IT guy, weekend SCCA racer, new Subaru owner, Foursquare SU3, PSU alum, gadget lover, Apple user, all-around regular guy.
I was finally able to place an order on August 21. Five and a half weeks later (9/27) I had my VON (Vehicle Order Number) and my car was finally allocated to my order. Just about 4 weeks after that (10/26), I received the actual VIN… that meant it would be a matter of days. Seven to 14 days usually, per my sales guy. That’s fine… It had already been over 2 months, another 2 [...]
Keeping up with my plan to stay in contact with my sales guy… I made another call this past week. The last info I had was basically that a port delivery would come in around the 3rd week of September. They expected to have allocation info by the following week (this week). So my “plan” was basically to give some time for the dealer to receive the allocation info and call and see if my [...]
If you’ve read anything here recently, you’ll know I’m still in the process of tearing my car apart to get ready to trade. At least the interior and some other bits. Two of the things I’ve removed are technically suspension pieces – front and rear strut bars. The rear one actually goes inside the car and is visible in the trunk. The front one goes in the engine bay and connects the two strut towers [...]
With all of this talk of car shopping and driving, there are some things I have to take into consideration regarding my car… and if I were to trade it in. First is to take out anything I can remove… my Pioneer AVIC unit (which may make its way to Jen’s car down the road), subwoofer, amp, scanguage, etc. That’s the easy stuff. There’s a bit more that I’d like to take care of before [...]
For those of you that have not been paying attention (or don’t follow me on Twitter), the Glen Region hosted their second Solo event of the 2010 season yesterday (the first that I have been able to attend). The event was held at our largest available venue, the Seneca Army Depot airstrip. We typically expect fast, fun, and tricky courses here. Yesterday did not disappoint. Jen and I both went up and both raced. The [...]
As I mentioned before, Jen and I planned to take a day trip to the city to check out the 2010 NY International Auto Show. Well yesterday was that day… we were out the door by 6am and didn’t get back home until after 11pm. LONG day. The drive wasn’t too bad in the morning – except since I was only up for about a half hour before leaving – I was pretty tired while [...]
It’s kind of funny actually. I had this whole “draft” post started and ready to just fill in some details an hit the Publish button. Then I saw it… And I’m still kind of… confused. I mean, I think it looks OK. Sort of. I don’t know. There are parts I like and parts I’m not fond of – but I don’t think I’d say that it’s awful. I just don’t know what to think. [...]
The era of the first generation Scion tC is coming to a close. FINALLY. Don’t get me wrong, I love my car – but it is a bit “long in the tooth” as they say. Needs replacing soon. Very soon. Thankfully Scion has that replacement currently in their pocket… to debut in just a couple of days at the NY Auto Show this year. Even before that happens there have been various teasers unleashed upon [...]
Well, they’re not “new” really, but I’ve been very slowly migrating photos from my other pictures site to this format – using the Photo Album link above. Today I added a new album for just Scion Events and moved a few existing galleries into it as well as added a bunch of new ones from the other site. So if you’d like to check them out, here’s what I added: Scion Events Album Mid Atlantic [...]
When I’m in California, it’s supposed to be super nice out. End of story. I want sun and warm temps with no wind and no bullshit. Not this breezy/cool/rainy shit from last night. OK, it wasn’t all bad… but was definitely not as nice as some other earlier days this week. Yesterday was a trip to San Jose for one of the weekly meets they have down there. I ended up meeting Dray & Co. [...]
