Many things have ramped up and changed in life of late; far too much to sum up in a single post that can entertain a reader, so here I will only focus on the material… Specifically cars. The last time I wrote about my Subaru STi, things were looking up. […]
Since my Subaru STi got back on the road in early June, it’s been running well; It has been better and better as it’s been tweaked and modified over the 6 weeks. Of course victory with an STi is never complete and does not come without issues.
After my 2005 Subaru STi’s engine failure in October 2010, the car limped around under 3,000RPM for three more months, before it came off the road at the end of December. The motor swap was expected to be a relatively simple matter of pulling it from the car, replacing the […]
We all know the classic view of marriage. Everyone jokes about it and many believe it. Marriage is the bane of your existence 95% of the time, but the 5% of the time that it works, it makes it all worth while. My car is much the same way, as […]
I have a great understanding of vehicle dynamics and car control for my age and experience level. For a number of years now I have been reading about car control techniques. I knew, in theory, how to double clutch rev match before I even learned to drive stick. Owning my […]
June to October 2010 was the best four-month stretch of my life, all things considered. It was the time during which I owned my 2005 Subaru STi relatively free of problems. The first time I ever drove an STi was when mine showed up on a car carrier truck at […]
My 2005 Subaru STi (Subaru Tecnica International, not Sexually Transmitted Infection) might as well be herpes right now, it’s such a pain in my ass, but I’ll leave that matter for another time. We’ll wind the clock back to October 2009. I had been working for Marlboro Nissan for about […]
