): ur ****ing hillarious
"random noob" (12:15:29 AM): u mean it doesnt???
J4xxxK3 (12:15:24 AM): lmao
"random noob" (12:16:06 AM): ??????
J4xxxK3 (12:15:43 AM): no
J4xxxK3 (12:15:44 AM): lol
"random noob" (12:16:24 AM): well **** that car... my truck came with a plasma cannon



HAHAHA OMG

[donutking]

id say the dumbest question i had with the STi was a guy in hemi ram asked me would i like some soy sauce with my rice? I promptly pulled out 1000 dollars told him id bet him a $1000 I can whoop his ass by 10 car lengths in "my rice" ....










he lost a thousand dollars very quickly!

[anaonbd]

ok, i'm thinking an sti swap is the gearbox?

[JacksonRally]

id say the dumbest question i had with the STi was a guy in hemi ram asked me would i like some soy sauce with my rice? I promptly pulled out 1000 dollars told him id bet him a $1000 I can whoop his ass by 10 car lengths in "my rice" ....










he lost a thousand dollars very quickly!

Thats what I'm talking about! :headbang:

[bfrancis827]

Did he actually pay up?

[409industries]

Did he actually pay up?

Yeah, wha'd you do with the G? LOL :lol2:

[donutking]

actually it was before the son.. i just spent it on some model cars and a stripper oh and the wife got a louie vouiton purse.

[IneedRS]

actually it was before the son.. i just spent it on some model cars and a stripper oh and the wife got a louie vouiton purse.

lmao, well spent.

[donutking]

I thought so too... well the stripper part anyways..

[sebhockey]

actually it was before the son.. i just spent it on some model cars and a stripper oh and the wife got a louie vouiton purse.


Money is never tax free eh? (the wife's purse)

[MetalNeverDies]

Ahahahahaha

[MetalNeverDies]

"nice car your parents bought you"- a$% from work
"acctually i pay for it"
"you cant afford that at a job like this"
"its like 250 a month and 200 on insurance"
"OH! THATS NOTHING THATS STUPID quit complainnig."
"i wasnt i was just saying thats howi can afford it"
"why the hell did you get a saab anyways?"
"its just got saab badges (tried to explain whole saabaru thing)"
then he freaks out and go well it doesnt matter subarus and saabs both suck and its a wagon. its stupid. and either way its a saab cause its the badges on the car. like if you put a chevy engine in a ford truck its still a ford. after that i just sorta walked away shaking my head.
then eh came back over and started trying to brag about how stupidly fast his little srt-4 was back in the day when he lived in some other state. oh and how he raced some guy for like 20 bucks. but when i told him i was saving to buy a rally car he called me a moron and said im never going any where with it. and i then asked well you have a race bike? you dont seem do be doing anything why do you have it? then he goes its just fun to drive. and i was like yupp
he went from a riced srt to an r6 and even though he may not have a rice vehicle now he still has lots of rice left in his veins

[murtada87]

I've gotten two good ones in the past month...
1. (I have a harness bar installed on the car for my seatbelts)
guy: Is that a swaybar??
Me: no man that's a harness bar for my seatbelts
Guy: ohh man that must make you car handle those turns!!!
Me: I pulled my window up and drove away

and number two which is absouloutly ridiculous!!
Guy: do you have that thing that does a the sound when you shift??
Me: you mean a Blow Off Valve??
Guy: yes...
Me: no I don't it's actually not good for the car ( then I explain to it how it works and why it's bad thinking I was talking to someone smart)
Guy: well that's why you get a smaller BOV, did you have a 2 mm or a 3 mm, if you had the 2 mm one it wouldn't do that!!!! ( and looks at me like I'm the stupidist one in the world)
Me: (thinking to myself, does he not know how small 2 mm is?? no even thinking of the fact that this doesn't exsist for a BOV and still giving him the benefit of the doubt) so do you mean a 38 mm external wastegate?? and no I don't I have an internal wastegate
Guy: no dude wtf are you talking about ( still looking at me like I'm stupid)
Me: ohh sorry dude I'm late for work see you later :machinegunleft:

what an effing idiot!!!!

[murtada87]

Ughhhh....I just had one of the dumbest guys talking to me outside my apartment.

guy "you want to race that"
me "i only race in the dirt"
guy "ill race you in the dirt"
me "i don't think you'll be able to keep up with me in the dirt" (guy was getting out of some suv)
guy "i got something for that, i got a datsun 510"
me "it wont be able to keep up with me"
guy "itll keep up"
me "i dont think you understand, it'd take an evo to keep up with this in the dirt"
guy "you gotta walk the walk if youre gonna talk the talk"
me as im walking away "if you say so"

I dont think the guy got it through his head that I dont street or drag race. I should mention that I was wearing my DI hoodie at the time too.

dude there was a guy with a rallied out datsun 510 in my high school full rollcage verything for SCCA, there RWD but he had 200 hp to the wheels and that car was handling pretty good in the dirt too, if he had some good suspension you should have given him a shot, would have been pretty fun since you got a stock wrx and he still would have had trouble keeping up with you :D

[sebhockey]

dude there was a guy with a rallied out datsun 510 in my high school full rollcage verything for SCCA, there RWD but he had 200 hp to the wheels and that car was handling pretty good in the dirt too, if he had some good suspension you should have given him a shot, would have been pretty fun since you got a stock wrx and he still would have had trouble keeping up with you :D

What's stock about my WRX? Everyone who sees my WRX thinks it's stock but it's no where close to stock anymore. My entire suspension is upgraded and I'm stage 2.

Eh the guy was being an idiot, I don't do challenges like that. The guy made it clear he didn't know jack about racing or what kind of racing I do from his reactions. Besides I'm not about to go set up a rally course just to beat the pants off him.

[UP2MTNS]

What's stock about my WRX? Everyone who sees my WRX thinks it's stock but it's no where close to stock anymore. My entire suspension is upgraded and I'm stage 2.


But you got the same times as the Street Stock guys at the last RallyX :D:FU:

ohhhhhhhh, SNAP!

hehe, j/k.

[409industries]

Thats why i'm not even worried about running a 2.5RS. I get beat on the rallycross course by em, and when i'm driving a STi!

[sebhockey]

But you got the same times as the Street Stock guys at the last RallyX :D:FU:

ohhhhhhhh, SNAP!

hehe, j/k.

Eh only cause I hold back and run crappy tires. I've been noticing I'm too worried about not damaging my daily driver to be truely competitive.

[UP2MTNS]

Eh only cause I hold back and run crappy tires. I've been noticing I'm too worried about not damaging my daily driver to be truely competitive.

yeah, your car is still pretty new.

[murtada87]

What's stock about my WRX? Everyone who sees my WRX thinks it's stock but it's no where close to stock anymore. My entire suspension is upgraded and I'm stage 2.

Eh the guy was being an idiot, I don't do challenges like that. The guy made it clear he didn't know jack about racing or what kind of racing I do from his reactions. Besides I'm not about to go set up a rally course just to beat the pants off him.


ohh yeah you did show me your suspension last time at the wing meet, but you were not stage 2 then so I didn't know about that

[RckyMtnLegacy]

Well...I use to live in Colorado Springs,Co...alotta SUBY's there.Well moved south and..well..Lets just say I have heard all kinds of comments.some good like...Man I bet that be a blast in the dirt :D .
BUT...i have heard comments that I just cant believe.
"What the heck is a Subarooo" oh yeah forgot the "BOY" part at the end of most of there questions or statements LOL.
"Hey Carl..thats that new Civic SI" LOL...Im thinking..sure there AWD version.

But we did get snow here and thats never happened....
I went to the local WAL-MART parking lot..it was empty...Locked the DCCD in FULL. did a 360 donut.
What a blast....people actually stoped and watched. A older guy came up and said..sonny I wish I had a car like that when I was younger.

Hey THE RETARD,
Where south did you go?

[RckyMtnLegacy]

What about dumb things subie owners ask?:

For example:
http://www.awdpirates.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=28632

[kai`]

this dude at work asked if i had vtec and before letting me answer he asked when it initiated......you should've seen the look i had on my face -_-

[wr-ecks]

landlord asked me if my 05 sti was one of those new focus's.. if the guy wasnt such an idiot i wouldve cried.

[Spatizzle]

this dude at work asked if i had vtec and before letting me answer he asked when it initiated......you should've seen the look i had on my face -_-

rofl who?

[MetalNeverDies]

its not really somethign that people have been asking me but more what they have been telling me. every sence i bought the car. "its NOT a truck, you need to understand that" then i just try to explain why my saabaru is better than a truck. handles better, better milage, more comfortable, more exciting. and they whole time they just keep gong its not made to go off road its not a truck and then i came up with the idea of getting an old subie to please them so i dont break my new car and i still just hear the they ARE NOT trucks. *sigh*

[wr-ecks]

its not really somethign that people have been asking me but more what they have been telling me. every sence i bought the car. "its NOT a truck, you need to understand that" then i just try to explain why my saabaru is better than a truck. handles better, better milage, more comfortable, more exciting. and they whole time they just keep gong its not made to go off road its not a truck and then i came up with the idea of getting an old subie to please them so i dont break my new car and i still just hear the they ARE NOT trucks. *sigh*


its funny how often i get lectured on the same subject. silly people. :shootsself:

[sebhockey]

its not really somethign that people have been asking me but more what they have been telling me. every sence i bought the car. "its NOT a truck, you need to understand that" then i just try to explain why my saabaru is better than a truck. handles better, better milage, more comfortable, more exciting. and they whole time they just keep gong its not made to go off road its not a truck and then i came up with the idea of getting an old subie to please them so i dont break my new car and i still just hear the they ARE NOT trucks. *sigh*

I think you need to tell them they're wrong on it not being made to go off road. In fact the impreza was designed for going off road. WRC ftw!!!

[MetalNeverDies]

i know... its rediculous. im glad my car is probably as strong if not stronger than a good truck

[donutking]

wrc > any truck!

[PSG STI]

I've been asked if my car was an Evo...

[MetalNeverDies]

im sorry :(

[wr-ecks]

I've been asked if my car was an Evo...


there are a lot of evos out here and all the time they will start to wave at me and mid-wave they will look confused and quickly pull their hand back. kinda funny really. nothing against evo's though. new ones are pretty.

[MilesFox]

in regards to my 88 sedan, i have been asked if i race it. i was like "no, i havent found an event" i did once take it down the indianapolis raceway park dragstrip with a threadbare tire and gallons of gas cans in the trunk on the hot rod power tour.

once i was asked if it was fast. i was like, "no. it has 95 horsepower. it will barely do 80 mph.

[mbs627]

I used to have a clubWRX.net license plate frame and I had a coworker ask me why I go on the internet to talk about station wagons :bored:

[donutking]

mbs thats great!

[Dirty TR]

"Is that hood scoop functional or decorative?"

I get that a lot.

[wr-ecks]

a guy in an integra told me today that "yea sti's are pretty cool, but really its just a wrx with a little bigger turbo and pink badges" needless to say i verbally tore him apart. man, some peoples kids....

[Dirty TR]

One thing I can't stand is when people call my car a ricer or rice rocket etc. I understand my car is not an American car, but damnit don't put me in the same boat as those Fast & Furious/Civic types.:-x:pissed:

[409industries]

I used to have a clubWRX.net license plate frame and I had a coworker ask me why I go on the internet to talk about station wagons :bored:

OMG thats funny.

[anaonbd]

from what i've heard, there's not much of a difference between an STI and a standard WRX, well actually ok that's rubbish.. The STI comes with about 12 things that the WRX doesn't.

Maybe my car really is a sleeper, because i've never been propositioned to race, ever!

[Dirty TR]

I've actually heard quite different. I always thought the STi wasn't worth the extra money for what you get compared to a WRX but a few people have told me differently.

[wr-ecks]

I've actually heard quite different. I always thought the STi wasn't worth the extra money for what you get compared to a WRX but a few people have told me differently.


woah woah woah......:bs: i dont usually like to use the bs flag smile thingy but i feel this is an appropriate time to use it. sti's are well worth the extra money. ive owned a 2.5, a wrx and an sti and i say sti's ftw.

[Dirty TR]

Ti's what I've heard. No need to raise the bull **** flag there buddy. I said I always thought. That's past tense, as in, I now know differently, as in, I don't think that anymore. I didn't say I think.

[pigpen]

as long as you're enlightened now ;)

[Dirty TR]

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa242/ximian18/The_More_You_Know2.jpg

[kreitz3]

Just to give you an idea of what my car looks like w/o having to over work my fingers by typing [ img ] [ /img ], I have amber Hellas in the OEM spot and 2 500's on the grill.

I was paying for gas and the girl (not attractive or small) asks me:

Girl: What are all of those lights on your car for?
Me: The yellow lights are for fog and snow and the lights on the grill are for night driving.
Girl: What are the other lights for.
Me: *I give her the WTF face* Those are the headlights. *walks away*

[MetalNeverDies]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHA morons

[VermillionX]

Wow I cant believe the amount of morons in this world.

[Dirty TR]

"Why is your radiator on the top of the engine like that?"
"Cuz"
"Figures, those Jap cars are all screwy."

[Lesac]

"Why is your radiator on the top of the engine like that?"
"Cuz"
"Figures, those Jap cars are all screwy."

ive gotten the top mount radiator before too.
also when i first got it, and my stepdad rode with me, he asked what that wooshing noise was, lol i said its the turbo, and it means its ready to go fast. lol
he thought something was broken

[Dirty TR]

LoL, "Is your tire leaking? What is that noise?"

[MetalNeverDies]

lawlz nice man

[ahowell]

These are all excellent stories!

[409industries]

top mount radiator FTW!

[Dirty TR]

Hi Aaron!

[Hairy Sheep]

i know i dont own an Impreza, but i always get in to Subaru arguments.
a couple of months ago at school i was sitting next to this group of kids who were talking about cars. one of them goes:

"aw man, id like to get me one of those Subaru Impreza STIs"
(his friend): "aw yeah, i know man, those turbo V6s are makin like 300hp"

well, i couldnt let that just go, so i budged in on their conversation
me: "its a flat 4, not a v6"
them: (puzzled look) "dude, your a dumbass, why the hell would they put a 4 banger in that?"
me: "Subaru never made a V block and they only use the 6 cylinder in the Tribeca and the Outback"
them: "dude, im tellin ya, theres no way its a 4 banger"

...you get the picture. we ended up looking it up on Google, they just sorta walked away after that

[MetalNeverDies]

HAHAHA yea some people at my school were like that too they were asking about my car and how big the engine was and this kid has a honda and the other has a v6 altima he was like thats dumb i bet its slow as hell why would you buy a 4banger that doesnt put out any hp. i was like well has more tourque than your little honda. then the guy says tourque doesnt matter. i was like :pissed:. then they started talking about where they were gonna hook up their under glow lights. then they asked what kind of wheels i had and i told them some 16'' ones and they laughed the other guy has a set of 14 steelies! then the other dude who had the altima was making fun of my slow 4banger and said that his six had like 215 or something. but he doesnt go fast cause he doesnt want to abuse his car he wont do over 85 he said. i was well then whats the point of hp if you dont use it. he was all man you just dont get it its about how nice your ride is not how drive it. then proceded to talk about his factory bose system bumping and how every one stares at him at lights. at this point i just turned on my zune and shook my head cause we were stuck in class.

freakin ricer morons:angryfinger:

[pigpen]

Ha! who cares about torque? hp is where it's at, esp. if you drive under 85mph...

besides, a 215hp V6 is obviously faster than any flat-4 because it has more cylinders. and it only matters that you know your car is faster, after all, what's the point of driving a car?

whew...that conversation was too much!

[Dirty TR]

Nothing is as fast as an SRT-4 though.

[JacksonRally]

HAHAHA yea some people at my school were like that too they were asking about my car and how big the engine was and this kid has a honda and the other has a v6 altima he was like thats dumb i bet its slow as hell why would you buy a 4banger that doesnt put out any hp. i was like well has more tourque than your little honda. then the guy says tourque doesnt matter. i was like :pissed:. then they started talking about where they were gonna hook up their under glow lights. then they asked what kind of wheels i had and i told them some 16'' ones and they laughed the other guy has a set of 14 steelies! then the other dude who had the altima was making fun of my slow 4banger and said that his six had like 215 or something. but he doesnt go fast cause he doesnt want to abuse his car he wont do over 85 he said. i was well then whats the point of hp if you dont use it. he was all man you just dont get it its about how nice your ride is not how drive it. then proceded to talk about his factory bose system bumping and how every one stares at him at lights. at this point i just turned on my zune and shook my head cause we were stuck in class.

freakin ricer morons:angryfinger:

We should be able to shoot these people right on the spot. These are the morons that screw it up for everyone else.

[Berzerklo]

"You got a V4 in there?"

:roll:

[409industries]

"You got a V4 in there?"

:roll:

Oooo yeah that one's good.

Naw, i love trying to explain how a flat 4 can put out way more horse power than a V6 in an accord. Some people have no concept that just because 6 > 4 doesn't mean jack.

[Dirty TR]

I was explaining how a boxer engine works to my step dad. The convo started out something like this:
"In this day and age, number of cylinders means absolutely nothing."

[VermillionX]

I had that same one with my dad. He just cant figure out why my car can keep up with his v-8 truck.

[Dirty TR]

Yeah, it's tough to explain these things to 'Good ol fashion American Muscle' heads.

[VermillionX]

Yeah damn old timers will never change.

[SReitsma]

I think one of the funniest things i've heard was when i got pulled over during a minor snowstorm. There was a little snow cover on the road. I was doing 65 in a 55 and had just passed an audi when the cop was coming the other way. ANYWAY

the cop comes up to me and says:
cop: Did you just pass that A4?
me: yea
cop:you were goin a little fast werent ya?
me: i wanted to get back to campus before the snow accumulated too much
cop:this thing has AWD right?
me: yea...
cop: well i'm sure you can handle it
me::twisted:

got away with a warning :eek:

[nordicskiah]

brilliant.

[VermillionX]

Thats awsome.

[Meachy]

reading every post in this thread.... makes me wonder what is wrong with people these days!

[bvorexx]

i didnt read past page 4 so idk if this has been said.
but, i guess most people dont realize there is a WRX. i always, always get asked it is an STi. then there are people that ask if im going to turbo it... then i say it has one and they dont know what to say..."huh, it does?"

[dontcallitarex]

My favorite question is:

"WHY DIDN'T YOU GET AN STI?!?!?!?!"

And my answer is almost always

"Wanna lend me about $12,000?"

I am usually willing further explain that it might take 1500 bucks to bring my wrx up to sti power levels and another 500 to outhandle it. :)

And yeah, there's always the "Why's it sound like a mustang?!"

[Spatizzle]

^ LoL
yo recently, i had gone to the shop cuz my steering wheel feels like its grinding, like when i turn it.. it would feel like its rubbing on something, but the handling seems fine,it doesnt bother me driving, also my steering wheel would start shakin like crayz at about 55-60 (by the way.. anyone may have an idea why? lol)
but yeah, so im talking to the guy and i asked him why also my steering wheel feels alot heavier than "normal" cuz my friend drives an 01 and even he says its a bit harder.. turning it is a b*tch trying to do it fast, ya know?
his answer - "Well, that's simply because your car has AWD"
me - :unamused:

:shootsself:

[Draco-REX]

I was waiting with my STI for some other subies to show up at a weekly weet and a guy in an SUV pulled up:

"That thing really got a blower in it?"
"Turbo actually. The scoop is for the intercooler. Everything on this car is functional."
"Oh..." And drives off.


Turned around near a bar,
Some dude: "Do a burnout!"
Me: "Do you know what car this is??"


Came home one day and heard someone say "hey" behind me.
Neighbor: "Do you want a manual boost controller?"
Me: "No, not really."
N: "It's free."
M (thinking I might be able to sell it to a honduh): "Ok.."
He gives me a snarl of hoses and wires and an a-pillar pod with an AEM LED boost gauge, and an Autometer AFR Gauge (Narrow band!! lol and it was never even hooked up).
N: "I had this stuff on my 07 WRX before it blew up." (with a tone of voice that implied WRXs do that often)
M (thinking to myself *No S#!t! you blew it up*)

[appletree]

my "friend" has a ford tarus and he said that if he puts a turbo in his car that he could smoke my car...then he said since his car is american made he cant put in a turbo so he has to put in a turbocharger.....hahahahaha

[Dirty TR]

Somewhat of a stranger: "You have a nice car, looks new. '07 huh? Why is it always covered in dirt then? If I had a new car, I would keep it clean."

Me: :D

[SReitsma]

somewhat impreza related:

while back home on break my car was in the shop so my friends and I were driving around in my friend's lancer es,

we were parked at a gas station and someone asks:
"thats an impreza right?"

we all just kind of looked at eachother and my friend simply pointed to the badging on the back.

[Blix666]

Somewhat of a stranger: "You have a nice car, looks new. '07 huh? Why is it always covered in dirt then? If I had a new car, I would keep it clean."

Me: :D

lol!...this should be on a headline on the DI homepage!

[Dirty TR]

lol!...this should be on a headline on the DI homepage!

Heck yes! Whenever I visit my mom, she always comments on how dirty my car is most of the time.

[Spatizzle]

Heck yes! Whenever I visit my mom, she always comments on how dirty my car is most of the time.

+1, plus they[dad too] give me money for a car wash.. of course.. i use it on gas to go off-roading right again :muhaha:

[carl]

i just get a lot of, "must be really dark where you live" or "are you afraid of the dark?" now with 6 hellas lol

[katnip]

after obliging the gas attendant to numerous burnouts from the cougar he felt the need to ask me to do one in the rex. had to explain AWD and why that is a bad idea:jack:

[Dirty TR]

"If you aint out of control, you aint in control."

-Lil BowBow

[brd360sk8]

lmao fast and furious biotch! ^^^

[sniper1rfa]

I get "why'd you buy a wagon?" a lot...

Then i'm forced to explain about "headroom" and "sex."



:guitarist:

[SReitsma]

wagons ftw!

[Bampalo]

Not too bad, but I had a friend in my passenger seat once. started rolling the DCCD switch up and down, and then proceeded to tell me that my radio was broken because the volume wouldn't increase or decrease.

[williaty]

I get "why'd you buy a wagon?" a lot...

Then i'm forced to explain about "headroom" and "sex."

/me dies laughing


yup. exactly.

[carl]

Not too bad, but I had a friend in my passenger seat once. started rolling the DCCD switch up and down, and then proceeded to tell me that my radio was broken because the volume wouldn't increase or decrease.
you know how I know you need new friends? :tongue:

[SReitsma]

Not too bad, but I had a friend in my passenger seat once. started rolling the DCCD switch up and down, and then proceeded to tell me that my radio was broken because the volume wouldn't increase or decrease.
oh jeez

[murtada87]

I was leaving work with one of our new emplyees last week, she's 32 has kids and it was dark outside she looks at my car and all you can see is the WRB glow and says...

"Hey that's a Nice KIA" :cry:

The only thing that kept going that day was knowing that it was dark and she know's absolutly nothing about cars and has two KIA's :machinegunleft: herself!!!

[MetalNeverDies]

LOL @ kias... it was raining and one got hydrolocked becaue he splashed through a 2inch deep puddle... this was after i went splashing though a flooded street that was up to my lug nuts on my wheels to try to clean out the bottom of my car.... THERE IS STILL MUD STUCK UNDER MY CAR!

[appletree]

my car got swarmed today by a bunch of rednecks and one of them asked me if he would let me drift my car if he gave me $100..hahaah
me: this car is not made for drifting its AWD
kid: all cars can drift....i drift in my car...(he drove a kia optima)
me: yes your car is FWD
kid: vipers drift all the time
me:yes they are RWD
kid: so your car is not good enough to drift?
me: its AWD and its made for off-road like dirt and gravel and snow
kid: so how does AWD and RWD/FWD make a difference?
me: all four wheel on my car turn to power it
kid: well all four of the wheels turn on my car too...:machinegunleft:

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh................... ..

[appletree]

i also got another one today....its a classic..


"can i drive your car"....
"NO!"

[newbie101]

i also got another one today....its a classic..


"can i drive your car"....
"NO!"

ha i get that one all the time

[VermillionX]

So I was going to a rallyx this weekend while I was driving down the highway a guy pulls up next to me. He was in one of the really nice hondas. I look over and he was trying to get my attention. I thinking something is wrong I rolled down my window. He yells over and asked me what the yellow strap is. All I could think about saying is that it was my pull start. I thought about and decided to tell him it was a tow strap. Although I did get a good laugh out of it.

[newbie101]

pull start :lol2:

[409industries]

I like the one that i get from time to time...

Random Kid: hey dood!
Me: whats up?
Random Kid: why didnt you get the STi model, its faster!
Me: this is an STi, i just removed the spoiler
Random Kid: Thats not an STi, they all have the big wing, thats how people know!
Me: :shootsself:

[LPXLTT]

More of a dumb action really, no words exchanged.

Roll up next to a Z06 the day I got my WRX. He looks at me, I look at him, and then the unmarked cop behind him. I rev my engine, he revs his. Light turns green and he leaves 70 feet of rubber right in front of the cop as I drive away nice and easy. As the cop goes by, he looks at me and just shakes his head. He then turned on him lights and pulls the guy over.

Later that night I found out the guy was doing 92 before the cop pulled him over. The speed limit was 35.

The car is fun even when its not moving. :D

[anaonbd]

not so much of a dumb comment but more of a very cool one. Kori (fiancee) and I were in salt lake at the ikea looking for chairs in the as is section, didn't find anything decently priced. So we had the idea to go down this one road that was dirt and see what it was like and where it led.

We drove down it and of course shot video :D Then as we were going down this one path to another part of the road where it was a bit more bumpy and made for a truck with more ground clearance, we noticed someone was in a truck going on one of the paths about 60mtrs. or so in front of us. We kind of wandered if they owned the land or not so we were sort of intimidated of not wanting to be kicked off of it.

So we drove up closer and found that he had actually high centred his mitubishi something 4x4 on a rock covered in dirt. Tried several times to get his truck off the rock and of course, nothing worked. Then we offered to give him a ride back home (maybe 1/4 mile) where he had a much larger ford with a nice exhaust. We drove him home in Kori's 02 RS and he was very impressed that it could go over the rocks and down the trail like it was nothing, and we both said subaru AWD!!!

Then he commented as he was actually watching me drive around this very hilly and bumpy part of the umm, road? that a car could actually do all that. I then happily told him, next time you're thinking of buying an off road vehicle, think subaru, it's not just a car mate!!

[Judau]

I also had a good story, while it was last summer... It was a nice Sunday and there was a car show going on at a local circuit about 20 minutes away, so I said "screw it, I'll head on over" and I knew it'd cost $15 to get in. So I drive down and on the way, I was stuck in a line of cars going slower then I had wanted, but I was just enjoying the nice day...

Turns out there was a minivan behind me that had no idea where they were going trying to find the track... it was a guy and his maybe... 15 year old son. When they caught up to me, they decided to follow me to see if I wa going to the track, what with my large spoiler and all. Also, I guess the son LOVES the old 2.5RS, so when I got there and I was waiting in the cash lane, they pulled up and said that the kids brother couldn't come, so they had an extra ticket and since I led them there and they liked my car, that I could have it and get in free. :D

Same day, I was walking back to my car and took a picture of a guy taking a picture of my car. ;)

RS <3

And fortunately, I don't get too many stupid questions about it... although when someone asks me what car I have (not looking at it), and I don't feel like explaining the car, since most people don't know it real well, I just say I have an Impreza 2.5RS... they typically think it's a newer one and are like "oh... ok". Then they might see it later and say something along the lines of "whoa, that's not what I was expecting!" Haha...

[me_jimmy]

'after plowing through the snow piled up behind my car in the parkinglot'
neighbor- good tires you got there, i didnt think you would make it
me- the AWD helps some too
neighbor- oh well yea.

[wr-ecks]

a kid asked me the other day, hey when you use the dccd to put it in economy mode does it make it front wheel drive or rear???

[rllyrckt]

a couple of months back, i was at work and one of my coworkers said that there were kids checkin out my car, so i said ok, and went out to talk to them
(this was the week after the first DI meet on the east coast, so obviously my car was MUDDY)
Anyways, the kids (around 15-16) said...

Hey man does this come with that SI switch where you can make it run on 4 cyl and not 6cyl, or make it turn off the turbo?

i was like no and WTF are you talkin about....

then he went on to claim that ALL subarus with hood scoops are turbo'd and have this SI switch that enables you to run on 4 of the 6 cyl on the engine....

i just walked away because i didnt feel like loosing anymore IQ points

then as i was walkin away i got another dumb quesition by his buddy...

Hey have you ever gotten stuck in the mud before the FWD kicked off and the AWD kicked in...wait you are AWD right???

i just shook my head and said i had to get back to work

aaaahhhh some peoples kids.

[WRXCMM]

waiting at a light....
riced out white kid: hey...how do i get my muffler to tilt like that?
me and gf: :shocked: ...with a hammer...8)

[409industries]

riced out white kid: hey...how do i get my muffler to tilt like that?
me and gf: :shocked: ...with a hammer...8)

Effing classic!!! :shocked:

[Judau]

then he went on to claim that ALL subarus with hood scoops are turbo'd and have this SI switch that enables you to run on 4 of the 6 cyl on the engine....

Well, nowadays, all Subarus with scoops do have turbos... the RS and OBS were a while go at this point.

And I think that's understandable that he'd get the SI-drive wrong... the main thing is that he thinks all Subarus have them when it's actually a select few right now... but if it's set to Auto, it is a sort of "economy" setting, they probably saw a review of the new STI or something...

[appletree]

do a burnout!!!......:unamused:

[Dirty TR]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Subaru's SI just control the amount that the throttle is open i.e. If you're pressing the gas pedal down 50%, the throttle will only be open 40% etc for fuel economy?

[williaty]

Yeah, Si Drive just selects which throttle map the car is on. All of the 32bit Denso ECUs actually have this capability (yes, even my little RS). Only a few of the cars get the button to make the switch though.

Economy actually never lets the throttle open all the way, The middle setting is the typical stupid USDM throttle mapping, and Sport Sharp is basically a light switch (something like 100% plate opening at 30% pedal movement).

[Dirty TR]

Excellent, thank you for the info. :D

[anaonbd]

I was putting some piece of plastic in my car with a screwdriver and some kid (H.S. age) drives up on the street and says "I'll race you" and without even seeing him or the kind of car really, I tell him "sure". He laughs and goes down the street, that's when I see that he's driving a black honda civic and has 3 people in his car with him. I then shout "Wha, wait, that's no, it's a honda,:nono I'm not racing that pile of sh!t":jack:. So fiancee and I go out to do something and I told her what happened, and so we start to drive around the block and right as we turn left staring at the ghetto H.S. We see him and his mates in the honda. I have my window rolled down and so we come to a stop and he says, "I'll race you", then I say "sure", then he says "I got NOS in this thing". So then I say, "Oh, so you want to race me and press the button for the whatever shot of NOS you say you have in your car, send a piston through your oil pan, and send a valve through the head?":flamed. He looks at me and smiles as in, sure, I have no idea what you just said but, yeh I'd like to do that. :machinegunleft:


What an idiot, but funny!!:angryfinger:

[SReitsma]

hahahhaha, yay fast and the furious!

[PhyrraM]

Not so much talking to idiots, but something I get tired of saying...

When a conversation turns to the engine I'll usually describe it as a 'flat 4'. Inevitably the next word is "What?" I'll reiterate "Flat 4, some call it a boxer engine". Dumbfounded looks usually follow, so I'll continue, "You know, horizontally opposed". Usually by this time I'm moving my hands towards and away from each other in an attemt to give them a visualization. Still most just don't get it. I usually have to go to the old standby....

"Like a Volkswagen"

"OH! I get it now! ....Really? They still make those?" :crazy:

[me_jimmy]

i get "so you put a 911 engine in it, Cool" pretty often

[SReitsma]

haha, whaaat

[saturn]

with my new exhaust; "is that a V8?"

when I first had it in '07; "is that the new WRX?" ("yeah") "cool! that thing has like 500 hp right?"

... ("not quite")

[brd360sk8]

I was cruising on hwy 100, a very very very popular spot people come from allll over every weekend, last night at this girl in a cadillac catera was ahead of me and hears my car and she puts her head out the window and was like OMG that is like dream car. I'm like ohhh really mine too you wana ride? shes like heck yes! meet me at culvers so she just ditched her friend and got in and things led to things andddd you get the point hahahaha so my subie isn't a virgin anymore... kind of a whoreish story on my part hahahahahaha;)

[sniper1rfa]

"Like a Volkswagen"

"OH! I get it now! ....Really? They still make those?" :crazy:

I usually go with "like a porsche."

[MetalNeverDies]

I usually go with "like a porsche."
same

btw does vw still use Flat engines? havnt seen any relativly new engines from vw.

[turboimprezagirl]

Omg....I love your sti!!
Ive gotten that more than I cant count on 2 hands!!

I guess any car thats blue with gold rims is an STI!!

[anaonbd]

nope, VW doesn't use any flat style blocks. I think the last ones were the buses.

[VermillionX]

I just had my neighbor ask me if I would sell him my stock turbo when I put my turbo motor in. I kind of had to laugh and inform that mine was n/a. He then said that he was told that all Subys with hood scoops had turbos.

Its ok he is learning but still drives a civic.

[iceflap]

i dont get questions i just get smack talk when i drive mine. im in the rice sea of minneapolis at my work. so every gas station there is a d16 civic (dull 1.6 horsepower:FU:) or some camaro muscle head that says they can blow my doors off...i just smile and say "straight roads are for fast cars. turning roads are for fast drivers" write that down. quote is from collin mcrae

[pigpen]

no words exchanged, but i had a new GTO pass me over a double yellow last night when i was going plenty headed towards my back roads...let's say double the thirty-five. anyway, he did it approaching a blind turn so i immediately let off the gas when i saw this jackass move starting to happen. he looked so proud of himself, but i was right up his arse as soon as we got to the turn, letting him know he'd better assert his position if he's going to take it like that. :unamused:

then he turned down the road with my favorite turn complex. as i do with the minivans, i backed off him until he had 1/4-1/2 mile lead through my #1 favorite turn complex on my ride. should have seen his face when i came flying up behind him still in the turn sequence. he then kept leading through my favorite twisties, unable to pull away from me...finally getting scared when his car kicked out around a turn. not that i was on his tail too tight, but i think he realized he couldn't hang at that point.:flamed

never did figure out if his car was faster in a straight line, since i never went past quarter to half throttle on the straights, and frankly i don't care...of course he probably doesn't care that he can't handle turning fast.

[Hoooch]

Today in the parking garage at the doctors office....i have a Greddy Evo II(which is semi-loud, but alot more quiet than some exhausts), and as i turn my car off a guy gets out of a 240 and asks me if i have a LS1 swap, because i sounded sooo mean its rediculous. I told him everything is stock, and he walked away after saying "I shoulda bought a Subaru (he actually understood when i explained the Saabaru to him)....it sounds soooo mean"

[pigpen]

...and he walked away after saying "I shoulda bought a Subaru..."

that is one of the smarter things people have said!

[Impreza05]

A while ago I got "Thats a really nice whip".:shocked: What the fawk is a whip? I'm 42 and from Maine, a whip is something for oxen or horses pulling logs. I just grinned and said thanks cause I figured it was something good, I hope.:roll:

[williaty]

A while ago I got "Thats a really nice whip".:shocked: What the fawk is a whip? I'm 42 and from Maine, a whip is something for oxen or horses pulling logs. I just grinned and said thanks cause I figured it was something good, I hope.:roll:
LOL. Epic.

[ArcticWolf]

This one's from work, where I do overnight delivery runs (350mi. round trip 5 nights a week in a fullsize van)

Boss: "So how much MPG does your car get? 30-35?"
Me: "Well, *pause and a sideways look* I get about 20."
Boss: "Haha man, you gotta stop tearing around the streets ..." (3 tickets in a year span = fired)

Yeah, I didn't bother to dispel that one.

[bvorexx]

I was cruising on hwy 100, a very very very popular spot people come from allll over every weekend, last night at this girl in a cadillac catera was ahead of me and hears my car and she puts her head out the window and was like OMG that is like dream car. I'm like ohhh really mine too you wana ride? shes like heck yes! meet me at culvers so she just ditched her friend and got in and things led to things andddd you get the point hahahaha so my subie isn't a virgin anymore... kind of a whoreish story on my part hahahahahaha;)

i always like stories with a happy ending 8)

[SimplyAmazing]

I've gotten a bunch of people ask what kinda car my new Subie is, I guess the 08 throws people off or something. Someone thought it looked like a Kia (gross :pissed:), then another person said the new BMW 3 series, and someone else a Lexus. Like come on now people its a Subaru!

[katnip]

I've gotten a bunch of people ask what kinda car my new Subie is, I guess the 08 throws people off or something. Someone thought it looked like a Kia (gross :pissed:), then another person said the new BMW 3 series, and someone else a Lexus. Like come on now people its a Subaru!

dude, I'VE mistaken the 08's for a corolla (sedan), mazda (waggie). they don't look like subies any more:cry:

[LPXLTT]

Yup, I will have to agree with katnip on that. This guy was in a 08 WRX and was waving to me. I thought it was a mazda or something so I didn't wave back. I wonder if he gets that a lot...

[tuffsti]

i got pulled over on a dirt road stop sign that went into tarmac stuuuupid abs was being a feg on the dirttt so i get pulled over and hes like u were hauling ass on that road and i was liek no dude it went on and on for 2 minutes yes no yes no then he asked me to step outta the car and then asked why my cars so dirty

cop :whys your car so dirty
me: well theres something called rally and rally cross where you haul ass down dirt roads and get very dusty muddy and dirty
cop: {leaves in mid sentence} lost interest after the word rally

what a dueschbeg or how ever its spelled

[Rally OBXT]

^^So did you get a ticket or what?

I was asked yesterday if my car was "4x4"

I said "yes" not wanting to correct the guy.

[me_jimmy]

a friend of mine got a ticket because the factory rear spoiler was blocking the rear view and it "looked flimsy". dont know if he paid up or if he put up a fight

[tuffsti]

i got cited for it thats what he said i think its a ticket tough

[tuffsti]

a friend of mine got a ticket because the factory rear spoiler was blocking the rear view and it "looked flimsy". dont know if he paid up or if he put up a fight
haha omg thats the lamest thing thing ever ! im so sorry!

[Duffurban36]

its not really somethign that people have been asking me but more what they have been telling me. every sence i bought the car. "its NOT a truck, you need to understand that" then i just try to explain why my saabaru is better than a truck. handles better, better milage, more comfortable, more exciting. and they whole time they just keep gong its not made to go off road its not a truck and then i came up with the idea of getting an old subie to please them so i dont break my new car and i still just hear the they ARE NOT trucks. *sigh*

I have heard the same stupid thing from this kid in my city named Cody Hall.
I told him about Subarus and there rally history.
This is what our convo consisted of.

Cody- "Why would you take a car offroad?"
Me- "For one its way more exciting than driving 1mph over rocks"
Cody- "Dude those Subarus couldn't keep up with me"
Me- "Do you know the Temple Canyon area?"
Cody- "Yea I go up there all the time, I know that road better than anyone in this world"
Me- "Well I can get a Subaru to race you through there and I will prove you wrong"
Cody- "**** I will be done with the road before he gets halfway"
Me on the phone walking away- "w/e moron"

So about 2 days go by and I got one of my friends who owns a 2003 Subaru WRX Wagon fully built rally car to come down from Colorado Springs so we could 1-Go dirty the car up and just hang out 2-prove the moron wrong
Cody has a lifted GMC 1500 4 door and its beat to hell and runs like crap.

We meet Cody at Temple Canyon
Mind you all that Temple Canyon is where a Rally race is held each year for CHCA so my friend knows this track damn good because he has raced there for 4 years
So about 10 minutes go by and I get a call from my friend saying "dude i think hes gone cause i'm driving back right now and hes not on or off the road"
eventually we saw him driving up a trail leaving us :muhaha:

After some time I saw him again and when I brought up "So how about them Subarus guys?" Cody was with his moronic friends

Friend 1-"Dude I bet we could smoke a POS subaru"
Cody kinda trys to shut them up
Friend 2-"Cody you could beat a Subaru couldn't you?"
Cody looks down in dismay "Umm...Subarus are something not to **** with guys"
Friend 1&2 look at him like WTF is he talking about
I then turn around go back inside Dairy queen with my friend and his subaru was sitting outside :muhaha:

Haven't heard from Cody in about 3 months.

Sorry for the long post. I just think its funny how people put down Subaru just because they're japanese

[wr-ecks]

one trip into the woods i had a similar expierence. some hunters in their chev stopped me to ask me what the hell i was doin up there in this car. (they thought i had stole it) i said i was just getting used to the feel of the dirt. little practice for rallyX.
they of course thought it was funny and one of the guys said his truck is much more suited to "haulin a$$" around these roads then my little jap car. i asked him if he wanted to race a little so we had his buddy in his yota go down the road to the entrance and he was supposed to let us know (via nextel beep-beep thingy) if anybody was comin up the road. i started and he followed. needless to say i made it to the yota with enough time to enjoy the majority of the "beverage" the yota guy gave me before chev guy showed up. we all laughed about it and now i think those guys might have a little more respect for subys.

[Spatizzle]

^^ Nice, I've only ever been asked everytime by a civic/accord/240s if my car was turbo'd as i sadly say "not yet":punch:


Haven't heard from Cody in about 3 months.

Sorry for the long post. I just think its funny how people put down Subaru just because they're japanese

thats hilarious :lol2:

[WRXCMM]

yeah couple trucks stopped me when i went up santiago canyon to ask how the hell i got up there...there had been a bad storm a month earlier and part of the road at the entrance was gone...i did get couple thumps up from passing lifted jeeps and shiznit...:headbang:

[me_jimmy]

not impreza and not too dumb ether but...

it was funny talking to a guy at work about his dads volvo XC-somthing
-"at first it feels just like fwd THEN the 4 wheel drive kicks in"
LOL and volvo calls it AWDhttp://hem.bredband.net/jimwoo/smilies-filer/image018.gif

[Savenfiddy]

my best story is when i raced a beautiful 60 something Z28 and destroyed him (of coarse it was on some twisty turns) and we pulled over and talk and he was an obvious car nut. He was baffled on how i beat him so badly, so first he asked if it was a V6 lol i laughed and told him "No its a four banger turbo
" his jaw dropped. And he automatically assumed since it was japanese it was FWD so once i told him it was AWD he looked so excited that i had to invite him for a ride. So first we went for a ride in his Z28 and it was sick!. Then we went in the TR lol needless to say he was practically drooling at the amount of torque and pull it had but then when we started to take corners he was gripping on to him seatbelt like a little girl lol. So after talking to him for awhile he was telling me how much of an american car person he was and always thought of jap cars as little civic rice burners that were basically grocery getters and would never consider even looking twice at them. I had to inform him that there are other cars in the world worth respecting. Anyway about a month later i see a brand new STi limited on the road, and like any suby driver i cruised by to give props and check out the car.Who do i see but no other then the Z28 guy. He was so impressed with my car he said he sold his " 06 GTO" and went suby. I shook his hand and said congrats on evolving with the rest of the car world lol. So i, all by myself turned a only Chevy guy to a suby guy. THE END LOL:lol:

[hott92lude]

I got pulled over by a cop once... he said... "we had a report of a hit and run involving a black for taurus. Your car fits that description and you have a bad scuff mark on your front bumper" I said... "well officer.. I'm very sorry to hear that.. I'd be glad to go home, print you out a comparisson chart of a subaru legacy and a ford taurus with pictures so you can be sure you're pulling over a ford :)." hey responds "Are you getting smart with me boy?" I said (big mistake) "Well no.. But unlike you I'm smart enough to know that my car is not a Taurus, a ford, or even black..." He then got pissed off walked away and had his partner write me a no licence plate ticket :( ass bag

[hott92lude]

Also.... I've been asked "what kind of Acura is that"
"is that an sti?"
"inline four or a v-6?"
"why the hell does your tranny have two dipsticks"
"can you do a burnout?"

[williaty]

...tranny has 2 dipsticks?

[WRXCMM]

...tranny has 2 dipsticks?


yeah...:? me too...:lick:

[hott92lude]

It doesnt... I have an auto... so I've got the one for my trans. then the dipstick to check the front diff. the kid had no idea that you checked the front diff with a dipstick (I was training a new employee)

[RS-ti_Andy]

my best story is when i raced a beautiful 60 something Z28 and destroyed him (of coarse it was on some twisty turns) and we pulled over and talk and he was an obvious car nut. He was baffled on how i beat him so badly, so first he asked if it was a V6 lol i laughed and told him "No its a four banger turbo
" his jaw dropped. And he automatically assumed since it was japanese it was FWD so once i told him it was AWD he looked so excited that i had to invite him for a ride. So first we went for a ride in his Z28 and it was sick!. Then we went in the TR lol needless to say he was practically drooling at the amount of torque and pull it had but then when we started to take corners he was gripping on to him seatbelt like a little girl lol. So after talking to him for awhile he was telling me how much of an american car person he was and always thought of jap cars as little civic rice burners that were basically grocery getters and would never consider even looking twice at them. I had to inform him that there are other cars in the world worth respecting. Anyway about a month later i see a brand new STi limited on the road, and like any suby driver i cruised by to give props and check out the car.Who do i see but no other then the Z28 guy. He was so impressed with my car he said he sold his " 06 GTO" and went suby. I shook his hand and said congrats on evolving with the rest of the car world lol. So i, all by myself turned a only Chevy guy to a suby guy. THE END LOL:lol:


you should get an award for this! lol this never happens! haha thats a cool story!

[anaonbd]

I finally have my own request for burnout story...

When I stopped at the local Sonic friday evening meetup. There were of course the muscle cars and then the "rice". I parked with the "rice" and got out walked around, saw an EVO X which wasn't bad (rode in one too). Then I met a guy named hugh who had a really beaten up and in process of repair/paint GC8. We talked for about 15min. and then as we agreed we didn't want to be there anymore. These kids (maybe 14) rode up on their bmx bicycles and then told him to do a burnout. He said "Dude, it's all wheel". Then I turned around as I was almost next to my car, and told them, "Yeh, it's all wheel drive". We started our cars and left.

Not quite as dramatic or exciting but still funny.

[Bloodandempire76]

not really impreza related given that i drive a legacy but ...
I was at advance auto getting gear oil and a pcv valve when a guy that heard me pull in asked me what size my V8 was...im like "its a 2.2 V8" and walk away. granted i have a stock muffler thats gutted and ill put most V8s to shame for volume and throaty exhaust but i sound NOTHING like a V8, i sound like a Subaru.

[not12listen]

a bit ago, just prior to a canyon drive, a WRX owner asked me (of my 2.5RS).

him: so, what turbo do you have?
me: i dont.
him: what?! you cant have a car thats all motor thats fun...
me: its just my preference.

the northbound direction, i had to come to a complete stop 3 times for him to catch up.

after the northbound drive was done we pulled over and he asked me a few questions...
him: what suspension/brakes, etc... do you have?
me: its all stock.
him: but you have a ton more body roll than i do, and i couldnt keep up with you. i dont get it.
me: well, dont worry, we're about to turn around. i'm a bit more comfortable going this way, so i'll drive 'my speed' and not worry about keeping you in sight.

the southbound drive - after 3 turns, i did not see him at all. once i finished the road, i pulled over and waited for 4 1/2 minutes for him to show up.

after we all met up, he didnt talk to me again.

moral of the story: the driver has more to do with performance than a F@#!$@% turbo.

[WRXCMM]

^^^that's funny...lol

[Duffurban36]

A most recent story of mine comes similar as to before. This time it was with my Zx2. These last 3 weeks have given us ALOT of rain so all the backroads are nice and wet. So I decide it's time for some rally practice. After my 3 hours of "rallying" I came into town to get some gas and go home. When I arrived at Western *gas station*, this kid that I somewhat know from school (I really hate him) saw my car all muddied up and looking beat up from my abuse. He asks why the hell am I driving on dirt roads. I responded "It's something called rally racing, don't wanna explain" He responded "Pussy bitchass cars can't go offroad even if its smooth" I walked away payed for my gas and was about to get in my car "HEY DUMBASS" I turn around and he is standing next to an old beat down crappy S10 that is "lifted" and he tells me "These go offroading" I saw him the same day *Didn't feel like going home, had to much fun on the dirt* And guess who I see. The dumbass kid Zach. He got stuck within the 5 minutes I saw him on the road. I laughed and pointed at him as I drove by. Ilikeitsideways will like this part. As I passed him it was around a corner. I was in about a 50 degree angle when passing him laughing.

[409industries]

I think this thread needs to the resurrected from the dead. Post up your stories!

[lminette]

I always get the "Is your car fast"? And I'm like "on dirt it is"!!

[sammage]

Had a kid with an 08 WRX once tell folks his car has a traction button that converts his car from FWD to AWD, so he can "launch hella hard". Some people's kids.

[bigjoshsubyfan]

I never knew this was here wow. So one time I had a kid in a DSM ask what my car was I said 2.5 RS he then asked how big the motor was... and then said is it turbo I told him no that I wouldn't need to kick his ass and the smug look on his face went away. I kicked his ass through first gear and then let off so he went by and got pulled over :D

[saturn]

Had a kid with an 08 WRX once tell folks his car has a traction button that converts his car from FWD to AWD, so he can "launch hella hard". Some people's kids.

assuming he means the TCS button...

launching with the TCS disabled is harder on your transmission

:shootsself:

[Rudukai13]

Well it's not exactly a question but it's just something interesting I've noticed. Whenever I'm out on the highway just driving for drivings sake I have begun to notice a pattern. Most of the time whenever a group of highschool kids pulls up in a Civic or something it's just cause they want to wave and say nice car. I've found that more often than not when someone pulls up and revs their engine or tries to get me to race, it's an older guy in a business suit in a BMW or Audi or Mercedes Benz trying to recapture a bit of their youth. I just smile and wave every time though.

[GCimprezaFTW]

It rained down here in Reno for about three weeks, so there where a whole bunch of undeveloped housing areas that were just pure mud. I took the Foz down there and started getting it sideways and just messing around. As I'm driving back home, I stop at the gas station for a drink and 10 bucks of gas, convo with this random guy goes something like this, keep in mind that my car is COVERED in mud...
Him: Is that your car out there? The black Subaru?
Me: yeah, why?
him: Why the hell would you take a Forester off road? It would just get stuck!
Me: ...uh, it's parked right out side, and is covered in mud, so it seems to be doing just fine.
him: Whatever, you should've bought a truck.
Me: Why would I want to spend 20 minutes to go over three rocks when I can go 40mph sideways in the mud
He just walked away after that and I got in my car and drove away

Another time i was sitting in a parking lot waiting to pick up my brother, reading and listening to music. This black STi parks next to me and I tell him "Nice car" he said "Thanks! You too" and we both kind of laughed. He had a turbo timer, so he shut his car off and walked away, and we both went to our business when this girl shouts, "Hey! you left your car on!" we looked at each other and he just said, "Oh darn! Thanks!" And just walked away. I laughed a bunch

[RckyMtnLegacy]

Turbo timers are my favorite reaction. My buddy and I drive around in his 240sx all the time and we he has the timing just right so when someone yells "left your car on" he turns around says thanks, points his 'magic' finger and off it goes

[scootfd3s]

"Automatic?! yo car aint sh*t then!" (followed by laugh).
then i always reply, "yea chase me in the dirt" that always gets em to shut up.

[GCimprezaFTW]

Lol, I got another. I know this kid from my school (don't really like him...) who drives this hella beat up GMC 1500 extended cab, long bed, the works. We were talking and he said he could beat me in a race, and I said, "Okay. lets race to Virginia City" Which is this extremely twisty, narrow road. That's the last time we talked about cars again.

[u3b3rg33k]

This thread is awesome. I just wish I had some stories to share.

I usually get stuck explaining that my bmw is neither FWD nor a V6 (or convincing others that theirs aren't either - so sad).

[rollo]

I (and apparently many other Evo drivers) seem to hear a lot of "oh you drive that Subaru, right?" :unamused: :lol:

And a few months back some guy in a parking lot stopped me as I was getting out of the Corrado and said "wow.. nice car.. that's one of those Volkswagen Ski... Sirk... Sikorskys right?". Close...

[WRXCMM]

in san jose this past weekend a cop followed me for like 4 blocks cought a red light cop moves over to the next lane next to me and says..."it sounds nice, drive safe" light turned green they drove off. for a sec i thought i was in trouble lol

[scorched]

My fav reply to someone mocking me about my automatic is "yeah but at least i can drive down the road and eat my Mc Donalds without spilling it everywhere!"

[anaonbd]

Was in West Allis at the BP on 76th and Greenfield topping up. Some random almost toothless drives past me, gets out, and starts to fill his Toyota 4runner and then walks up to me and tells me my car looks "sweet" and then says

dude: dude, that car must be fast with the turbo gear
me: turbo gear??
dude: yeh, the gear that runs the turbo.
me: turbo's don't run on gears, they run off the exhaust.
dude: oh, wow, I thought they ran off gears
me: nope.
dude: well, cool, car, I hope you have fun in it.
me: thanks, I will, and I do! *gives him a DI card*

Way off topic but still cool. After installing the hella supertones (just the horns, no wiring yet, was raining yesterday when bolted them on) I go to move my car (no grill either yet, setting in the back of the ford) and see a baby Robin redbreast just setting in front of the horns on the top of the bumper. So thinking that this bird probably can fly, I slowly put my hands down to grab it (softly, it's a baby bird). I actually get it with 2 hands and then it starts squawking loud! I take it over to this big wooden box and let it go. It then flies off and lands in the middle of the road "damn bird, yeh just land in the one of the worst places imaginable* where it's parents meet up, and help it to a neighbour's yard. Yeh, I feel good now having some hand in possibly saving a baby bird, or helping it.

[not12listen]

many months back, i went on my first 'official' subaru drive. we all show up at the meeting spot. i am the only GC and the only non-turbo. i tell everyone that i'll drive anchor as i have the least power and dont want to slow anyone down.

the road is a nice combination of uphill and downhill, twisty stuff, sweepers and some (yawn) straightaways. its all paved road...

1/4 thru the drive, we stop off and get some food. the guy that was initially in front of me was commenting that he could only see my passenger side headlight during the turns (i tend to dump my tires onto dirt or REALLY close), and he was not going as fast as i had hoped, so i was REALLY close to his bumper. consequently, he (and the other subaru owners) would all pull over and let me pass them. a few guys commented on my aggressive driving style.

i was honest in my reply:
"this is a nice road, but i'm not pushing yet."

one of the guys asked how this was compared to my normal canyon runs in my Mr2, my reply:

(i remained quiet for a moment trying to put the words together)

my wife replies with:
"this is slower than he's used to."

my followup was:
"she's right. if i had my 112hp Mr2, i would have passed everyone already."

that short exchange of words was followed by silence. and then food arrived. :)

by the end of the drive, of the 7 wrx's that were in front of me, there was only 1 wrx in front of me and i could not go any faster because my wife had to pee...

we had pulled over to take a gander at a wrecked car. while pulled over, one of the wrx guys asked:
"so... what have you done to it?"

my reply:
"wrx rear sway bar. the rest is all stock. stock engine, stock intake, stock exhaust, stock brakes, stock suspension, stock tires..."

i'm uncertain if he didnt believe me, or was in a bit of shock. :)

[not12listen]

yet another story:

on one of the sunday morning local subaru drives, it was just myself and a buddy with a 99 Legacy GT. we chose a road that we are both familiar with, and that is also close (he had to go to work in a short while).

we talk about the road a bit before the drive and both comment that we're comfortable on the road. he comments that he's pretty quick on the road. i dont say anything.

on the westbound run, i'm not pushing yet and we're keeping a good pace and he's keeping up without any problems.

we then get to the turn around point and make the return trip. this direction is more uphill than the westbound direction, and the direction i feel more comfortable with.

i do my usual on the uphill - i dont touch my brakes unless ABSOLUTELY necessary. because of this, i am slowly pulling ahead of him.

we get to a short straight, he is about 2 car lengths behind me, and just before a sharp right then a nice section of switchbacks... with my right hand, i wave 'bye bye,' then take the sharp right in 2nd gear and bury the gas the moment i'm at the apex.

by the time he's around the apex and can see me again, i'm about 3 cars lengths ahead of him and quickly pulling away. i keep the gas buried and shift just before redline into 3rd, and the same into 4th - i continue through the switchbacks barely under redline in 4th. by this point, i'm just a *bit* past the 25mph speed limit. :) the guy in the Legacy GT is QUITE a distance back.

after the road is over, we pull over and chat it up a bit.

him: holy crap! how fast were you going?!
me: about **MPH...
him: JEEZ!!! i thought i was fast on this road, but i've never seen anyone go THAT fast through there before.
me: i'm faster in my Mr2.
him: (a look of complete disbelief)

we've gone on drives since this little event, and he always chooses to ride BEHIND me, as he knows that i'll push and that i tend to go a bit faster than he does. last i recall, he has basically called me a 'mad man' when i'm driving. :)

and that road requires just a bit of explanation. at one point, i drove that road every weekend (once each direction) for a year and a half straight. so, i've gone thru every weather condition it has to offer, at all times of the day and night.

on that road, i've only ever been passed once. i was in my Mr2 and an RX8 walked pass me like i was sitting still... i was in shock that i could do nothing to catch up. and HOLY CRAP did i try...

[scootfd3s]

Turbo timers are my favorite reaction. My buddy and I drive around in his 240sx all the time and we he has the timing just right so when someone yells &quot;left your car on&quot; he turns around says thanks, points his 'magic' finger and off it goes

WIN

[409industries]

Great stories!

[WRXCMM]

OMG LMFAO

i went to pick up my gf from work, went to get some stuff from the store and decide to eat. on the way back a cop follows me and pulls me over.

ok, people here's where alot of people go wrong and start mouthing off to the cops...DON'T, follow directions do as told and everything will be ok.

officer: "you know why i pulled you over right?" (i hate this question btw...yeah the hookers and blow? lol)
me: not really
Officer: for loud and unussual exhaust, (does the usual licence registration calls for back up 3 cop cars are now behind me with all the lights on us) he starts asking me about the boost gauge "what is that tachometer for?"
me: you mean the boost gauge?
officer: why do you have it
me: these cars are equiped with it.
officer: whats that right there (points to the turbo timer)?
me: it's a turbo timer that was not properly installed by the previous owner so it hasn't worked since i got the car.
officer: request to check under the hood and he patts me down (at this point my gf is laughing her ass off) he says you got anything on you that might hurt me?
me: the only thing that could hurt you and i is inside the car and she's laughing so i think we're ok. (he laughs)


now here's where i almost lost it laughing, he checks under the hood and all 4 cops are around me and one looking in the engine compartment with a flashlight.


officer: is this where your blowoff goes? (points to the down pipe)
me: no, it would go in place of the circulating valve in the intercooler. (gives me a puzzled look), that radiator looking thing on top of the engine.
officer: oh ok.


so he gave me a warning for loud exhaust, now, i didn't think my exhaust was that loud granted i have no cats but still i consider my car to be less loud then most.

for the people that have met me and seen my car is it really that loud? cause i swear i've heard worse.

also my gf giggled when he asked for my licence he said "do you have a LEGAL drivers licence?" i know i have a beaner stamp right on my forhead but come on don't make it that obvious lol

[97ScoobyL]

and number two which is absouloutly ridiculous!!
Guy: do you have that thing that does a the sound when you shift??
Me: you mean a Blow Off Valve??
Guy: yes...
Me: no I don't it's actually not good for the car ( then I explain to it how it works and why it's bad thinking I was talking to someone smart)
Guy: well that's why you get a smaller BOV, did you have a 2 mm or a 3 mm, if you had the 2 mm one it wouldn't do that!!!! ( and looks at me like I'm the stupidist one in the world)
Me: (thinking to myself, does he not know how small 2 mm is?? no even thinking of the fact that this doesn't exsist for a BOV and still giving him the benefit of the doubt) so do you mean a 38 mm external wastegate?? and no I don't I have an internal wastegate
Guy: no dude wtf are you talking about ( still looking at me like I'm stupid)
Me: ohh sorry dude I'm late for work see you later :machinegunleft:

what an effing idiot!!!!

from what i understand blow off vavles release extra pressure under vacuum, to protect the turbo, how is that bad?

[watson 29]

causes a temporary rich condition which allows carbon to build up and after a while, can cause the car to stall...

The main argument against this is the throttle plate is closed as you let off the go pedal, so that would cause a rich condition with either BPV or BOV.

But, since IIRC. The basics of an engine working is air, fuel, and spark, I assume(possibly incorrectly) that there is still air getting through the throttle plate(why else would our cars idle when your foot's not on the accelerator?)and if the bov is a 100% atmospheric one, all that air that would have a chance to enter the manifold, would be vented out instead of the entire system remaining full of air, allowing the needed amount to slip past the plate and keep your engine running.

***Disclaimer***This is just my theory on BOVs, not fact. I have not gotten a chance to test this, nor will I probably ever get a chance to test it. Please to not hold these statements as fact. ***Disclaimer***

[SilverSleeper04]

from what i understand blow off vavles release extra pressure under vacuum, to protect the turbo, how is that bad?

ya you're right bov do protect the turbo but bov are also bad just because the fact they vent all that pressurized air into the atmosphere. venting all the air to atmosphere causes a momentary rich air ratio because the engine is still feeding fuel but for a split second all the air the engine is calculating for isn't going into the engine. so with fuel and no air = rich air fuel ratio. this makes your mgs decrease a bit, carbon deposit build up, and possibly even backfiring tho mostly not, but minor negatives for people who really want the sound but why i still have my stock bpv

anyway i haven't had a lot of dumb questions asked. usually the one thing people comment on is "what's that guage behind the steering wheel?" i then proceed to telling them it's called a boost guage but most people who ask about it don't even know what boost is or what it would come from. so from there my explanation then goes into turbo/charger basics and how the guage tells me what my turbo is up to. and even tho the same explanation is understood by my 13yr old bro who knows didly about cars it still goes over most adults heads

[pigpen]

from what i understand blow off vavles release extra pressure under vacuum, to protect the turbo, how is that bad?

i have heard the main argument against BOVs being that the air has already been metered, and then you you don't use it, which is why the car goes rich temporarily.

some tuners say that they can properly tune for a BOV on a subie, and that they are needed for large turbos running big boost.