Subaru Crew - Meet The Members II

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  • subaru_teamsubaru_team Member Posts: 1,676
    plus, her enthusiasm for rally racing is contagious!

    Patti
  • lilbluewgn02lilbluewgn02 Member Posts: 1,089
    Was on for a while, enjoyed it, and tried to keep up with the warp speed, but Earthlink decided that I no longer needed to chat and dropped my line.
    Patti, did you get my e-mail yesterday?
    Serge
  • locke2clocke2c Member Posts: 5,038
    I don't go ga-ga over her, but I know the type Mike. <cough> leghumpers <cough>

    I've known them both via that other forum for going on five years now. I'm glad through hard work, good connections and her own marketability Jamie has been able to get her foot in the door in rallying.

    ~colin
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    When you meet her in person, she's very personable, humurous, not at all conceited. It was her b-day and the did shots all night, she outlasted all the guys!

    Connections haven't made her wealthy, either, she had to bail out when she ran out of funds despite being in the lead in points last year.

    -juice
  • hondafriekhondafriek Member Posts: 2,984
    This instance sounds to me like pure sour grapes.

     Give her credit were credit is due.

      Cheers Pat.
  • lark6lark6 Member Posts: 2,565
    I'm with Colin, Jamie has managed to put herself in a good place but there's still a way to go (as juice points out re her funding). Efforts like hers can only help to raise the profile and public enthusiasm for rallying in the US, which it sorely needs after the deaths of Mark Lovell, Roger Freeman, and others here in the US last year.

    John Felstead has a bit of a cult following on the "other board" and elsewhere due in some part to his in-car videos of laps of the 'Ring in his STi type RA. I appreciate hearing from John and others in the UK - even visiting that "other board"'s UK counterpart (with the name that sounds like a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character's name) - because the British have a somewhat different view of Subarus than we have historically had in the US. There Subies are embraced more as performance cars than they are here, though we can see that changing on this side of the pond.

    Ed
  • locke2clocke2c Member Posts: 5,038
    that performance image came from Europe getting the Impreza turbo (WRX by any other name...) in 1994 whereas North America decided to try the SVX instead. hindsight says that was really dumb. ;)

    oh, and like me Jamie looks youthful for her age. oops, did I say that? :-D

    ~c
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    The timing was bad, mostly. The 300ZX and Supra also failed, they just got too expensive.

    -juice
  • lark6lark6 Member Posts: 2,565
    Colin: If it wasn't for the fact I've never driven RHD and feared London traffic I'd have had a spin behind the wheel of an Impreza P1 in November 2000.

    "Regrets, I've had a few..." ;-)

    Ed
  • kenskens Member Posts: 5,869
    Colin, mike: I know what you're talking about since I also follow Nabisco.

    However, I think it's cool that a SOA does recognize your above-average owner. Jamie ultimately helping all owners by raising our brand awareness. And she knows her Subies well.

    Ken
  • p0926p0926 Member Posts: 4,423
    Ed- Ah yes, I had one or two interesting experiences driving a RHD rental in Scotland :-)

    I pretty quickly got the hang of the driving part but whenever I stopped for gas, I invariably made a beeline for the passenger door when I went to get back in. Must have been some sort of Pavlovian response :-)

    -Frank P.
  • lark6lark6 Member Posts: 2,565
  • nygregnygreg Member Posts: 1,936
    last night. Picking up my daughter from gymnastics then dinner. Yes, dinner is late in my house due to life. :)

    Greg
  • bigelmbigelm Member Posts: 995
    Missed the chat too but I guess it wasn't such a big deal.

    With all due respect to Jamie...

    Anyway, I guess nothing's changed here either... :-p
  • rthompson10rthompson10 Member Posts: 75
    Some of the crew members further north may probably see this a lot but last night was my first- seeing the outside temp guage go negative(-1).
    For this transplanted Californian living in NJ I'm not sure if having the temp guage in the car is a good thing- what I don't know can't hurt me :)
    Robert
  • nygregnygreg Member Posts: 1,936
    my kids and I have fun watching the temp drop as we drive. I was sorry I had the Sienna last night (has no T gauge) when I passed the bank which read -5F.

    Greg
  • subarusaleshousubarusaleshou Member Posts: 161
    is a cool feature, no pun intended. Mine has made it into the upper 30's a couple of times and that was plenty low enough. For a native Houstonian anything below the fahrenheit freezing number is a bad number. My dad is in southwest Missouri right now. I offered to swap cars for while he's up there in snow and ice country but he didn't want to drive a car he wasn't used to. It was in the teens a few times so far so he'd have seen some low numbers. I'm dreading getting to July/August and seeing triple digits though.
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    I agree with everything said here (except for Mike's post) about Jamie. She's a lot of fun to be with, and is quite knowledgeable to boot. If anything, we should encourage her, and others like her, to join our group. A post like that from Mike is nothing but counter-productive. There's an old saying Mike: "If you can't say anything nice about a person, don't say anything at all." Maybe it's something you should think about in the future.

    As for John, he was posting between 2:00 am and 3:00 am, as he lives in England. He didn't have to say up late to join our chat. I think it was mighty nice, however, that he did.

    Bob
  • snowbeltersnowbelter Member Posts: 288
    On Wednesday morning I watched my outside temp gauge drop to -16F as I drove my son to school.
  • rthompson10rthompson10 Member Posts: 75
    So far you're in the lead!

    And the prize is- a trip to the bahamas? or a cup of hot chocolate! :)

    Robert
  • nygregnygreg Member Posts: 1,936
    I'm actually getting tired of the media reports of our "punishing cold" weather here in the northeast. People in places like Minnesota and Alaska consider our weather a heat wave. I guess it sells papers and keeps people turning on their TVs. For me, I love the snow that doesn't melt, the beauty of ice on the trees, the fresh-clean-cold air and, of course, AWD.

    Greg
  • bluesubiebluesubie Member Posts: 3,497
    Going to the Philly Auto Show to see your next car??

    -Dennis
  • lark6lark6 Member Posts: 2,565
    You could always try to hunt down a used set of Compomotives from some rally team. ;-p

    Ed
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    We should be able to get one or even two groups to meet up there. Details in Events.

    -juice
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    St. Lawrence seaway valley. Saw -35'F (actual temp, not wind chill) many a January night as I walked between the SUNY Potsdam campus or downtown and our uptown dorms.

    Of course we were young and foolish then....

    Steve
  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    I have seen temp readings on my car of below zero in Indiana and triple digits in Texas summers ... does that mean I punish my subie??? ... lol
  • bigelmbigelm Member Posts: 995
    I'd like to go and would go on 2/7 Saturday if I can catch a ride with someone...

    You going?

    I can't do 2/6...

    I haven't mentioned anything cause I wasn't sure who was going from here besides Paisan.
  • toboggantoboggan Member Posts: 283
    Actually the past few winters in central Minnesota have been real wimps. Lousy amounts of snowfall and moderate (for winter) temperatures. For example, this is supposed to be starting the coldest part of January. Todays temp was around 25 and partly sunny. Most of the snowfall has been in northern MN. They were forecasting drizzle for tonight. As a skier (ski patrol at a local area-18 chairs, 39 runs, 300' vertical) this is lousy weather as we have to listen to the snow guns roaring all the time. Plus there is only about an inch of snow left on the ground.

    MNSteve
  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    Sorry I missed the Chat. I've been off taking my seven year old son camping with my sister and brother in law. They have a very well set up Toyota Landcruiser 100 Series Diesel. Pretty much full works with air locking diffs, suspension kit (not lifted), mud tyres, winch and the works. It allows access virtually anywhere it will fit (a little large for some tracks). It allowed us to get well back into the Avon Wilderness near my family home. This is wild country and you can move from fringe pastoral lands to totally untouched bush in about 100 metres. However, some of the country close to civilization is accessible by conventional vehicles with high ground clearance. I may revisit in the Outback.

    One thing that intrigued me, given that it is 32 years since I had been there, was the still untouched nature of the country in an era when 4wd ownership has gone from oddity to normality. This area is partially State Forest, maintained as a resource for possible future logging needs. However, there has been a general reduction in logging from old growth forests and hence the likelihood of future clearing is slight. The timber in the Avon Wilderness is generally not as economic as other forests in the region, I suspect because the forest type and micro-climate differ from more accessible regions nearby. It is a dry sclerophyll forest with large areas beneath the trees allowing space to camp.

    Angus loved the experience of camping out but the most critical issue from his perspective was toasting marshmallows. I suspect this came from watching Snoopy from Peanuts toast marshmallows over a campfire when camping with Woodstock's Eagle Scout troop. The reality was a let down. He decided that marshmallows are tastier (and less sticky) when eaten raw although S'mores (two chocolate biscuits with a toasted marshmallow in between) were desirable.

    I've always been a low impact camper and wonder whether the accessibility of the bush to 4wd enthusiasts who are able to load the kitchen sink (and refrigerator) into their trucks is a good thing. I sort of preferred the idea of "If you can't carry it on your back, you don't need it!"

    Cheers

    Graham
  • paisanpaisan Member Posts: 21,181
    My only problem is that people go ga-ga whenever her name is mentioned. She's an enthusiast like the rest of us. Period.

    -mike
  • paisanpaisan Member Posts: 21,181
    You know I'm not going to not post my feelings, cause that's just not who I am. I call em as I see em. Don't lecture me as to what to post and what not to post.

    -mike
  • locke2clocke2c Member Posts: 5,038
    yeah, we've given up trying to teach you sophistication long ago. :)

    ~c
  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    I'm on holiday with the kids and just noticed that an ancient cartoon, Roger Ramjet has popped up to irritate me all over again. It started me musing about the cartoons (and other TV) we watched as kids. What were their preferred modes of transport?

    Roger Ramjet: Rocket
    Mr Ed: Horse float towed by?
    My mother, the car: 1928 Porter
    Flintstones: um, how to describe it?
    Petticaot Junction: locomotive named ??
    Green Acres: Convertible, possibly Pontiac

    Any recollections?

    Cheers

    Graham
  • kajecokajeco Member Posts: 14
    graham, and enjoy snoopy battle the red baron while i sip hot chocolate at this (north american) time of year. thank the microwave inventor for allowing us to enjoy s'mores [thin chocolate bar and m-waved marshmallow smooshed between graham (!) crackers] indoors, too.

    my faves cartoons were the jetsons and the flintstones mostly because of kazoo (?), ann margrock, stoney curtis, et c. those weren't all cartoons here when i was 10 or so, but i mostly read library books back then. when my boy, eric, was 7 we often read together. best mode of transport at that stage...well, second to taking him by the left arm and leg and 'flying' him like a sinuous carnival ride! now he's 18 and wants an impreza. i'm so proud (sniff).

    "the stars at night are big and bright (skweek-skweek-skweek-skweek) deep in the heart of..." the outback?

    -k
  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    Funny that I neglected Snoopy's flying kennel as my seven year old was out helping the dog fly her kennel the other night. Sirius (the dog) has a flat topped kennel that she sits upon to admire the world. I am assured by Angus that it flies very well and he sought to conscript me as Woodstock to be his mechanic " Curse you, Red Baron!" Imagination is flying well in sunny Melbourne!

    Cheers

    Graham
  • lark6lark6 Member Posts: 2,565
    Mr. Ed's horse float (trailer as we call them in the States) was usually towed by a Studebaker Champ pickup truck, 1/2-ton or 3/4-ton.

    Studebaker was the TV sponsor of the Mr. Ed show and provided the vehicles for the program.

    Before anyone asks yes, I do own a Studebaker and yes, I was called Mr. Ed many many times growing up and still sometimes today.

    Cheers,
    Ed
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    and nobody can talk to a horse, of course, unless of course that talking horse is the famous Mr. Ed. People yakity yak away and waste the time of day.... etc. etc.

    I might not have it perfect from memory, but you get the idea....

    I remember when the Flintstones was prime-time adult TV. I watched it a few times with my folks.

    Steve
  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    speaking of Flintstones being "prime time" ... what about Johnny Quest ... Hadji ... Race .. and Bandit????

    I loved that one ..

    Foghorn Leghorn was also always a favorite .. Snagglepuss ... and how about Rocky and Bullwinkle? .. still a 'campy' favorite ..
  • subarusaleshousubarusaleshou Member Posts: 161
    used a Lincoln convertible of 1963-1966 vintage with the suicide back doors.
  • c_hunterc_hunter Member Posts: 4,487
    Nothing again Subie Gal by paisan   Jan 18, 2004 (10:35 pm)

    My only problem is that people go ga-ga whenever her name is mentioned. She's an enthusiast like the rest of us. Period.

    [turn comedy-act on]

    Do you have a pulse?!? I would go ga-ga too if I saw an attractive woman driving a rally car! What's not to like about that??

    [end comedy-act]

    Craig
  • p0926p0926 Member Posts: 4,423
    Craig- Kinda like finding a woman who likes to drink beer and watch football eh? :-)

    Frank P.
  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    I'll like it better when women in racing aren't such a 'novelty' and the attention they receive is based solely on talent and not 'novelty' ...
    woman's perspective ...

    and I don't mean that in any way to take away from Jamie at ALLLLLLLLL
  • rthompson10rthompson10 Member Posts: 75
    How many mods on the speed racer cartoon could actually work. The whole driving under the water think is a little far out
  • kate5000kate5000 Member Posts: 1,271
    Odometer on my Forester turned 89K today... 6K mi more to go! I'll probably put an ad in the paper when it hits 93K. The used-car market is so soft now, I expect it will take a month or two to sell my Forester at a reasonable (close to KBB private party) price.

    Now, where are 2005 models? Any word on possible color changes and/or facelift?
  • lucien2lucien2 Member Posts: 2,984
    Subie Gal- talent is there, she was ahead in points when she ran out of money. She's more than happy to play the cutie card too though, based on her website photos. If it gets sponsorship money, that's ok by me.

    Speed Racer- The whole flippin car is unpossible. Jumping jacks, bullet proof everything, submarine, airtight bubble, guns, gas, oil slick, yet still class leading power to weight ratio. Not to mention the name Trixie. that's why I preferred Racer X. He always did more with less.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Graham: I remember the line "courtesy of Fred's two feet". Those brakes must have provided excellent feedback. ;-)

    Brenda: Johnny Quest was awesome, what theme music! Guess where I got the name for my dog, Hadji?

    Of course my fave was Speed Racer and, prepare to laugh, I've actually thought of putting an M and the number 5 diagonally on my white Miata to match.

    -juice
  • rthompson10rthompson10 Member Posts: 75
    THis brings to mind some posts from a while back re mods on cars- ie the "driver mod" is probably more important the any mechanical mod.

    Racer X has been to driving school:)!
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    my daughter starts back to U of MD Nursing School tomorrow, for her second semester. Should be interesting to hear some war stories, as she's been assigned to the U of MD Hospital Shock/Trauma Unit for her first semester of clinicals. Most of the "residents" there are victims of violent crimes, car accidents&#151;anything life-threatening.

    Talk about baptism by fire...

    BTW, no decision yet on her future car status. Still mulling it over...

    Bob
  • hondafriekhondafriek Member Posts: 2,984
    My daughter will be out of the army by about June of this year and she is going to use her GI bill for nursing school.

      Cheers Pat.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Bob: we might add "victims of mistaken identity that get sucker-punched".

    Actually that should be a good learning environment for her. Future jobs will seem tame.

    Now for something a little on the lighter side...my nanny is back from Brazil. We also found out she's expecting her first grandson.

    Well, naturally, they're talking about names and I throw out the mandatory "Dave" suggestion, and guess what, they like it! In fact, that's the name they chose!

    I will now predict a Subaru is in their future...

    -juice
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