Why?

Kinja'd!!! "norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback" (norskracer98)
10/06/2014 at 21:18 • Filed to: None

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Why is it so hard to find a nice first gen Subaru Impreza in my area? Seriously? I live in the perfect area for Subaru's but I can't seem to find any nice first gens.. I'm sad about this..


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Kinja'd!!! Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
10/06/2014 at 21:20

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Me too. So does the Evo.

I guess the only way to get the nice Subie is from the dealership.


Kinja'd!!! norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
10/06/2014 at 21:22

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My family has a 2012 Impreza but I'm looking for my first car and I'd love a first gen, but I can't find any. It's really disappointing.


Kinja'd!!! Trunk Impaired 318 > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
10/06/2014 at 21:22

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Salt. Thats why.


Kinja'd!!! That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
10/06/2014 at 21:26

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What's your area? A buddy of mine works for a dealer with a Subaru store, they're always taking stuff in.


Kinja'd!!! norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Trunk Impaired 318
10/06/2014 at 21:26

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Don't get sarcastic with me boy. Oh wait, fuck our DOT.... my town uses sand though.


Kinja'd!!! norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms
10/06/2014 at 21:27

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Upstate NY.


Kinja'd!!! Trunk Impaired 318 > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
10/06/2014 at 21:31

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I don't think Ive ever seen a Subaru over 5 years old without rust in upstate NY, salt use around me is appalling


Kinja'd!!! Birddog > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
10/06/2014 at 21:32

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It took me 15 years to find a suitable MN12 Super Coupe project car. It was a lazy search though.

Trunk Impaired 318 seems to have hit the nail on the head.


Kinja'd!!! norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Trunk Impaired 318
10/06/2014 at 21:33

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I've lived here my whole life.. I think we both know how terrible it is. Except Oswego County uses sand instead of salt.


Kinja'd!!! PS9 > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
10/06/2014 at 21:34

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No.

If you want to experience real sadness (to the point of crippling depression) try finding a decent condition non-riced, non-project car 240sx. The 15k shitty drift missile-to-normal-car ratio there is getting reeeeal thin...


Kinja'd!!! norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > PS9
10/06/2014 at 21:35

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Just go find a race car version and start doing some vintage racing. Although I do wish you luck.


Kinja'd!!! Trunk Impaired 318 > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
10/06/2014 at 21:40

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Cargill salt is literally 5 minutes away from me so every county within an hour or so gets rock salt for next to nothing so its used very liberally


Kinja'd!!! Boxer_4 > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
10/06/2014 at 21:42

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What body style are you looking for (sedan, coupe, wagon)? Also, if you're looking at wagons, are you including the Outback Sport as well?


Kinja'd!!! norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Trunk Impaired 318
10/06/2014 at 21:44

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Where are you, near Seneca Lake?


Kinja'd!!! norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Boxer_4
10/06/2014 at 21:44

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Sedan or 2.5RS.


Kinja'd!!! Trunk Impaired 318 > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
10/06/2014 at 21:45

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Yea, Ive lived in and around Watkins Glen my whole life


Kinja'd!!! norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Trunk Impaired 318
10/06/2014 at 21:48

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I love the area. Go to races every year. I've been between Syracuse and Oswego my whole life.


Kinja'd!!! Boxer_4 > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
10/06/2014 at 22:07

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A 2.5RS will probably be a bit difficult to find, as only ~14,000 were made from 1998 to 2001, and it seems like most were used hard and put away wet, so to speak...

When you say sedan, do you mean a sedan 2.5RS, or an L sedan (the L was the base model Impreza)? I'm not quite sure from your post.


Kinja'd!!! Arben72 > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
10/06/2014 at 23:48

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A friend of mine bought both a 92' and 95' impreza wagon for $500 each. One was in poor condition (the '92 1.8) and needed an alternator so he repaired it (with the help of me) and flipped it. The other one was a 95' 2.2 that was in absolute mint condition other than the fact that the crank pulley bolt snapped and it needed to be replaced. $100 later he had a perfect and mint 2.2 wagon that runs and drives great.

tl;dr: You need to go cheaper on your choices with subarus, and buy off of dieing old folks.


Kinja'd!!! Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
10/07/2014 at 01:12

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Seriously? I live in the perfect area for Subaru's

Nope, You're wrong. I do


Kinja'd!!! norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
10/07/2014 at 15:12

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We get the 2nd largest amountt of snowfall a year. Your turn.


Kinja'd!!! Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
10/07/2014 at 16:25

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Our average snowfall per snowstorm is more than 2 feet. your turn


Kinja'd!!! norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
10/07/2014 at 16:26

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How about 8 feet in like a week. You're up again.


Kinja'd!!! Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
10/07/2014 at 16:29

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In Colorado it can snow 4 feet on monday and by wednesday it can be sunny and all the snow would be gone, but by thursday we can have a monsoon


Kinja'd!!! norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
10/07/2014 at 16:31

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Meanwhile in the Great Lakes.

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Kinja'd!!! Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
10/07/2014 at 16:35

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Let me just say that Colorado's Weather needs a psychologist and Needs to me medicated for its bipolar disrorder


Kinja'd!!! norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
10/07/2014 at 16:37

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Yeah, but you haven't expierenced anything until you get Lake effect snow, that shit's terrible. Coupled with -25* wind chill you don't want to know what the snowbelt is like.


Kinja'd!!! Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
10/07/2014 at 16:39

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In colorado we have a saying: "Weather's nice huh? Wait 5 minutes". The saying also goes the other way


Kinja'd!!! norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
10/07/2014 at 16:42

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This is a conversation neither of us is going to win.. It's best we just end now and agree 1/4" of ice doesn't count as winter. Georgia I'm looking at you.


Kinja'd!!! Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
10/07/2014 at 16:44

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lol