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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 09:25 PM
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A thing of beauty she is....The kid's cute too
Old Jan 29, 2009 | 02:07 PM
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Thanks!

It's not making alot of progress lately, been spending all my time with my baby girl, but it's slowly becoming more, 'complete'.
Looking forward to getting back to the track Sat.

A few shots of 'the rivals'

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Better shot of new brakes
if you look closely you can see the new antenna delete plate
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Got my seat cover re-secured, my big-*** nephew caused quite a mess in the interior, messed up the seat and broke the rear view mirror with his head, lol. Should be getting the replacement mirror Thursday. I haven't driven the Subi in a few weeks, it's a lot of fun, really makes me want to get to the track so I can really drive it harder and faster.

(I have a couple dozen pictures of the two cars, lemme know if you want me to post them up. )
Old Jan 29, 2009 | 02:59 PM
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meh i worked on skylines the impreza is why they stopped making them haha
Old Jan 29, 2009 | 04:14 PM
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meh i worked on skylines the impreza is why they stopped making them haha
How dare you utter such blasphemy!? Just kill yourself now, and hope you can preserve some honor.
Old Jan 29, 2009 | 04:23 PM
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its simple

subarus weigh less

skylines and subarus were caped at 280

easy to win
Old Jan 29, 2009 | 07:42 PM
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I'm pretty sure that the Skylines and Supras were under-rated on their HP #'s.
That skyline has an HKS twin-turbo kit and is pushing around 550 HP, IIRC. It's pretty nice.
Old Jan 29, 2009 | 09:34 PM
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(I have a couple dozen pictures of the two cars, lemme know if you want me to post them up. )
are you kidding? of course, go ahead.
Old Jan 29, 2009 | 09:41 PM
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Alright, you twisted my arm.

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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 09:59 PM
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i love your thread, your car, your photography, and most of all, your little kid. i am a subscriber to this thread and always keep an eye on it. thanks for sharing.
Old Jan 29, 2009 | 10:44 PM
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Funny you mention her, she was out there with me while I was shooting, there was no traffic so She was spinning in circles and jumping in the street and laughing, it was pretty damn funny!

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Her 'Joker' smile
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Spinning, WHEEEEEEEEEE!
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She spotted Daddy, Uh oh, I'm in trouble

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CHARGE!!!!




This was on our tennis court in Cali,
I taught her how to, Worship the sun (Like the stepdad with the twin boys at the breakfast table in Drillbit taylor ) And I do a little angelic high C note, 'Aahhhh"



She keeps trying to get on the skateboards and castor boards, but she still too small. lol
Old Jan 29, 2009 | 11:21 PM
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I also just finished reading this thread from the beginning to the current page! All I can say is WOW and Congrats on the babies and WOW again! Keep us posted with future progress. You've inspired me to dust off my camera and take more pictures
Old Jan 30, 2009 | 08:45 PM
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Read through the whole thread and I just wanted to say thank you. Amazing journey and awesome car. I can't wait until my suby can be 'retired' from DD status and enter 'track ****' status. haha.

Cheers, mate. Keep up the photography stuff, looking good.
Old Feb 1, 2009 | 03:02 PM
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Glad my hobbies can be appreciated by others, I enjoy doing it!

Car was running much better, went through quite a bit of fuel, but the tires and brakes held up great.
Track day was awesome, alot of good cars and crazy action.
Brakes performed better than expectedl went from .80 G;s braking with the old setup to 1.2 G's with the new setup. ran 4 longer 25 min sessions and had zero fade the entire day, even with passengers, extremely pleased.
I am going to have to roll the left rear fender a little more, and raise it up a little bit, it was still making contact with the tire.

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I'll post more pictures as I get them.
I may be getting some in car video one of my passengers took, I'll keep you posted!
Old Feb 1, 2009 | 10:26 PM
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SICK! I would trade my 08 STi for a RHD GTR in a heart beat!!! Both cars are sick, jdm rhd gtr goodness ftw!!!
Old Feb 2, 2009 | 01:57 AM
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Originally Posted by medicSTi
SICK! I would trade my 08 STi for a RHD GTR in a heart beat!!! Both cars are sick, jdm rhd gtr goodness ftw!!!
I think I just fell in love with medic.



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