Subaru Forester Club?

"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem) 10/13/2017 at 11:37 • Filed to: forest

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My wife and I were picking up my son from school. On the way back to the car one of the other parents picking up their children sees us getting into our Forester and says to us, “Oh! You’ve got a Subaru Forester? I used to have a Subaru Forester!” She was really excited about this. Then she comes to get a closer look and says, “Oh! You got the big mirrors too!”

I’m at a total loss of what to say. I can see two other Foresters from where I’m standing and the mirrors are the only mirrors that came on the car. She eventually stopped being excited about my car and packed here children in her Tribeca and left. More interestingly there are two Tribecas at our elementary school of ~60 students.

For the rest of the day whenever we saw a Forester (we saw lots of them) we would exclaim in delight that someone else has a Forester and judge them on the size of their mirrors.

Matt Nichelson > CalzoneGolem 10/13/2017 at 11:43

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It’s like going around looking at people and their lifted trucks and judging them by the size of their...... kit.

CalzoneGolem > Matt Nichelson 10/13/2017 at 11:46

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Exactly. Do your mirrors hang low?

vicali > CalzoneGolem 10/13/2017 at 11:49

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You know what they say about big mirrors...

It would be more believable if she said; “how much was your headgasket?” or “ohh an SH - is that still your first bottom end?” or if she was just deaf from the sqeaks..

I kid, I kid, Please SF gods -don’t smite me..

edit: err - she drove a Tribeca? enough said..

Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > CalzoneGolem 10/13/2017 at 11:50

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:(

Sir Halffast > CalzoneGolem 10/13/2017 at 11:50

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There are so many Foresters here in NoVA. It’s ridiculous. They’re great and I love mine, but I’m really glad now that my wife insisted on the Touring model, because the different wheels are about the only way I can pick the car out in a parking lot.

So Shiney. So Chrome! So Frunky > CalzoneGolem 10/13/2017 at 11:50

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I do wonder what her reaction would have been if you had a brass set of Truck Nutz hanging off the back? “O you have the the bigger.....Um.....O would you look at the time!”

CalzoneGolem > vicali 10/13/2017 at 11:50

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Maybe we could have compared flat brims and swapped some vape juice?

Ash78, voting early and often > CalzoneGolem 10/13/2017 at 11:52

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You know this constitutes her hitting on your wife, right?

vicali > CalzoneGolem 10/13/2017 at 11:52

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Impreza people are too busy rallying to pick up their kids..

CalzoneGolem > Sir Halffast 10/13/2017 at 11:53

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They are so ubiquitous here that the lady at the town office gave me shit for it when I registered mine.

CalzoneGolem > So Shiney. So Chrome! So Frunky 10/13/2017 at 11:54

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This is the only time I’ve ever wished I had truck nutz.

CalzoneGolem > Ash78, voting early and often 10/13/2017 at 11:56

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Wait ... so she didn’t really want to come over and give our cat some smooches?

CalzoneGolem > vicali 10/13/2017 at 11:57

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Impreza owners be like “Take the school bus suckers!”

So Shiney. So Chrome! So Frunky > CalzoneGolem 10/13/2017 at 11:57

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I almost got a pair for my Dad’s old Chrysler Pacifica. I figured the Florida retirement community he was visiting would love it. I like to inject a little absurdity into life when i can

Textured Soy Protein > CalzoneGolem 10/13/2017 at 11:58

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You’re in Michigan or Maine or somewhere with snow that starts with the letter M, right? I’m in Wisconsin and people here lurve their Subarus too. It’s weird that I say this with some level of detachment when this is the passenger side quarter window of my wife’s Impreza.

CalzoneGolem > So Shiney. So Chrome! So Frunky 10/13/2017 at 11:58

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Sneak a set of neon green ones on?

So Shiney. So Chrome! So Frunky > CalzoneGolem 10/13/2017 at 11:59

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Glow in the dark. For Safety!!

vicali > CalzoneGolem 10/13/2017 at 12:01

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“KenBlock doesn’t pick up kids - he’s too busy doing sweet drifts, now take your monster drink and your vape - I’ll see you when you walk home from kindergarten.”

Sir Halffast > CalzoneGolem 10/13/2017 at 12:02

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That’s pretty funny actually. I had the dealer register mine, but just yesterday I was meeting my wife at a store somewhere and wanted to park near her. There were three other white Foresters and none of them were ours. I wound up just parking and never found our own car.

CalzoneGolem > Textured Soy Protein 10/13/2017 at 12:03

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Maine.

Yeah muthafuckas be all about their Subbies. I’ve heard lots of stories that start with, “My first Subaru was ...” or some variation of which # Subaru did what and which # Subaru they miss the most.

I’m buying into the hype. This will be my “First Subaru” in what will probably be a long line of boxer engined nuggets.

CalzoneGolem > Sir Halffast 10/13/2017 at 12:05

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Mine is a Silver Sport so it’s pretty easy to figure out which Silver Forester is mine ... usually.

CalzoneGolem > vicali 10/13/2017 at 12:06

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*drives off scattering loose gravel all over the parking lot*

CalzoneGolem > So Shiney. So Chrome! So Frunky 10/13/2017 at 12:06

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That’s so thoughtful!

vicali > CalzoneGolem 10/13/2017 at 12:18

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-and then crashes into a ditch - dnf again..

CalzoneGolem > vicali 10/13/2017 at 12:25

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Metamorphosis into Ken Block complete.

vicali > CalzoneGolem 10/13/2017 at 12:27

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Buys mustang, end scene.

Matt Nichelson > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever 10/13/2017 at 12:27

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I bet they wobble to and fro.

Textured Soy Protein > CalzoneGolem 10/13/2017 at 14:29

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We’re also happy with our Subaru and I could see us buying more down the road. At least for her. For me I could see myself in something like an STI but the insurance for it is a deterrent. That, moreso than the bro-ness.