Same here. I usually let the weather decide for me. If it's sunny and warm (but not too hot), I take the Miata. The Forester all other times, including to transport the family.
Though in the past year the Forester has accumulated far more miles than the Miata. Maybe it's the longer trips.
Finally pulled the MGA out of the garage and started cleaning it up. Shoulda done this a long time ago, cause I've missed some fine driving weather. I've been having to much fun driving the WRX and doing some minor mods to it.
Really super shots of your cars!! Guess I'm going to have to break down and get a digital camera. Barresa, I used to live in Vancouver BC and got down into the Port Gamble, Pt. Townsend, Ft.Casey areas lots of times. Neat things to see/do there but never looked as good as with all the Subies on your recent trip. Like warp's color/wheel combo also.
Yeah, Pt Townsend and Ft Warden were looking especially nice w/all those Soobies. A nice bonus was that the sun came out and the clouds and rain stayed pretty much at bay (no pun intended...as you know the area) :-)
Yes Dennis, that was the idea. A WRX for days I couldn't drive the MGA. Unfortunately, I'm enjoying the Subie so much, I've put off getting the MG ready. Now the weather is nice, and I've got frront wheel splines to replace. Ah well, I drove all last summer with them a bit too worn. A little longer won't hurt...until I jump on the brakes and the splines peel off, and my MG turns into a freewheeling Hot Wheels car!
You guys had me confused for a minute. I did take a photo that included the garage, and I thought I accidentally posted that. You *don't* want to see my garage! 2-car garage, and barely room for the MG. It's a bear when my black WRX and Deb's black Audi A6 park outside...and we live downwind from a dusty nursery!
juice: Good choice of descriptives! You would think State Farm would give me a fleet discount, too, but no. There is a '97 Ford F-150 in the drive, too, but it is for sale to help defray the cost of the WRX.
Stephen: [Fade to Steve with tear rolling down cheek] "Can't we still be friends? Sob, Sob..."
Can you tell we paid the house off about a year and a half ago? Then we bought the A6 and the MGA within two months of each other, and then the WRX this spring. We just ended up making car payments instead of house payments.
Pat, No, I meant we waited until we finished paying off the house mortgage, and then we splurged on the toys.
The bad thing is, though, is that car prices have gone up so much, that the MGA, WRX, A6, and F-150 sitting out in the driveway right now, cost almost exactly what we paid for the house they are parked in front of!
Of course, the value of the house has increased since we bought it, too. Truck and MGA are paid for, and the truck is for sale. A6 is about half paid for, and the WRX is only two months old, but on the home equity line.
Ok...still friends. :-) LOL!! BTW, my house isn't paid for and real estate is mad-crazy expensive in the actual city of Seattle. Let's just put it this way...the house payment is more than $1500 a mo for a 1927 bungalow w/just 1 bath. Ok...I'm depressing myself again. I must go and buy something else for the WRX to make me feel better! :-)
Ok...still friends. :-) LOL!! BTW, my house isn't paid for and real estate is mad-crazy expensive in the actual city of Seattle. Let's just put it this way...the house payment is more than $1600 a mo for a 1927 bungalow w/just 1 bath. Ok...I'm depressing myself again. I must go and buy something else for the WRX to make me feel better! :-)
I was in Seattle last December & rode w/ friends in 4 different cars - 1 was a rental, 2 of the other 3, owned by locals, were Subies. I think it's Subie Country.
My best freind and I purchases a black and white Subaru Forester a week apart a couple of months ago. We are both professional photographers and are trying to combine two loves by creating a page simply to let people show off their Subarus. If anybody is interested please let me know, we are really intereseted in pics of Subies getting rowdy out in the elements. www.forester.b0x.com
it's better than a garden hose, it's the extension cord to the buffer I got for my B-Day. :-)
BTW, the pic was per Scott's request so that he can convince his wife that it would be okay to debadge the tailgate. :-)
Ken: I don't know...I acutally like the WRX badge. I took the large SUBARU off the back because I thought it looked too busy. Stealthiness was maybe a "secondary" consideration...probably subconsciously, LOL.
I showed it to my wife, she shrugged and said ok. My plans are set for this saturday to do a little debadging. I think my wife is coming to appreciate the car or wagon a little more. I hauled about 400 pounds of landscaping materials. Tell me when you get your vishnu stage 0 put on, I'm curious about the outcome. Thanks again
good luck with the debadging...slow and easy does the trick.
I'm sure I'll be full of the "review" spirit once I get the Vishnu Stage 0 installed. It looks like some folks from the NW i-club chapter here in the Puget Sound area are going to get together on May 25th for a big installfest.
I tried posting before, never could make it work. Have since learned that my photo host site will allow direct linking only after paying the (optional) subscription fee. So, now after paying the fee (more for the excellent service than just being able to post a picture), I'll try again with my Bean.
Shown during recent camping trip. New Yakima bike rack on top, tinted windows, loaded with model cars, model rockets, model sailplanes and camping stuff for two - still a lot of room!
Bean was pictured in Anza Borrego State Park, about 70 miles to the East of San Diego. Specifically, on the edge of Clark Dry Lake.
Wonderful place to go and play, it is my regular destination when I go out for camping and recreation. There are many sandy washes available for exploration in suitable vehicles, and although I've seen a few FWD cars tackle them, I am always happy to have the security of my AWD Subie when there - especially when I'm miles from pavement in middle of summer.
You will have to come through Las Cruces, NM -- well, it's not absolutely required, but it would be difficult, and that picture looks a lot like Cruces. So slow down, pull off, have lunch or dinner at a local Mexican restaurant. Stop and look at Mesilla. If you have a bike, go have a ride in the desert (just head for the mountains on the east side of town and pick a dirt road, or go to A Mountain (it's the one with the A on it).
I would LOVE to drive my Subaru to NM. We vacationed in Santa Fe not too long ago and asolutely fell in love with it. My wife and I appreciate the desert look anyway (why clutter the landscape with trees!), and the food, friendliness of the people, and the general surroundings that captivated us.
Was a pre-Subaru time for us, so although I tried to rent one, was stuck with a Chevy Blazer at the airport in Albuquerque. Needless to say, it didn't change my focus, and we bought the Bean 6 months later.
I'd like to drive there the next time, take it easy and explore the byways letting time slow to a vacation-crawl while letting all the worries and stress ooze from my body and psyche.
NM is gorgeous. I went from Albuquerque to Taos and back, unfortunately in a Mercury Tracer in the snow! Yikes, that drive was so scary I've bought nothing but AWD since then.
When you come back to NM with a Subie go from Santa Fe to Albuquerque (or the other way round) via the Turquoise Trail -- the back way: NM14. A great road in a great car.
And go to the Jemez Mountains, Bandelier National Monument. You have to see the pueblo complex from 1300 situated in a green little canyon. Not like Taos at all -- a circular plan created around a central plaza.
And, if you like this kind of thing, and feel like driving a while or want to see the back roads, go to Mountainaire. From Mountainaire you can: Go to Capilla Peak in the Manzano Mountains -- a drive on pavement, then decent unpaved road to a mountain peak (about 10,000 ft.), with lots of forest around you and over you. And if you camp, you can camp just below the peak or farther down the mountain. Or go out to Gran Quivira at Salinas Pueblo National Monument, an absolutely fascinating story of Pre-columbian history: a "city" on a hill at the edge of the plains, where Pueblo Indians met and traded with the Plains Indians. These Pueblos took on certain cultural attributes of the Plains, and were the "middle men" for trade between the Rio Grande Pueblos and the Plains. Then they met and were subjugated by the Spanish. Some of the first missions in what is now the USA. The remains of the pueblo is there and the remains of two churches and accompanying conventos. It is a grand area, huge vistas and evocative history.
Comments
Though in the past year the Forester has accumulated far more miles than the Miata. Maybe it's the longer trips.
-juice
Stephen
Anyway, here's my artsy picture for the day...
Steve
That's a handsome couple you've got there. I'm envious!
Ken
Bob
The MGA is nice, too. LOL
-juice
-Dennis
Cheers Pat.
Stephen
Ross
Yes Dennis, that was the idea. A WRX for days I couldn't drive the MGA. Unfortunately, I'm enjoying the Subie so much, I've put off getting the MG ready. Now the weather is nice, and I've got frront wheel splines to replace. Ah well, I drove all last summer with them a bit too worn. A little longer won't hurt...until I jump on the brakes and the splines peel off, and my MG turns into a freewheeling Hot Wheels car!
You guys had me confused for a minute. I did take a photo that included the garage, and I thought I accidentally posted that. You *don't* want to see my garage! 2-car garage, and barely room for the MG. It's a bear when my black WRX and Deb's black Audi A6 park outside...and we live downwind from a dusty nursery!
Steve
-juice
Stephen
Stephen: [Fade to Steve with tear rolling down cheek] "Can't we still be friends? Sob, Sob..."
Can you tell we paid the house off about a year and a half ago? Then we bought the A6 and the MGA within two months of each other, and then the WRX this spring. We just ended up making car payments instead of house payments.
Steve
Cheers Pat.
No, I meant we waited until we finished paying off the house mortgage, and then we splurged on the toys.
The bad thing is, though, is that car prices have gone up so much, that the MGA, WRX, A6, and F-150 sitting out in the driveway right now, cost almost exactly what we paid for the house they are parked in front of!
Of course, the value of the house has increased since we bought it, too. Truck and MGA are paid for, and the truck is for sale. A6 is about half paid for, and the WRX is only two months old, but on the home equity line.
Steve
Stephen
Stephen
Stephen
Cheers!
Paul
Stephen
Oh, and I took a PHOTO (staying on forum topic) out the airplane window of Mt. Rainier, where I had been backpacking a year earlier.
Steve
Jillian
I'd spent most of the four days in Olympia.
Would like to visit there again some time :-)
-Dave
Stephen :-)
Cheers! (and it was the wine, I think!)
Paul
Pic of debadged tailgate:
Also check out the "My1KWKWGN" and "Pt Townsend Fun Run" pics on this link. There are several pics of the debadged tailgate.
http://community.webshots.com/scripts/controlPanel.fcgi
Stephen
Ken
Greg
:-)
BTW, the pic was per Scott's request so that he can convince his wife that it would be okay to debadge the tailgate. :-)
Ken: I don't know...I acutally like the WRX badge. I took the large SUBARU off the back because I thought it looked too busy. Stealthiness was maybe a "secondary" consideration...probably subconsciously, LOL.
Stephen
-scott
I'm sure I'll be full of the "review" spirit once I get the Vishnu Stage 0 installed. It looks like some folks from the NW i-club chapter here in the Puget Sound area are going to get together on May 25th for a big installfest.
Stephen
Heather
Then you basically use the following code:
[img src="Photo's URL"]
Except replace the [ with < and the ] with a >. It should look something like this:
[img src="www.domain.com/photoURL"]
-juice
Shown during recent camping trip. New Yakima bike rack on top, tinted windows, loaded with model cars, model rockets, model sailplanes and camping stuff for two - still a lot of room!
ffsteve
Michael
Wonderful place to go and play, it is my regular destination when I go out for camping and recreation. There are many sandy washes available for exploration in suitable vehicles, and although I've seen a few FWD cars tackle them, I am always happy to have the security of my AWD Subie when there - especially when I'm miles from pavement in middle of summer.
Michael
Was a pre-Subaru time for us, so although I tried to rent one, was stuck with a Chevy Blazer at the airport in Albuquerque. Needless to say, it didn't change my focus, and we bought the Bean 6 months later.
I'd like to drive there the next time, take it easy and explore the byways letting time slow to a vacation-crawl while letting all the worries and stress ooze from my body and psyche.
Steve
-juice
And go to the Jemez Mountains, Bandelier National Monument. You have to see the pueblo complex from 1300 situated in a green little canyon. Not like Taos at all -- a circular plan created around a central plaza.
And, if you like this kind of thing, and feel like driving a while or want to see the back roads, go to Mountainaire. From Mountainaire you can:
Go to Capilla Peak in the Manzano Mountains -- a drive on pavement, then decent unpaved road to a mountain peak (about 10,000 ft.), with lots of forest around you and over you. And if you camp, you can camp just below the peak or farther down the mountain.
Or go out to Gran Quivira at Salinas Pueblo National Monument, an absolutely fascinating story of Pre-columbian history: a "city" on a hill at the edge of the plains, where Pueblo Indians met and traded with the Plains Indians. These Pueblos took on certain cultural attributes of the Plains, and were the "middle men" for trade between the Rio Grande Pueblos and the Plains. Then they met and were subjugated by the Spanish. Some of the first missions in what is now the USA. The remains of the pueblo is there and the remains of two churches and accompanying conventos. It is a grand area, huge vistas and evocative history.