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Dropping in to say Hi :)
Just playing on the computer today and realized I hadn't been to this site in a very long time (I do keep up with the SVX world via the Facebook groups, which is much easier to digest on a phone, which is all I generally use when not working).
I figured I'd say hi over here in the NW section. I have a lot of fond memories of all the big events we used to do back in the good ol' days when we had a big group and lots of NW activities. So many have moved on (myself included), but good to see a few familiar names still popping up in here. ![]() I can't believe it has been 2 1/2 years since I moved down to California and we had our last big cruise back in June of 2012 I believe. I still have my SVX but it's been under a cover in the garage for almost a year now. It started having a bit of transmission quirkiness and I didn't need to really drive it so it stayed close to home. Then it started to exhibit possible headgasket failure symptoms, so now it has really sat. Several months ago I tried to pull it out of the garage and the battery was dead. A replacement battery died after running it around the block a few times and putting it back in the garage. So thinking before anything else, an alternator or other electrical troubleshooting is in order. And then the big stuff. Sigh. Meantime I am enjoying our 2008 Volvo XC90 Sport, an AWD, V8, 7 seat battle tank that can still out accelerate and out corner my SVX. And I just picked up a 2004 Audi S4 Cabriolet, another AWD V8 toy for sunny days. Car life is good, but I still have hopes of one day restoring my SVX. And I sure miss all the SVX owners past and present up there in the Pacific Northwest. Cheers!
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Troy 1992 SVX LSL "Serenity" 250,000 miles! I don't care, I'm still free, You can't take the sky from me... |
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Re: Dropping in to say Hi :)
Nice to hear from an oldie. I only attended a few of the functions, but did enjoy the ones that I did go to. I still have 2 svx's, both of which run but are not on the street. I either have the $ and no time, or the time and no $ to get them up and running. I picked up a black 97 that I would really like to cherry up and drive, but we have a couple other wrx's that seem to work as a $$ vacuum.
Hope all is well with you in sunny CA |
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Re: Dropping in to say Hi :)
Likewise! I know you only made it to a few events, but it feels like more because of all our email correspondence and "almost made it" back then. 😉
Glad to hear you still have a couple of SVXes in the collection and even have possible "someday" plans. I think at this point a lot of us are in the same boat; we have a SVX (or two, three, etc), but it's not much of a driver or even on the immediate "project car" radar, but we still have a desire to hold on and hopefully do something at some point. The few that are actually driving around recently restored cherry ones are inspiring, if not a reminder of how far some of us have to go. LOL
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Re: Dropping in to say Hi :)
Yeah. Besides working every weekend, things seemed to conspire to keep me away from Earls dabob festival. Internal short on rebuilt alternator one year and a range fire the next. Perhaps it's good that I didn't try a third year, looking at the escalating severity of excuses.
Is it even harder to get a car in the road in CA? I read about all the restrictions the state imposes on licensure. I have a half-Alfa that I bought to fix my wrecked spyder that was only in the yard because they couldn't get the mechanical FI to pass emissions. I'm much better at planning than execution. I guess that is why my shop and garage are stuffed with so many parts for projects that will get done when I have the time.... My kids want me to live forever so they don't have to deal with the stash!! It's become a joke about fighting over the inheritance because neither one of them wants my car parts. Guess I should have been enamored with USA muscle cars instead of obscure foreign cars. I'd be better off $$ wise if I had a stash of chevelles and camaros instead of rx7s and svx's. Oh well - it is what it is. |
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Re: Dropping in to say Hi :)
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As far as keeping a car on the road in CA, the challenge for me was facing emissions/smog testing for the first time in over a decade. When we moved out of King County in 2002, I never had to get our cars tested again. Just pay the WA DMV online for tabs renewal once a year, for all they knew the car had 3 wheels, no headlights, and blew black clouds straight from the headers. ![]() It's been two years now, so it's time for the SVX to get smogged again, or file as a inop (which would save a small bit of money in tabs and insurance, but I'm not sure the implications for ever getting it back on the road once I do that). It has sat in the garage covered for a year as a few things were acting up this time last year, but I put a new battery in over the weekend and changed out fluids and cleaned MAF, intake, etc. Going to try driving it around a bit this week (it can go about 10-15 mins before overheating) and see if I can actually get it to limp through passing SMOG. Will let you know how it goes. ![]() I agree on the muscle car thing. The kids wouldn't be near as worried if you had a shop stuffed full of high value/easy to liquidate USA parts. ![]()
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Troy 1992 SVX LSL "Serenity" 250,000 miles! I don't care, I'm still free, You can't take the sky from me... |
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Re: Dropping in to say Hi :)
Hi Troy
Good to hear from you. The weather here has been very nice this spring. I was just invited to be a Subaru Ambassador from SOA. I accepted the position and will be working more with SVXs.
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. Earl .... ... .... ><SVX(*> Subaru Ambassador [COLOR=”silver”]1992 Tri Color L[/COLOR] ~45K (06/91) #2430 1992 Dark Teal LS-L ~184K (05/91) #0739 1992 Claret LS-L ~196K (05/91) #0831 1992 Pearl LS-L ~103K (06/91) #1680 1992 Pearl LS-L ~151K (06/91) #2229 1992 Dark Teal LS ~150K (07/91) #3098 (parts car) 1992 White LS-L ~139K (08/92) #6913 1993 25th AE ~98K (02/93) #164 1993 25th AE ~58K (02/93) #176 1993 25th AE ~107K (02/93) #215 1993 25th AE ~162K (02/93) #223 1994 Laguna Blue Pearl LSi ~124K (1/94) #2408 1994 Laguna Blue Pearl LSi ~144K (10/93) #1484 1994 Laguna Blue Pearl LSi ~68K (10/93) #1525 1994 Barcelona Red LSi ~46K (02/94) #2624 1994 Pearl LSi ~41K (12/93) #1961 1995 Bordeaux Pearl LSi ~70K (02/95) #855 1996 Polo Green LSi ~95K (03/96) #872 1997 Bordeaux Pearl LSi ~55K (08/96) #097 2003 Brilliant Red LS1 Convertible ~29K (04/03) #8951 1999 Magnetic Red LS1 Coupe ~33K (04/99) #6420 My Email | Old Locker | New Locker | Picture of 15 of the 19 |
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Re: Dropping in to say Hi :)
Still a few of us around.....
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Huck Subaru Ambassador 92 SVX LS-Tour Magnaflow Exhaust, 5-Spd-AWD ![]() 88 XT6 AWD 5-Speed "Bride of FrankenWedge" 15 Impreza Premium Sedan 15 Crosstrek XV 5-Speed My 5-Speed "How-To" Write-up 1976 Pontiac Firebird Formula Current Count of Subaru's Owned.... "70" |
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