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I love talking about myself so here goes...
I am an avid car enthusiast so I had plenty of Car and Driver or Motortrend magazines laying about as a young teenager. I was also a huge fan of Anime and Manga and loved the manga Initial D. One day I read about a possible successor to the AE86. I got super excited and kept up with the following stories of a partnership that Toyota and Subaru were possibly putting together. Life started happening fast so I moved around a lot and totally forgot about the car.
Then I bought the game Gran Turismo 5 and unlocked a car named the Toyota FT86 concept. I had no idea what it was but I loved the way it looked and drove in game. I asked a friend of mine what the hell it was and he explained to me it was the successor to the AE86. Then I asked if it was the one that was a being made by Toyota and Subaru. He confirmed it was and so I kept up with the developing information on the car for about a year.
Then that's when the YouTube videos started coming out about how great the car was. I then joined this forum and lived vicariously through all of you guys for a couple years. I took my wife to the local Toyota dealership to check one out and we drove it but sadly it was an automatic. Trust me, we drove it anyway. Coming from an EK Honda Civic my wife said the car was too 'Bumpy' as in the suspension was too stiff. I laughed and said I liked it because it made her 'Bewbs Jiggle.'
I also heard about all the little things that people were having issues with so I elected to stay away from the 2013's just for safe measure. Didn't want to deal with CEL's and leaky tail lights so I opted to wait for the 2014's. My EK Honda Civic eventually ended up getting stolen and I needed a car right away. I had to convince my wife that if I were going to pay for a car I'd want it to be a car that I truly desired. We went to the local Toyota Dealership and found my Argento hanging out on the lot. I told her I wanted it and we signed the papers and drove it off the lot that day.
All in all I'd say I've waited over 3 years to get my 'Hachi.' I swear, I had day dreams of owning this car. Even though I've owned a lot of cars in my past this one is the most special to me. Sure, every one of them I've loved (except for that 2003 Eclipse GTS, smh) this one feels like it was made just for me.
Other than some chassis and supercharged bits I'm going to be leaving her mostly alone and keep her in the stable for the long haul.
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