One fine sunny day in late January 2015, I decided my trusty ghetto Yaris was in need of an upgrade. At the time, I was working in hospitality over summer but spending my winters sliding down mountains at Falls Creek. The Yaris had been hitting the mountains regularly for 5 of the 9 years I’d owned it this point, and I was chasing something with all-wheel drive and a bit more space to throw a snowboard in the back. Something, something growing up.
I visited Subaru and was dramatically underwhelmed by the giant chunk of plastic that was the Impreza at the time. This was followed by a trip to Mazda to check out the Mazda 3, which was basically a pretty computer on wheels. Not to be disheartened, I toddled back to Subaru once again to see if maybe I was just deluded when I thought the Impreza was crap (I wasn’t wrong, it was crap).
Walking through the used car section, that’s where I saw her. Sitting in the corner, under a shade cloth, with what was quite possible the world’s worst dealership detail – put the buffing pads down. Fortunately for my wallet, I had to go to work.
Unfortunately for my wallet, I magically reappeared at Subaru at 9am the next morning, sat in the car that I said I wasn’t allowed to sit in, and then accidentally signed some papers. OOPS. I am probably the reason cooling off periods exist: “Did you mean to buy this car?!”
2013 Subaru BRZ Premium
This is what I got:
- Galaxy Blue E8H exterior.
- Alcantara interior with heated seats.
- The world’s worst detail.
It took approximately negative 5 days for me to modify the car that I said I wasn’t going to modify. Prior to even taking delivery, a set of Valenti tail lights magically appeared. Hello BRZ/86 Starter Pack, your newest team member has arrived. Two weeks later, the Invidia Q300 exhaust went on.
Five years later I woke up from that fall down the rabbit hole.
Apparently.
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