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virjose 06-25-2013 11:38 PM

Roadtripping in the BRZ, 4 to 1262 miles in two days!
 
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Picked up the car from Heuberger Motors in Colorado Springs last Friday, then my dad and I drove 1262 miles back to San Diego (Friday and Saturday) to make it home. It was a great time with my dad, as a Father's Day road trip (now that we are both dads) :) Here are some pictures and thanks again Clint Earhart for a great and easy process!

We left CO Springs at around 4pm (after visiting the AF Academy), then got home on Saturday at around 8:30pm. Car did great through out the whole drive!

The images below start at the dealership with Clint, then the taped-down car before the drive, then us going through New Mexico, then spending the night in Gallup, then Arizona, finally CA. The last two are my dad and I on our driveway and my first modification that we did that Sunday morning, we did a custom installation of the Subaru 4/2pot calipers. I think they look much nicer than stock ;) Last picture is the car finally all cleaned up after removing the tape (which I must say worked great, not a single scratch on the car!)

Stierzy34 06-25-2013 11:40 PM

Love the pics!!!! This just makes the wait for mine worse!

bestwheelbase 06-26-2013 12:48 AM

Congrats!

Vmax911 06-26-2013 01:44 AM

That is sweet. Congrats on the new car!

yberther 06-26-2013 02:03 AM

Nice man! Just did a trip from Heuberger to Seattle (1400 miles) with a new BRZ.

Super fun, guys are great too. Such a big dealership.

thill 06-26-2013 02:32 AM

Awesome story with your dad! Congrats on the new car, you got the best color...

MiniRevs 06-26-2013 09:52 AM

Lucky guy! I wish I lived out West so I could roadtrip to pick up a BRZ from them.. Nice choice with WRB!

Admiral Ballsy 06-26-2013 10:15 AM

Did the wheels require spacers?

NCItaly 06-26-2013 12:15 PM

Congratulations! I'm jealous... Can't wait to get back in the states and pick mine up!

Decko 06-26-2013 03:38 PM

Nice man! I'm in CO Springs til November and want to pick up a BRZ and drive back to NC instead of flying, since most of the dealerships don't even have any BRZ in stock back home. Any tips for the long trip? Is your warranty/maintenance covered at any Subaru dealership? Sorry if that's a dumb question, I've never purchased a brand new vehicle before.

poundsand 06-26-2013 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Decko (Post 1027256)
Is your warranty/maintenance covered at any Subaru dealership?

yes

virjose 06-26-2013 05:15 PM

Thanks everyone, the trip was pretty nice but we are glad to be back :) I will call around my local dealerships this week regarding the maintenance, as I know its recommended that I change the oil after the first 1K miles.

Regarding the calipers, the rears were fine (but added spacers to improve the stance), the front needed spacers, but a simple 7mm spacer did it.

Car is getting a clear bra this weekend so ill update on how that goes :)

goshem 06-26-2013 07:48 PM

nice man!


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