Every time I look at a WRX STi hatch, I feel a bit of regret

"CB" (jrcb)
04/28/2019 at 22:43 • Filed to: Don't meet your heroes. Or pass by them in the street.

There was a white one for sale when I was buying the Jolly Rancher. Yeah, it was more expensive, would have worse gas mileage, be more expensive to repair, be less comfortable, be less green, and probably be a worse car to learn manual on, I still think maybe I should’ve bought one.

DISCUSSION (33)

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > CB
04/28/2019 at 22:54

You just gotta mod until your happy....

(this is a terrible idea, trust me)

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > CB
04/28/2019 at 22:56

I still don’t think they’re good looking cars. I could never own one knowing I’d have to walk outside and see it every day. Maybe if it was a ludicrously fast track car, I could look past it. But that’d be the car I go to work and the grocery store in and that just isn’t the car for me.

CB > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
04/28/2019 at 22:57

As someone who occasionally questions if I can ever be happy, unlikely. So I’ll try to enjoy what I have for now.

I’ll admit, I smile like an idiot when I see my stupid car.

CB > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
04/28/2019 at 22:59

I think they’re a great balance of silly hoodscoops and bland economy car.

I’ve been looking at FoRSs whenever I see one in a parking lot. Kind of want, but I’m unlikely to get one.

Steve in Manhattan > CB
04/28/2019 at 23:04

Jolly Rancher?

CB > Steve in Manhattan
04/28/2019 at 23:08

Kinja'd!!!

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > CB
04/28/2019 at 23:09

White cars make for good base for lots of stripes.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > CB
04/28/2019 at 23:11

I passed one in Fort Langley today. We both loved each others cars

TheRealBicycleBuck > CB
04/28/2019 at 23:57

Kinja'd!!!

https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/Hatchback/Subaru/WRX/Baton+Rouge+LA-70810?makeCodeList=SUB&searchRadius=0&modelCodeList=SUBWRX%2CIMPWRX&zip=70810&marketExtension=true&vehicleStyleCodes=HATCH%2CWAGON&transmissionCodes=MAN&startYear=2012&endYear=2014&sortBy=derivedpriceDESC&numRecords=25&firstRecord=0

CB > TheRealBicycleBuck
04/29/2019 at 00:05

Thank goodness those are in a different country.

Future Heap Owner > CB
04/29/2019 at 00:15

Green >>> White

Also, the first time I ever drove manual was on my friend’s 2015/16 WRX. It was so hard. Every manual I’ve driven since then has been way easier.

I think you made the right call.

CB > Future Heap Owner
04/29/2019 at 00:17

I saw my car well across the parking lot today, so you’re right.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > CB
04/29/2019 at 00:19

AWD doesn’t torque steer. Torque steer is fun and therefore good. Therefore, FiST > VapeTank.

CB > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
04/29/2019 at 00:20

But all wheel drifts in the snow when it’s winter for six months straight here.

CB > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
04/29/2019 at 00:21

I enjoy the enthusiast thumbs up. Gave one to a JDM Forester the other day, he gave one back.

PS9 > CB
04/29/2019 at 00:27

Hellcat pulls up in the middle of winter. CB be like ;

Kinja'd!!!

CB > PS9
04/29/2019 at 00:31

Hellcat plus studded tires plus ice lake equals stupid fun.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > CB
04/29/2019 at 00:44

Regrets build character.

That's what I tell myself to pacify the crushing weight of all my regrets.

CB > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
04/29/2019 at 00:52

Not everything is a regret. But the expensive regrets you spend years living with... well, I don’t know if they build character. I do know that it pisses off the house spouse sometimes.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > CB
04/29/2019 at 00:53

Could be worse — imagine if was a house instead of a car!

CB > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
04/29/2019 at 00:54

Oh gods, don’t even let me start thinking about that future.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > CB
04/29/2019 at 00:58

You can all wheel drift FWD. You just can’t power out of it.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > CB
04/29/2019 at 01:00

Hah, too late. It’s on your brains!

Back to the car thing and keeping it more light-hearted, I have endless daydreams of, “What ifs?” Did you know I still can’t stomach the fact that I spent 7 grand on a car? And then to further compound my internal conflictions, in my next breath I will lament that I didn't buy that 1-owner T100.

CB > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
04/29/2019 at 01:04

I still regret not buying that Saab 9-3 when I had no money. Or that Legacy GT when I had no money. Et cetera et cetera.

So I feel you. Eventually we’ll have a “people who spend more time stressing on hypothetical/actual car purchases than is healthy” club meeting. I’ll bring sandwiches.

CB > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
04/29/2019 at 01:04

I still regret not buying that Saab 9-3 when I had no money. Or that Legacy GT when I had no money. Et cetera et cetera.

So I feel you. Eventually we’ll have a “people who spend more time stressing on hypothetical/actual car purchases than is healthy” club meeting. I’ll bring sandwiches.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > CB
04/29/2019 at 01:06

With my image of STIs being this:

Kinja'd!!!