I'm finally around to telling my story. It's going to be LONG!! Ironically, the whole basis of me getting a japanese car was after seeing F&F (insert jokes here ). I was dead set on picking up a 1996-97 Eagle Talon TSi. Turbo, AWD, the whole nine yards...boy am I glad I NEVER went down that road!! lol. Other than that, my options I gave myself were: 1999 Honda Civic Si 2002 WRX 1999 2.5RS Any of the 4 had to be blue. I REALLY wanted a blue car. After having white, and 2 blacks, I was dead set on blue. My previous cars in order: 1993 Ford Escort LX - POS 1991 VW GTi 8v. great little car, but POS. I miss that car. 1983 Mazda RX-7. This was my 'my other car is broken (happened a lot) and I need a beater, car.' So, I've narrowed it down to the RS. I didn't quite know I wanted a 99, just know that I wanted THAT blue. I saw the BRP and wasn't a fan. And I wanted a coupe. So I searched...and searched...and searched. :rofl: 6 months later, after searching DAILY for the RS, I found one in Charlotte, NC at Carmax. I called up the Kennesaw Carmax and had them do some background for me. The charlotte store said this car was perfect and with no issues. They JUST got it in on trade and had someone interested. My rep got back to me and I had them ship the car down. I was buying this car. period. So, a couple days later, they have the car shipped from Charlotte to Kennesaw. I got the financing and went up with a check to get the car. Then I get this story. One the way down to the Kennesaw store, the transporter was being followed. As he pulled in, the car pulled in behind them. They wanted to buy MY car on the transport. They approached the driver and he said it was a transfer. Went into Carmax and they informed the guy that it was as good as sold. Guy left. Next day, after it was cleaned, it sat out on the lot, in the 'pending sale' area. As it sat there, two seperate people looked at it and were interested. This was in Sept 2001, one week after 9/11. One of the two were almost in the car and out on a test drive when they found out it was pending sale. They were denied said test drive. So, that's 3 people in 2 days wanting this car. :banana: After I heard that, I knew it was a great car and sought after. Which meant when it was mine, I was never going to let it go. I did test drive it before I bought it so I knew I still wanted it. It had about 40 more horsepower than the current GTi, so that was a bonus. Day comes to buy the car and everything goes as planned. As it sat in the pick up garage, I'm peeling off the carmax sticker on the trunk :rofl: I picked up the car on my first day of vacation, so I could spend an entire week just driving it and getting to know her. She's my baby! AS I just purchased this car, I was ecstatic. I was searching the internet high and low for parts I could put on to help the car. mostly cosmetic, as I hated all the amber in the car. I'm on ebay and bidding on some clear corners and sidemarkers. I get outbid at the last minute. I was pissed. I emailed the seller and complained. Not caring about the ways of ebay. That's when the seller advised me to look into i-club. I-club USED to be NASIOC. There was a split in late 2002 that turned the one into two. It was all down hill from there. I've made some of the best friends on that site. Then, in 2003, Alex came into nasioc and started talking about making an atlanta exclusive site. Here comes wrxatlanta.com. I was the first to give him shit about the name. Why do you have to be elitist? I asked. It was just the name they came up with. At the end of the day, I was/am number 3 to join :rofl: It's been a great ride. Some of the best times were had because of this club, you guys and nasioc. Now to the list of stuff on my car, past/present: JDM clear corner lenses JDM clear turn signals JDM clear sidemarkers Apex`i catback made by rallispec. I swear it was a prototype since it never fit quite right. And melted the hell out of my bumper. 18mm WRX RSB - still on 5Zigen Lowering Springs - I loved the look of these, but didn't quite ride right. JDM red/clear taillights - one of the best things EVER made for this car kartboy short shift kit with bushings and aluminum knuckleball kartboy MAF adapter for cone filters STi Ver 5 struts - off now Prodrive P1 springs - off now Group N rear tophats - off now Group N motor mounts Group N Transmission mounts Cusco fron tophats with full camber adjustment rear strut tower brace - haven't installed yet Apex`i S-AFC II - probably won't install - anyone wanna buy? WJM custom alignment 06 WRX 17" wheels. Hella supertones - IN! Kartboy Delrin shift knob - I think it's broken, I have another one on it's way. W.C. Latheworks shift knob Borla unequal length headers Scoobysport axleback Ver 6 genuine front lip - number 2 30% tinted windows Viper Alarm Megan Racing Coil Overs Whiteline endlinks front and rear MY05 STi Steering wheel Alcantara shift boot with Cherry Blossom Red stiching Alcantara arm rest (padded!) STi head gaskets MY07 STi limited leather seats front/rear Depo blacked out headlights Work Emotion CR-Kai 17x8 wrapped in Dunlop Direzza Z1 Star Spec (these tires are AMAZING) on the way: V5/6 STi grill STi ver 4 auto folding side mirrors That's about it for now....sorry for being so long, and I'm barely done!!! that's all for now. CN: my car rules!
Moving story, one of the cleanest rs's out there. It's always fun buying cars and having a story to go with it. Moral of the story is RS's own all :ddirty:
Adam, this thread took me about an hour to write up! I'm barely halfway done with it, but i had to finish. I'll post up some more soon. It's like a serial.
Was the i-club split really that long ago? I thought it was in 03/04, I know it was before I got my car but still back when I was lurking on there doing research. Good write-up, I remember you were one of the first WRXatl guys I met after Milo and Alex. How far we've come since then. What year WRX had 18mm rear sway bar? 02/early 03s had 20mm RSB and late 03+ had 17mm.
bump up.....changed some stuffs out on the car: new suspension - Megan Coil Overs! Alcantara shift boot courtesy of 10th street JDM Whiteline endlinks all around I need to get some pics with the new susp. I also need another kickass alignment now that I have the coils on.
Looks like I have some competition =P NOT!!! Grats on the upgrade. Wish I would have known. I woulda swung by.
Awesome, you got your coilovers! Lemme know how you like them when you get them set up, I'm still tinkering with mine.....
Matt, I think it's awesome you've held on to the car as long as you have. I've gone through 4 cars since we first met and I sold you some parts! The car is still looking great. - Shu
2P5RS, Was that you on Powers Ferry and Delk last Friday that honked and started to wave (peace) at a 2008 STI? I nodded at you, but didn't know if you could see, so I pulled up and waved... did not want to hold up traffic so I could not look to see if you caught it.
wow, never saw Terry's post.... yeah, that was me. bump...I've got some new parts on the car.... alcantara 10th St JDM arm rest cover (sooo nice in traffic) catless test pipe new tires! (Falken FK452)
oh yeah! :slap: I added MY04 WRX front brakes with hawk HP+ pads, stainless lines, and ATE super blue fluid. Also got hawk HP+ rear pads.
Awesome cars. Once the bug is payed that's the road I'm headed down 2001RS or less. Can't beat the cost, insurance and fun 2 drive!
It makes me happy that you're not totally obsessed with swapping your car's perfectly strong motor with an STI drivetrain. Three cheers for loving the RS for what it is, and improving upon the little things that make a big difference. Your car is, and always will be teh sex, mefriend.
Holy balls that thing looks better every time I see those pictures. You know... the reason I own a Suby is that in '00 I was skiing in Breckenridge and 5 people stuffed into a 2.5 came sliding WOT sideways on the snow down main street and took off. I had never seen anything like that before... I looked for a 2.5 forever then gave up and got my '03 bugeye. I wish I had kept looking...