Picked up a new car

[HiImBrian]

I picked up a 1998 Subaru Impreza RS from a guy in Cottage Grove. He's actually a Subaru mechanic and the car is 1 of 150 of the specific color scheme ever made. All the suby guys went a little crazy when I told them I found this actually haha. It's nothin crazy special imo. Your basic 2.5L 4 banger. It moves alright, but it's nothin to really brag about. I pretty much bought the car because I wanted something reliable and fun.

Wellllll, it turns out this "reliable" car didn't even make it home last night when I bought it haha. I took a pit stop in a snowy icy parking lot with a friend while we waited for our buddy to show up. I slid around a little and did a couple harmless donuts. Nothin crazy or hard. Well the car studderd and then died. At first I thought it somehow cut fuel and that wa the problem. It was getting a spark and turning over just fine. The motor just wouldn't catch and go. So I parked it for the night and planned on dealing with it in the morning.

Well this morning I got it towed to a shop a mile away (Maple Grove Auto Service). The guy thought it was something with the timing belt. Thinkin it might have skipped a few teeth or somethin. Well they quoted me $1200 to fix the flippin timing belt! haha that's a joke. I talked it out with the guy I bought it from and he agreed to fix the car for free labor if I paid for the parts. I think this is a very fair deal. He was misinformed about when some maintenance was actually done unfortunately, but we've got it worked ot now. The car should be up and runnin by next wednesday.

Anyways, on to pics!
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a98/mrbrianf20/5806710-2.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a98/mrbrianf20/01-08-09_2017.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a98/mrbrianf20/Suby%20stuff/01-09-09_0841.jpg

[GsXtUrBo98]

Looks nice!!! too bad to hear about the first misshap with it.. Almost like a dsm...........

[4g63tcrazy]

Back on the tow truck you go! haha. It's good thing that the seller worked everything out with you though. You'll have to get some better pics once you get it back.

[twack]

how the hell can you go from your beautiful DSM to that ugly enemy. Swap in the forrester guage cluster it looks a lot cooler

[Constant_Project21]

I love the late 90's 2.5 rs, looks good. Does suck it crapped on ya right away though. And you can always do the sti drivetrain/motor swap....:biggrin:

[iceminion]

late 90's 2 door RS = SEX, this is on my "must have" list.

Im gonna get one (Blue, gold rims)
put either a 3.0L or a 3.3L flat six into it.
Turbo the piss out of it.
=
Awesome car

[JET]

I told ya on the phone, it's Karma :p

[HiImBrian]

^haha yea.

idk if I'm a huge fan of the color, but there's a full dsm thread on one of the suby forums for previous dsm owners. All of em said their dsms were was faster than the subies will ever be, but they like the subies more. idk I'm just lookin for somethin I won't slip into modding for a while.

sti motor/tranny swap is a definite possibility in the future. Gotta wait till I'm outa school though for that one.

[Ihearrtdsm]

nice car, too bad you had a problem.

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

I've always liked the way those cars look. Sucks that it crapped out right away, but it's good that the seller is willing to work it out for you.