MrSwaggerWagon
04-22-2016, 08:31 PM
Greetings from Cincinnati, Ohio! :hello2: I just got a 2001 Legacy GT Wagon as my second car (First car worth my time and money though). I'm a high school student saving for college (and car parts). I love pretty much everything Subaru, as well as wanting an E30 for all my RWD needs. I grew up watching my dad work on cars, and eventually working right beside him once I was tall enough to get to the engine bay of his 95 Chevy Blazer. I have always been mechanically inclined. I also enjoy mountain biking, racing RC cars (currently a Team Durango DEX410R, for anyone who cares), as well as being seriously involved in airsoft, and playing racing games on my custom PC. I also love motorcycles, but my family will have nothing to do with that until I move out.
The rest of this post details how I came to have the car I have now, so read on if you are interested.
My story starts approximately one year ago when I got my full driver's license. I was given what would have been a perfect first car, if I wasn't an enthusiast who valued performance and capability over all other factors. It was a silver '02 Camry with 75k miles... Nice commuter, but a Camry is the antithesis of being passionate for cars, so all that you need to know is that I totaled it about a week ago... Pretty sad to see it go, until we started looking at Subaru's, one of the few manufacturers where even their bland cars have a following. We sifted through junker after junker. 200,000+ miles on anything in our price range, until two days ago.
On that fateful morning, a tan Legacy GT Wagon went up for sale at a nearby dealer, only to end up in my driveway that evening. :cheers: The car is mechanically flawless with only 56,000 miles, but the body, well, it's beat to hell. It is like the previous owner drifted through a shopping cart factory, turned around, and did it again. Every single body panel is scraped or dented in some prominent way. Being a High School student saving for college, I tasked myself with learning how to repair moderate body damage, even though it is the mechanical side that I resonate with. And now I realize just how "fun" it is to buy genuine... But, I am absolutely in love with the car, even though I've only put 10 miles on it, I have had SO much fun just driving normally than any other car I've been in, including my family's 2015 Outback.
Anyway, I'm dragging this out, so I leave you all with a couple pictures of the new love of my life. :)
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The rest of this post details how I came to have the car I have now, so read on if you are interested.
My story starts approximately one year ago when I got my full driver's license. I was given what would have been a perfect first car, if I wasn't an enthusiast who valued performance and capability over all other factors. It was a silver '02 Camry with 75k miles... Nice commuter, but a Camry is the antithesis of being passionate for cars, so all that you need to know is that I totaled it about a week ago... Pretty sad to see it go, until we started looking at Subaru's, one of the few manufacturers where even their bland cars have a following. We sifted through junker after junker. 200,000+ miles on anything in our price range, until two days ago.
On that fateful morning, a tan Legacy GT Wagon went up for sale at a nearby dealer, only to end up in my driveway that evening. :cheers: The car is mechanically flawless with only 56,000 miles, but the body, well, it's beat to hell. It is like the previous owner drifted through a shopping cart factory, turned around, and did it again. Every single body panel is scraped or dented in some prominent way. Being a High School student saving for college, I tasked myself with learning how to repair moderate body damage, even though it is the mechanical side that I resonate with. And now I realize just how "fun" it is to buy genuine... But, I am absolutely in love with the car, even though I've only put 10 miles on it, I have had SO much fun just driving normally than any other car I've been in, including my family's 2015 Outback.
Anyway, I'm dragging this out, so I leave you all with a couple pictures of the new love of my life. :)
13811382