:tup: All great pics!

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From Puerto Rico

Huh. Interesting look with the Nismo wheels. I kind of dig it. ;)

;-)

Now my neck hurts.

:p

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The transmission blew up on my '07 wrx, so decided to take a break from Subarus for a while...

So far I'm enjoying it for trips, a million times more comfortable, and I don't feel beatup after long drives, and if you think this car is loud, try having a wrx with even a simple Cobb exhaust for six years....:

http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/...ps57dbefa7.jpg

http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/...pse1029679.jpg

http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/...psec262586.jpg

I'm thinking of going with a KW coilover kit for it, I'm afraid though of losing compliance and at the limits handling as I'm more of a set it/forget it type of person. Any feedback on this would be appreciated. I'm not going to deal with megans/bc racing/cheapo coilovers ever again!! The traction control is a little annoying at times, although I'm not ready to shut if off completely yet! Also considering doing the sound deadening + real stereo, but, again, this car is lightyears ahead of my wrx in terms of daily driving/livability, and it's nice to not have every single moron trying to race me constantly!!

Mods done so far: clear bra on the entire hood! and front bumper + tinted windows, so I'll be updating pics when I can get photos of the car @ sunset, much better lighting...

My New Z!
 

Okay, this is attempt number 2 to post on here, not sure why mods has to "review" every post of mine...

Here goes again:

Bought my Z a month ago, after the transmission blew up in my '07 wrx. Moral of the story, don't buy a wrx if you actually want to push it. Had 342tq/345 hp on a blouch 20g/daily driver setup. It "was" fun, but the 5 speed is worthless. I do miss the turbo/low end tq/awd, but I won't miss the thing going through clutches once a year, and seemingly everyone trying to race. It just got old as a daily driver with the exhaust/road noise, and ACT clutch. I'll get an STi in the future once Subaru decides they want to go with Direct Injection in the 2.5ltr or roll the dice on a german car?

Long live the wrx:

http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/...rx/wrxdyno.jpg

http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/...x/QM6A0363.jpg

So far I'm enjoying the Z!

Things I Like: People leave me alone, I can just relax and drive it. Long trips are a BILLION times more comfortable, although I am considering some KW3's, but I fear that by changing things up, I'll lose the at the limits handling compliance dialed in from the factory.

The car actually is a TON more confident at the limits compared to the wrx (had bc coils/swaybars/not excessively lowered or extreme camber/correct tire pressures). The wrx tended to go from brief understeer to oversteer when really pushed, but it seemed very twitchy. This was probably my fault with going to BC coils, and having them set to stiff...

I went with the auto as it's the daily driver. Kind of nice to just enjoy the drive now and watch other people drive crazy. So far only one lifted truck road raged on me, I let him pass. It's nice to not have a "punk kid" car, maybe I'm getting old/growing up, but it's nice to get looks/compliments, rather than kids trying to race, or cops bothering me.

I think of this car as more of a cruiser than a car that I really want to push, however there are some nice roads a few hours outside of Portland that you can actually enjoy 2-3rd gear...

I went for this color as it seems like EVERYONE has black/silver/white cars on the road already, and having sat in a new blue rx7 back in the mid 90's, I knew I had to have a 2 door blue sports car at some point in life!... a few pics:

http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/...psec262586.jpg

http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/...ps57dbefa7.jpg

I'll repost with some updated pics as it now has tinted windows and a clear bra on the bumper and entire hood.

By the way, I appreciate the maturity of these forums over Nasioc. It seems to be a nice step up with everyone being a lot more respectable to eachother.

Gotta join the Official Midnight Blue Thread!