Last payment today! Just under 22,000 kms on the odometer after five years of ownership.
Feels good to be at the end of that 60-month journey, and to have that monthly expense over and done with.
Just a month or two after buying it back in 2021, my business went through another COVID shutdown, and I worried I had made a horrible decision. I've also had regrets over the years about parting with my previous car, which I had tweaked over 14 years of ownership to where it suited me like a tailored glove (and I still miss the glorious V6 noise!)
It took a number of years of small tweaks and getting used to how to explore this car's limits after decades of only driving FWD cars. With the latest recent addition (a change to wider, stickier rubber), it's *nearly* there in terms of feeling like I really connect with it on the road the same way I did with my Tiburon.
I'm also just a few modifications away from where I think the car will be truly "finished" for me and will feel uniquely mine (they are, unfortunately, not cheap mods...LOL).
There's only one car that I would genuinely consider as a replacement, and I'm not going to be in a place to get that anytime soon (if ever).
Anyway - it's just a five-year-old, $35K (CAD when new), 200-ish horsepower Subaru, but it's paid for!
