I bought mine because my spec v was a peice :P

I first saw and fell in love with the WRX in the summer of 01, when a friend of mine bought a cavalier at Roberts Chevy/Subaru/Honda in downingtown. I sat in the showroom WRX (having no idea what it even was) and knew I wanted one. Since then I went to every philly car show and pined over owning a WRX. I began to save for the wrx in 2002 while I was still in college. I joined clubWRX in winter 03 and then finally graduated, got a real job and bought my WRX in summer of 04...I really wanted a bugeye, but couldnt bring myself to buy a used WRX--i wanted it to be all mine.

Making a blanket statement like 'all 04+ people are posers' is exactly what I hate about the car scene these days...the "you can't join our club" elitest attitude that many of the so called old school tuners have. Share your hobby with others..dont hide it.

I agree wit you bro, but people are going to talk **** when they feel, its just ***. Anyways, its all in taste, I prefer the bug eye, you obviously like the blob eye wrx. All in all, its a wrx, who cares what year. If anything, subarus got "really" popular when the sti came out here.

I actually prefer the bugeye, but I couldnt find any new ones when I was ready to buy--and eventualy the blobeye grew on me. I love my car--but bugeyes were what first attracted me to the wrx.

The problem is that the WRX, when it first came out, was a drivers car. It was ugly and no one really liked it for its looks. It was a powerful little sedan, that had a ton of potential, but was out of reach financially of most younger "tuners".
Now that the prices have come down to where punk kids can afford them, the true enthusiast aspect of it has been watered down.

I have been a member of NASIOC and ClubWRX for 3 years now and have seen it go from "how do I make my car faster" to "which bodykit looks the best". Not that it is a bad thing, but there is no community anymore. I guess every scene has this happen.
Jeep owners know about community. They wave.

When the WRX first came out the "Subaru wave" was mandatory. If you saw another WRX, or even a 2.5RS, you waved. It made you feel good to be in that little "club".
After the "blobeye" came out, I saw this tradition starting to die out. New WRX owners started to compete against the ones they saw on the road, instead of feeling the closeness of being a WRX owner.

Just like WRXD. I couldn't swing a new 03 WRX so I had to get an 04 when they came out. Having been online I knew how to behave when I saw another WRX. Anyone over member 100000 on NASIOC doesn't get it.
Sorry to piss in someones cornflakes, but the Honda kids are now able to swing WRX's. That's just the way it goes. All we can do is keep waving and teaching the new generation proper etiquette. :mrgreen:

I wanted a bugeye when I bought my blob eye and now that my blob eye's been totaled I've got an _____ eye '06.

I wave or flash my high beams often at other Impreza owners of all years and eyes...never once have I received one in return... :roll:

Bill

I don't know how many "Which is the best BOV" threads I've seen by now.

I still get 'the wave' usually. My passengers think I'm such a geek, but I love it. I had a guy in a brand new '06 WRX wagon give me the biggest wave/metal sign/fist pump combo ever, it made my day.

I guess I do agree though... I've read nasioc for years and, while it gets a bad rap, the newbie threads get more and more ridiculous. Oh well, I'll just try and keep up my rep as not being a punk kid with a WRX.