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eiye19 08-09-2012 12:23 PM

Finally got my Galaxy Blue Silica BRZ
 
Hi everybody, I've been on this forum for about 3-4 months now and finally feel that I should make a post because I finally got a brand new car after having 3 used ones (97 Saturn SL2, 01 Saturn SC1, and 04 Mazda 6). So my story first starts when I was looking at new cars that I would want to buy and I always respected Subaru's and love the way the STI sedan looks but I don't need the AWD and the gas mileage on that is comparable to a Honda Pilot :eyebulge: Yea no way I can do that. So I was looking at the new mazda 6 that was suppose to be redesigned for 13 but I guess they pushed it to 2014 which was a buzz kill to me.

So I kept visiting different manufacturers website until I say the BRZ the first time online. Intial thought was "What the heck is that? Damn it looks really good but probably has AWD." Then I read more into it and once it said 4 cylinder, RWD, lower center of gravity, manual, HID's, navigation, dual exhaust, rear spoiler, push button engine start, automatic climate controls, heated seats, bluetooth with bluetooth audio, digital speedometer, fog lights, DRL LED's, coupe, LED taillights, and it has the rear fog light setup which I loved when I first saw it on the Civic Mugen RR, I was like did God just answer all my request for what I want in a car. Then I found that Subaru was only making 6,000 of them and was like oh boy this might be tough to get.

Now knowing that this was my dream car I started saving up my down payment and went through which I think is normal for all of us after reading other people's post, the color change. At first I wanted WRB and my finance said I should get the GBS. Then after awhile I was like WRB might be too flashy and switched to DGM but then got a lil tired of that and finally landed on GBS which she picked in the first place and it was absolutely the right color for me even though I've never seen it in person. So time to put in my order.

I live in the bottom part of central jersey or top of south jersey in Bayville which is right underneath Toms River. So I started emailing dealers seeing f they had marked them up and Toms River was $3200 and the others ranged from $1,000-2500 and me working at a dealer in sales was not about to pay any more than MSRP. So thanks to these forums I found 2 dealers in north jersey that were selling at MSRP and one of them had a $500 non-refundable deposit which I didn't like and the other was Paul Miller Subaru. So I saw another member deatl with Charles Turner and I decided to email him and put my order in on 07/02/12 and my eta if I was lucky was 09/15/12. The waiting game begins!!! Now fast forward 1 MONTH later and I see my car on their website on saturday night and start flipping out in enjoyment because it looks like they got my GBS BRZ limited manual with chrome fender trim and chrome fuel door but I wasn't 100% sure it was mine because I see that most of you have waited longer than that to get yours. So between Saturday night and Monday mourning I pretty much didn't get any sleep because I started getting anxiety because I wanted to know if that was actually my car. Found out that it was :happyanim:. My dream car was then finally taken home on 08/08/12 and it was well worth driving about 2 hours north to get it because it was sooooooo much fun driving it 2 hours back home :bellyroll:

Only have 111 miles on it so far but this car feels so solid and responsive and love the reactions of other people in their cars break their neck to look at my car. Once I figure out how to post pics I will but gotta head to work now so I try it later.

GregV 08-09-2012 12:36 PM

Congrats on the purchase, I'm amazed at the turnaround time for your order.

For the record, it is illegal in NJ for deposits to be non-refundable.

Zaggeron 08-09-2012 01:29 PM

Congrats. I just picked up my Limited GBS last Saturday. Loving it so far.

To post pics just wrap the image URL with [img] and [/img]

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If_TheShoe_Fitz 08-09-2012 02:08 PM

Ahhh, my GBS arrives on the 23rd! Can't wait.

ITaxGuru 08-09-2012 06:15 PM

Good for you - and you will continue to love it. I gave up on being jerked around by Subaru on my 4/18 order and found the GBS MT Limited pictured in a nearby state.

eiye19 08-09-2012 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GregV (Post 369098)
Congrats on the purchase, I'm amazed at the turnaround time for your order.

For the record, it is illegal in NJ for deposits to be non-refundable.

Yea even my salesperson was shocked that I got it so soon.

eiye19 08-09-2012 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by If_TheShoe_Fitz (Post 369311)
Ahhh, my GBS arrives on the 23rd! Can't wait.

You're definately going to love the color becuase the color is soooo much better in person especially in the sunlight. walked by my car at least 4x today at work and was still saying damn thats a great color

DeepHunta 08-09-2012 09:15 PM

Congrats!!!

Welcome to the gbs mafia!

hyper4mance 08-09-2012 10:23 PM

grats! hope you can make it to future meets

Zaggeron 08-09-2012 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eiye19 (Post 370214)
You're definately going to love the color becuase the color is soooo much better in person especially in the sunlight. walked by my car at least 4x today at work and was still saying damn thats a great color

The color is great. It's so deep and shiny. I was looking at my car today from my office building window. It's like a hotwheel. I imagined it doing a loop the loop on some yellow track :)

eiye19 08-10-2012 10:22 AM

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eiye19 08-10-2012 10:23 AM

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eiye19 08-10-2012 10:23 AM

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eiye19 08-10-2012 10:26 AM

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eiye19 08-10-2012 10:28 AM

ok so figured out how to post pics and they're up. Here's a pic of my previous car before the BRZ
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ABQautoxer 08-10-2012 10:47 AM

Congrats!

Like Itaxguru said, this car will grow on you more and more I think. I know mine has and I've only had it a week and I can say other cars I have owned definitely did not.

Zaggeron 08-10-2012 10:58 AM

Looking good! Nice pics.

NYC BRZ 08-12-2012 04:58 PM

Congrats on joining the GBS crew!

johnb831 08-12-2012 05:47 PM

Very nice! Congrats!! Enjoy it

xdbuix 08-12-2012 08:09 PM

congrats dude. really feeling the blue. JW so all u guys are paying MSRP right? anyone able to get a discount off of MSRP?

Sportsguy83 08-12-2012 09:45 PM

I have two things to tell you:

1) Welcome to the forum, this is an amazing car you will fall in love with it over and over again.

2) Our leader @Laika will soon be welcoming you to our little thing here called "GBS Mafia" :D (See my signature).


GBS FTMFW!

NYC BRZ 08-12-2012 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sportsguy83 (Post 375364)
I have two things to tell you:

1) Welcome to the forum, this is an amazing car you will fall in love with it over and over again.

2) Our leader @Laika will soon be welcoming you to our little thing here called "GBS Mafia" :D (See my signature).


GBS FTMFW!

Where's my mafia invite? Lol I'm one of the OG GBS owners.


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