Raphael, I just want you to know that I was bored tonight until you gave me an idea of what to do tonight. Thank god I only live ten minutes from the Spearmint Rhino in Dallas.
Exactly what I thought the first moment I saw it. Then I realized it was more of a Jaguar grille copy, which was itself a copy of the Aston Martin's grille, which truly came into being in its current form when Ford owned Aston and everything comes full circle and look at that my brain has fried again...
A book of car wash coupons/gift certificates. Why people continue to give me these is beyond me. No thank you. I prefer to wash my car myself and not have scratched wheels from the car wash "vehicle guides" or damaged trim pieces from the smashing of goddamned industrial-sized mops into my car, not to mention the team of high school kids rubbing my paint down with their fucking towels made of sandpaper and Satan's armpit hair.
I'll just spend the hour and wash my own vehicle in the driveway.
The guy selling is one of our local (Texas) NASIOC members. I considered driving down to Austin to check it out when he put it up for sale originally in Austin back in October. Solid car, and going for way less on eBay than he was looking for originally.
A 2004 WRX weighs 3296 lbs stock, while the 2004 Forester 2.5XT weights 3249. I didn't believe it either until I bought my XT and my tuner input the numbers into the dyno for calibration. The difference isn't much, but when you start swapping parts, it can compound. My XT is currently around 3100 lbs, but it's pretty extensively modified.
03-08 Subaru Forester XT. Same 2.5L engine as an STi with a WRX's turbocharger and intercooler. Plus, it weighs less than a comparable WRX from the same year and isn't as aerodynamically challenged as the later year models, since it was essentially a taller wagon. Add some sticky tires and you have a sleeper pocket rocket SUV that corners like a hot hatchback thanks to AWD and a low center of gravity.
Looks to me like Sweet Dee is finally going to get her new 1997 Dodge Neon as a replacement for the one Mac and Charlie blew up while faking their death. Amiright?
"The new 2012 Audi RS5 features a state-of-the-art 70/30 front to rear weight ratio for lightening fast understeer and instantaneous anal puckering as you crest fifteen feet outside an apex." - Excerpt from the upcoming Audi press release
Add a racist talking robot and/or a blow up doll/Victoria's Secret model into that description and you've just described the plot of Michael Bay's upcoming movie.