Introducing 25th Anniversary #073 (and new guy)

[davemm]

After lurking for many years and even corrupting my oldest son (DZA) to get an SVX, I made the plunge. Accidentally entered wrong zip code in autotrader search (always searched in Pacific NW) and found this "93 on a car lot in Cypress CA. Carfax came back clean and 1 owner, so I bought it sight-unseen from a guy named Jose, 1500 miles away, in another country. (what could POSSIBLY go wrong).
Flew down with youngest son (thought I might need someone to push) handed over $4445.00 and drove it home. Ran and shifted clean and flawless- 30+ MPG to the US gal for 1500 mi trip home, burned no oil. LA to San Fran on I-5 then the coast to Portland OR.
While checking it over I found a crack (possibly fatal) under 1/4" of brake dust in one wheel (@ inner bead)- its out for assessment for repair- fingers crossed.
Gotta say the expertise and enthusiam of the members was the ONLY reason I would have taken th plunge- even tho' local Subaru dealer likes SVX's and has people that like to work on them (there's quite a few more around Vancouver Island than I imagined).
Looking forward to being an active contributor-have set up pix in my locker- so check it out- would love some opinions. PS- slightly computer challenged - but VERY- persistent- bear with me and I'll have the format and protocols down evetually- if I screw up (like when I registered or how it took like 3 hours and help from DZA to post pix to my locker) just correct me- like I said not too smart but persisteant and willing.
Cheers- will check in later
PPS- can't drive it 'til inspected (could have probably got thru with that wheel- but shouldn't drive it 'til fixed anyhow)- so I washed it and took the pix- haven't touched the inside or under the hood yet- curious as heck about maintenance repair history- can't possibly be on orig. tranny- still researching--