This 1st gen forum seems dead. Too bad.

[cmiovino]

Just chiming in, although I joined a bit later. I was (and still am) I part of NASIOC for years, RS25, etc for all you Subaru people. Man, the forums were "lit" back in the day as you kids would call it. I joined NASIOC back in 2006.

After 2015 or so, things really started shifting online. Forums are an old breed. It's great how you can come on here search, find the answers to your questions. NASIOC is a damn bible for the WRX/STI crowd.

Today though, the internet's shifted towards more just consumable content and less of a catalogue of information. Everything is centralized. You want "forums", you go to Reddit. Yet it's all surface level crap. It's not in depth DIYs, pictures, part numbers, real material. It's here's a picture of my car, give me upvotes type posts. Plus, anything on top is there for a few days and then gets buried.

I miss when forums were active in general. It was THE place to learn and exchange information. It's how we built cars back in the 2000's and early 2010's.

[Stephen W.]

Yep I agree! The old Toronto Subaru Club forum was a great resource. It's gone and in its place they have a lame ass Facebook page. Not the same at all.
I joined NASIOC about the same time as you because I'd just bought my 2006 STi. Speaking of which, I passed a WRB GD STi today with a big For Sale sign on it. I started talking about following the guy to get more info but the wife was not impressed. (I just got my Caterham home yesterday so a little time must pass before I go after another car.)

[Dirty Harry]

Still poke around on here every now and then, it’s a great forum still and has plenty of info/content when you’re looking for ideas etc. and the members are generally friendly.

Yeah it really is a great platform, the 1st or 2nd gen, and I know it’s a bit cliche, but I see both generations of cars being future classics and forums like this being a good source of information in modifications and keeping them on the road.

I plan on keeping my 1st gen indefinitely I think, and perhaps adding an FL5 Type R to my garage, to have the perfect 2 car combo.

[jflogerzi]

still around mostly in the track section. My 2013 has 90K on the odo and still going strong. No longer driven on the street and is 100% a track car. Plan to keep it for as long as I can as the chassis is really good. If the motor pops will just throw in a gen 2 and keep on trucking.

[Opie]

Originally Posted by RToyo86

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Originally Posted by Dadhawk

I average 643kms a week...

Mine has averaged 56 miles per week since new....
2013 currently at 32,459 miles....gets trailered to tracks....does a bunch of miles and then sits until the next time....

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Opie

Mine has averaged 56 miles per week since new....
2013 currently at 32,459 miles....gets trailered to tracks....does a bunch of miles and then sits until the next time....

Sadly, mine is most likely rusting in a junkyard now, or sitting on some third rate used car dealer's lot. It was still running perfectly fine when I traded it in on my LYRIQ but I couldn't justify keeping it as a fourth car (no place to park it).

[Ernest72]

Originally Posted by cmiovino

Just chiming in, although I joined a bit later. I was (and still am) I part of NASIOC for years, RS25, etc for all you Subaru people. Man, the forums were "lit" back in the day as you kids would call it. I joined NASIOC back in 2006.

After 2015 or so, things really started shifting online. Forums are an old breed. It's great how you can come on here search, find the answers to your questions. NASIOC is a damn bible for the WRX/STI crowd.

Today though, the internet's shifted towards more just consumable content and less of a catalogue of information. Everything is centralized. You want "forums", you go to Reddit. Yet it's all surface level crap. It's not in depth DIYs, pictures, part numbers, real material. It's here's a picture of my car, give me upvotes type posts. Plus, anything on top is there for a few days and then gets buried.

I miss when forums were active in general. It was THE place to learn and exchange information. It's how we built cars back in the 2000's and early 2010's.

Totally agree. Joined Nasioc in 2003. Still own my 04 WRX wagon. Daily a 16 BRZ now. But the WRX is still used on weekends for mountain biking and fishing.

[Tatsu333]

My 2020 is sitting at just over 16,000 kms after a little more than three years of ownership since new. Working from home and having to take my wife's vehicle on any longer road trips = minimal mileage. Still tinkering with little bits and pieces every now and then, and hoping to get in more track days when budget allows.

[CB750F]

Gents,

I loved this forum from 2013 to 2019, then it started slowing down & now I come here once every few months. MY 2015 has 115k km, so about 65k miles. So little to do
on these cars, change oil, rotate tires, change oil....
I had 2 large issues with this car that made want to sell. LOL
1) Something about front right suspension, I think is was a tie rod. Got that changed
with an alignment!!!!
2) Rear left wheel bearing, I changed myself! Worst part was looking for my tools!!!

I WFH, don't go out much, the last 3 yrs I drive to autocross & that's about it.
I did track but not sure if I want to keep going, it does take a beating & if you
do it long enough, well, shit happens. Well, shit happens anyway so that's a
good argument to keep going....

So, I have OFT, UEL header, catback, coilovers, air filter, Subaru oil/coolant cooler.
Installing front sway bar, stainless brake lines in a few weeks. Oh & that thing to
hold the brake cylinder on the firewall.
Never drove it in winter.

I really like this car.

[CB750F]

Gents,

I loved this forum from 2013 to 2019, then it started slowing down & now I come here once every few months. MY 2015 has 115k km, so about 65k miles. So little to do
on these cars, change oil, rotate tires, change oil....
I had 2 large issues with this car that made want to sell. LOL
1) Something about front right suspension, I think is was a tie rod. Got that changed
with an alignment!!!!
2) Rear left wheel bearing, I changed myself! Worst part was looking for my tools!!!

I WFH, don't go out much, the last 3 yrs I drive to autocross & that's about it.
I did track but not sure if I want to keep going, it does take a beating & if you
do it long enough, well, shit happens. Well, shit happens anyway so that's a
good argument to keep going....

So, I have OFT, UEL header, catback, coilovers, air filter, Subaru oil/coolant cooler.
Installing front sway bar, stainless brake lines in a few weeks. Oh & that thing to
hold the brake cylinder on the firewall.
Never drove it in winter.
No issue with TOB yet.
All gas in Canada now has ethanol, so crickets are back since last yr.

I really like this car.

[Stephen W.]

Originally Posted by CB750F

Gents,

I loved this forum from 2013 to 2019, then it started slowing down & now I come here once every few months. MY 2015 has 115k km, so about 65k miles. So little to do
on these cars, change oil, rotate tires, change oil....
I had 2 large issues with this car that made want to sell. LOL
1) Something about front right suspension, I think is was a tie rod. Got that changed
with an alignment!!!!
2) Rear left wheel bearing, I changed myself! Worst part was looking for my tools!!!

I WFH, don't go out much, the last 3 yrs I drive to autocross & that's about it.
I did track but not sure if I want to keep going, it does take a beating & if you
do it long enough, well, shit happens. Well, shit happens anyway so that's a
good argument to keep going....

So, I have OFT, UEL header, catback, coilovers, air filter, Subaru oil/coolant cooler.
Installing front sway bar, stainless brake lines in a few weeks. Oh & that thing to
hold the brake cylinder on the firewall.
Never drove it in winter.

I really like this car.

Originally Posted by CB750F

Gents,

I loved this forum from 2013 to 2019, then it started slowing down & now I come here once every few months. MY 2015 has 115k km, so about 65k miles. So little to do
on these cars, change oil, rotate tires, change oil....
I had 2 large issues with this car that made want to sell. LOL
1) Something about front right suspension, I think is was a tie rod. Got that changed
with an alignment!!!!
2) Rear left wheel bearing, I changed myself! Worst part was looking for my tools!!!

I WFH, don't go out much, the last 3 yrs I drive to autocross & that's about it.
I did track but not sure if I want to keep going, it does take a beating & if you
do it long enough, well, shit happens. Well, shit happens anyway so that's a
good argument to keep going....

So, I have OFT, UEL header, catback, coilovers, air filter, Subaru oil/coolant cooler.
Installing front sway bar, stainless brake lines in a few weeks. Oh & that thing to
hold the brake cylinder on the firewall.
Never drove it in winter.
No issue with TOB yet.
All gas in Canada now has ethanol, so crickets are back since last yr.

I really like this car.

You love the car sooo much you posted about it twice just to add that gas sucks in Canada. I hear ya bro.
I did pass mine on. My last interaction with Subaru Canada and my local dealer over a supposedly leaking fuel rail did it for me. The wife will have to deal with 'em now for her Crosstrek. But that's another story.

[The Red One]

Originally Posted by Stephen W.

You love the car sooo much you posted about it twice just to add that gas sucks in Canada. I hear ya bro.
I did pass mine on. My last interaction with Subaru Canada and my local dealer over a supposedly leaking fuel rail did it for me. The wife will have to deal with 'em now for her Crosstrek. But that's another story.

Lighten up a bit there Stephen.. and do pardon me if I misinterpreted your comment.

The double post is possibly due to the forum being a bit slow, and posting these days here is a bit iffy when you get a few time out issues these days.

I got my BRZ a few years ago just because of guys like him who made me discover that a fun vehicle is still being made for us who still enjoy driving the snot out a car -legally.

You cant get the Honda boy out of me but Subaru have made me think twice on brand loyalty as I have no Issues with Service or warranty work performed till now from them(gas pump replaced, new plugs).

My sister had some minor recurring issues with service from them on her previous Impreza yet still got a Crosstrek for function in her wild west environment or as marketing like to call it ...active lifestyle.

The gas issue (crickets) with Ethanol can be bypassed with a little clockwise turn of the volume knob or even better still with a determined burial to the floor of the right hand pedal.

Hey CB when is that historic 750 going to be back on the road? any recent pics?

By the way S.W. enjoy your 'new' 7 it almost mirrors your 1st name and that’s just super!

Im planning for another two month cross country trek to crash a party in northern BC this summer... So much backroads to get lost in with the BRZ between here and there....

[Breezio]

The forum being hosted on a dial-up connection isn't helping.

That being said, haven't done much with my car lately, got her pretty much where I want it for STX and now mostly just focusing on being a better driver.

[Stephen W.]

Originally Posted by The Red One

Lighten up a bit there Stephen.. and do pardon me if I misinterpreted your comment.
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I was trying to be funny re: double post but I do understand that it happens due to this site. I'm about done with this forum because of all these problems. I would put up with the ads but not when the site is so slow, hard to post to and often times not available.
My latest issue with Subaru after years of loyalty really did it for me. Those who have good results from their dealers should be thankful because not all dealers are the same. Also, Subaru Canada runs hot and cold with regards to whom, how and when they will help. Just an FYI for those that may run into problems at some point.
Enjoy your cross country romp.