MLR's Bogan cruise ship

[The Bogan]

3 minutes ago, MBS206 said:

I'd say one thing that may make you sell is the same reason the guy with the hard top roof sold his. He got old, and his back was giving him too much grief stopping him getting in and out...

Old guy said he was 73! He looked and sounded younger than 73 to me! Or maybe I'm just aligning with old people more...

I should be fine for a few more years, whilst I do have arthritis I also exercise and do mobility training every day to keep as fit and healthy as I can, military life, which is the actual cause of most of my joint issues, has set daily regimes, which I weirdly enjoy

I also train alot smarter now, not really focusing on lots strength or puffy muscles, I'm more focused on maintaining what I have for my future older self, I actually train as much mobility now as I do exercising

Check out this "simple" drill I have been doing daily prior to training now for a while now, this has worked wonders in my all round mobility 

 

[Kinkstaah]

It's something we all have to consider as time marches on.

Also consider lifted rally MX5 conversion at that point.

[Watermouse]

I found the same with Subaru’s.  I own and love the SG9 Forester, after that model 2008+, Subaru threw the ugly stick at all their line up and somehow managed to make them look worse with every succeeding year.  lol

[MBS206]

On 12/2/2024 at 10:36 AM, Watermouse said:

I found the same with Subaru’s.  I own and love the SG9 Forester, after that model 2008+, Subaru threw the ugly stick at all their line up and somehow managed to make them look worse with every succeeding year.  lol

I was following a near brand new Subaru the other day. If it weren't for the fact it had a WRX badge on it, I'd have thought it was a pure pleb boring car.

[GTSBoy]

WRXs are a pure pleb boring car these days. You need to get an STI to even get close to what a WRX used to be.

[Kinkstaah]

I leant out the window recently and took a picture of this new WRX.

It looked real damn fine in person.
It's faster around a track (stock) than a (stock) GR Yaris. It's much more practical despite being heavier. It's significantly cheaper.

This gen tunes really well, much better than others.

....

I think they're probably a lot better than people expect.

[GTSBoy]

That's less offensive than the previous gen.....except for all that ugly black tupperware around the edges. Blerck!

[Kinkstaah]

I maintain it actually looked really nice in person. So much so that I thought "No, this is illegal" but there it was, clear as day. I think we can easily call the wing and wheels/height to be transformative.

Not saying it's better than the GR Whatever, or the 86, or the WRX STI or anything of that sort (the internet says it all bolts up so you can buy best of all worlds?) but it's still at least a thing and not nearly AS bad as people say.

[MBS206]

On 12/3/2024 at 3:06 PM, Kinkstaah said:

I maintain it actually looked really nice in person. So much so that I thought "No, this is illegal" but there it was, clear as day. I think we can easily call the wing and wheels/height to be transformative.

Not saying it's better than the GR Whatever, or the 86, or the WRX STI or anything of that sort (the internet says it all bolts up so you can buy best of all worlds?) but it's still at least a thing and not nearly AS bad as people say.

Take all the black off, put stock wheels back on, and you've got a boring looking Camry with a good scoop.

The factory WRX with no fancy bits, looks more boring than a modern Sportivo Camry.

 

 

Or I'm getting old...

[Kinkstaah]

I agree with you, but pretty much _any car ever made_ without some splitters, nicer kit, wing, wheels, low is the difference between "ew" and "the nicest car you've ever seen".

Applies to any Skyline too :p

[The Bogan]

12 hours ago, Kinkstaah said:

I agree with you, but pretty much _any car ever made_ without some splitters, nicer kit, wing, wheels, low is the difference between "ew" and "the nicest car you've ever seen".

Applies to any Skyline too 😛

The main catch phrase for any car is "the eye of the beholder", and "personal tastes and preferences"

And as for the plastic "flares", I honestly think they look cheap and tacky, and I cannot see them aging well, maybe if they were body colour they might look better to my eyes, but, I would still prefer it the were more like the older WRX STI models that had the wider body metal panels

In saying all this 5hit, I wouldn't buy a new WRX again, even if it had the wide body metal panels

 

 

[MBS206]

On 12/4/2024 at 9:35 PM, Kinkstaah said:

I agree with you, but pretty much _any car ever made_ without some splitters, nicer kit, wing, wheels, low is the difference between "ew" and "the nicest car you've ever seen".

Applies to any Skyline too 😛

But that's the thing, the WRX doesn't come stock with all those things.

But the old WRX looked good (not all of them). Same as like certain EVOs, Skylines, they looked good as they came from the factory.

 

Stocko WRX doesn't look like anything more than a Subaru Outback except for the hood scoop.

[The Bogan]

I would again like too thank Matt for his help in me sourcing the detachable hard top for the little red car, without Matt's assistance in inspecting it and locking it down, I can guarantee it would have sold before I could get up to see it,  and as that was the only available NC hardtop in Australia, I consider myself extremely lucky on multiple levels

To say I'm more that happy would be an understatement

And, it is 100% water tight, I drove through torrential rain coming back south, and by torrential, they type of rain that doing 40kph in a 110kph zone was a real thing, and even then, the standing water on the Hwy was deep enough to throw waves

I'm also more than happy that the huge "BEASTS" that Matt calls dogs didn't eat me for lunch, I'm sure the sniffs and licks were more to "taste test" me, over being to friendly

Now to work out what colour to get it painted, panel match, or gloss black........first world problems are real

[MBS206]

I vote go red. Only because I hate keeping gloss black clean.

Was no worries helping out either!

Glad you've survived the rain outs of QLD

[Milkmun]

Body colour for me.

[GTSBoy]

Por qué no los dos?

Body colour red with black stripes down centre, onto bonnet and bootlid.

[Kinkstaah]

The correct answer is body colour. Admittedly it does look pretty handsome as-is in grey.

[The Bogan]

30 minutes ago, GTSBoy said:

Por qué no los dos?

Body colour red with black stripes down centre, onto bonnet and bootlid.

Not a fan of "racing stripes" really, I've seen a few done, with different styles of stripes, but no, not for me

Although younger Mark probably would have thought differently about them

[r32-25t]

Turn it into the pride flag 

[The Bogan]

This one??

In other news: I cannot tell the difference between my red MX5 with the silver grey hard top......... and the Ferrari 599XX EVO, they might as well be twins, well.......apart from the big wang hanging off the back of the Ferrari...🤔🤣, without the wing they are identical 

49 minutes ago, r32-25t said:

Turn it into the pride flag