Nice to see the Civic coming along and good to hear about the WRX as well!

I'm back from a convoluted business trip that included me driving a 16' box van 750 miles. Did a whole lot of furniture moving as well.

If you ever want to be assured that your personal vehicle is nice, just rent a box van and drive it around in traffic and on the Interstate for a few days. I think our Fit would now seem like the best vehicle ever!

 

 

alright, got home made a few more owl face magnets since my wife apparently lost one.. she was recycling a bunch of older computers she picked up from her clients place last week in da GK and im assuming the magnet stuck onto one of the computer cabinets and the operators there didnt think twice and toss it.

i told her not to keep the magnets out in the open cause im using some really strong magnets on them... oh well.

 

btw, ive had ZERO bird droppings on my ex-GTI GK nor my new WRX since running the owl faces i made.

but now, i noticed beez taking a crap on my WRX. lol ill take bee crap over bird crap though..! after washing off the dealer wax i noticed less bees..

 

 

Not bad on the insurance!

Have you seen any threads or articles on what kind of quarter mile times people are getting with mildly modded WRX's? I'm curious how much they pick up with the usual tune, intake, and exhaust mods.

Back to school here. I can't believe they start so early. Earlier every year. Son started back last Friday and wife started back on Monday. She's in school and works so we don't see a whole bunch of the wife/mom.

 

 

 

alright, got my tracking numbers for the bits i ordered. should be yet another fun weekend.

drove the WRX through some really bad congestion on da way home.. car does well in bumper to bumper. less tiring vs AT cars.. i hate AT cars in congestion cause you HAVE to keep stepping on the brake to prevent creep.. well unless u have some time to pause to shift into neutral.. but so can MT cars.

 

Had an eventful evening. Not the good kind. A neighbor's tree fell and hit our roof. Everyone is fine, but the house took a hit. Roof, soffit, gutter, etc are damaged and the tree came to a rest on our deck.

Ruined my plans for grilling last night...lol

Called my insurance company and they are sending out a contractor. I need to find a tree service to remove the tree.

 

 

 

We had one of those afternoon thunderstorms. Wind and rain and down it came.

I'm not a hater of all big trees, but I HATE big pine trees. They can be perfectly health and just fall. I have taken down most of mine, but the neighbor still has some.

 

 

Damn GAFIT! Glad you weren't grilling when it happened!

Well first tank of gas with the Ktuner....My previous combined MPG without tune was ~32mpg. With the generic Stage 2 from Ktuner I got 31.7mpg. SO I'm still in the ball park. =)

As for suspension, I think I need to inspect the SI sway...rear passenger occasionally makes a clunk sound on poor roads/pothole like conditions. Driver side has 0 issues.

Happy Wednesday everyone!

 

 

Thanks Kenchan I hope its something simple...not sure why it would clunk. Everything 'should' be torqued properly. Its a sway bar....how hard could it be? It has (2) sway links...(2) d-brackets...done lol.

 

Contractors just left. They see more damage than I do, but whatever. They were sent out by my insurance company so they can do whatever they want...just fix my house please!

Waiting to hear back from a tree service company. Once this big arse tree is out of here, I'll feel much better.

Those 1.5t motors are amazing fuel sippers. My Dad's CR-V even gets into the 30's. Amazing for a sport ute!

Fuel mileage has never been a Subaru selling point. They are probably worst in class for any given displacement. It's just kind of the price you pay for the boxer motor. At least it pays it back in torque and attitude! Sacrifice that I'd be willing to make in most cases.

 

The clunking may not even be the sway bar...

https://www.civicx.com/threads/clunk...el-well.19587/

Worth re-checking the few attachment points though.