How I choosed my Subaru~ Option 2

Option 2:
Subaru WRX Version 9 AT Blue with Ori Rims.

This 2nd Option, I came across shortly after I surveyed the 1st one.



Did you notice it still has it's front nose grill? Lol.



Hmm, the 3rd brake light for the Wing is present too. Lol.
Using the proper Tail Light for version 9 too.



Original 17" Rim too. Not to my preference.
Hey wait, there's no Fog Light. Hmm ...

It's using a pretty standard body kit there.
I don't see anything special.
No Lips either.





Front Strut Bar
Nice. It's yellow thou, kinda doesn't suite the package...
I didn't considered it then as a factor for my final decision.
It was not something that was important enough to make the deal.
It'll just save a few dough as I won't need to install one myself.



And for the interior, I didn't notice some things as I was inexperienced back then.
They were more of a deal breaker than the Strut Bar I mentioned had I noticed it before.



Quite a few circling I did there.

First of all, the stereo control steering wheels.
Option 1 had a standard no control steering wheels.
I didn't know I wanted one, and I didn't even realize it was there.
It never occurred to me that, I wanted to control my stereo from the wheel that much until I've actually used it for quite some time ... I've actually been digging around the web for stuffs like bluetooth remote controller that looks nice on the car / steering wheel, but I've yet to find one satisfactory till now ...

Second of all, is the little switch on the right, under the A/C vent.
That's actually a switch to control the angle of the headlamp.
Once again, Option 1 does not have this feature installed.
This is something nice to have, but not necessary at all, and it's a lot easier to add a fog lamp then to add this if I want it. But guess I'll forget about it. I prefer Fog Lamps on the Option 1 over this one. I guess ...

Third is the pedal. It's a metal STI pedal. But what's the biggie about this?
Option 1 had a rubber peddle that was fading. Getting the original pedal was near impossible. Getting the right parts number to fit was dang annoying, cause you don't know if the pedal is original in the first place. Why? Cause the brake pedal is metal. WHAT?! Yes, no typo there, brake is metal, fuel is rubber, and you know what else? The dead pedal was missing all together. WTF!? And guess how much it would have cost to replace those pedals? Over $200 bucks with shipping and that's excluding labour. Way more expensive then installing a front strut bar at that price, Hahaha.

And there you have it, my review of the Option 2.

How I choosed my Subaru~ Option 1

During the time before I bought my ride, of course there will be a period where I had to go searching for it first. It's not a new car, so it's definitely dependent on availability as someones gotta want to sell their car during the time of my search.

Back then, I had about 3 options only. There was two Version 9 WRX and one Version 8 WRX.

Now why isn't there any STI in my option list? Well, that's cuz of cost.
A WRX worth roughly 20K to 24K during that period, and an STI would have cost an addition 10K to 12K. Now, there is no way, I can afford an addition 10K to 12K. So no STI for me :'(

From the adverts, the Version 9 was Automatic and the Version 8 was ... unknown. I didn't checked out the Version 8 then as my heart was set for Version 9 only.

I was actually hunting/hoping for Manual Transmission but alas my option was limited. I hand had been itching to shift for years but being a poor bastard, I couldn't be shifting any sports car till now.

There was only two Version 9 on the market then and the rest was hidden or no one was selling so the only option I had was the Automatic.

So why not wait till I find a Manual? Right? Weren't I serious about Manual??
Well, that's cuz of the approval I got to get a sports car.
It was difficult enough to get the approval, and another approval may not come by anymore if I missed this chance. So better take it while it's hot, or loose it and never know if I'll be able to get it again.

So to sum it up, my goals were:
- Buy ASAP  (Rare approval chance)
- Subaru WRX  (Cost Relevant)
- Manual Transmission  (My Left hand prefers)
- Version 9  (Body Preference)

And here's how I review my Options back then ... starting with Option 1.

Option 1:
Subaru WRX Version 9 AT Black with 18" Lenso Rims


I didn't notice during that time that it was missing a Nose Grill Cover.





Front Nose Grill
So where's the nose?

Borneo Kustom Show 2017

Here's my insert for the event:

Borneo Kustom Show 2017
Bridex, 18th - 19th Mar '17


Slideshow: (shot with Nikon D610 - Nikkor 24-85mm VR):




Video: Borneo Kustom Show 2017

Video: BSC Convoy Team parked along the runway @ Bridex for the Show.

Hope you enjoyed it.

Cheers =D

How does a passenger affects your driving skill?

There are all sorts of type of people in this world all with different type of driving habits, but what I'm pondering about this time, is the influence of having a companion with you when you drive.

What kind of effect does having a specific person or companion as your passenger will have on your driving habits and such?

Here's what generally happens to me:



No Passenger:
I have full focus on the road, least distraction, nearly no mistakes, takes corners like there's a racing line there for optimal speed/friction/efficiency.

With Spouse:
Drive like a drone, obey all speed limits, fear of mistakes increase, life feels like being threatened.

With Friends:
Low focus on road and surrounding, often distracted, mistakes become often, tries hard not to talk to friends ...



How about you?
What happens to you when you have that someone in your car?
Do you get distracted?

Today mark the first update to my Project WRX entry =D

Today mark the first update to my Project WRX entry =D
After sooooo damn long.

In case you don't know what I meant above, it was regarding this link.

Check out the updates here: https://naru-7.blogspot.com/p/project.html

Cheers!

When I started liking Subaru?

SUBARU

I've always been a Subaru fan since young, it all started when I first heard the deep exhaust note of a GC8 slowly rumbling pass me at a crawling speed as I sat there on the sidewalk near the ferry port with a couple of ruffians back in the days.

I explicitly said then, the exhaust sounds so nice.

But being a kid back then with no employment, it was beyond a dream to own a subaru.
It never even crossed my mind to one day own one.

The price back then was way out of league for someone who was probably still in high school, unemployed, no savings, lives off no allowance and hangs out with some rough edge people.
Back then, all i could think of was getting a Toyota Soluna or Mazda Astina / 323 at best, not that I could afford those, but it was a plan when I eventually start working. It was the closest to being sporty and affordable/budget back in those days. By the time I got out of school, these 2 cars was already obsolete. Hahaha.

I guess that was beyond 10 to 20 years ago ... It's been a really long time.

Best to clarify, I have no interest in any other models of Subaru other than Imprezza and Forester Series, and I prefer to have mine with turbos ;)

20150218 - Just before I could get my dream car.

Mid February of 2015, just a little over 2 years ago, I was finally able to loan my dream car since I was still a wee teen.

I remembered it quite well, cuz I was really excited to get a hold of the car that I really wanted for so many years.

It was just a few days before I got the car, all the loans and proceeds had just settled in, and it was just around the Chinese New Year's public holiday. I handed in the cheque money asap to the reseller so that he may process the release for the car to me.

I had quite a few more days before the holiday, the chances of me getting the car before the holiday was a solid confirmed!

I was extremely enthusiastic about getting the car before hitting the new year holidays! That would've been a blast. It would've been the greatest belated birthday gift and the best new year's gift to myself!

An Idea I'm starting to work on, a page to represent a specific type of post in a chronological order, to hopefully motivate me to post up the content for the page.

Before I get hardworking in posting my car contents, I suddenly figured I'd create a page about the list of mods i've done and the mod's that in the planning, with dates and all in a timeline.

Since it's a static page, instead of a post, I'm not going to post my updates on the page.
Instead, the page will contain links to the actual post after I've done them.

I've already started drafting the page, here: https://naru-7.blogspot.com/p/project.html

You'll get a better picture after checking the draft out.

With a fully drafted plan on the page, I won't need to post my car upgrade or fixes in a chronological order. I'll use the page as the source of sorting my post out, and readers can use the page like an index to jump around the chapters or go thru it in a chronological order.

Nifty idea suddenly. Wonder what made me come up with this idea.

But my bum is still rooted to the earth, so lets see if this will pick up in the near future.

If i can get my bum to work on the page, I may have better the motivation to start posting the contents for the page.

Yep!