February 26, 201313 yr Author Yes subarus are classics, Honda's are the beaters we use to protect our precous babies from the evils of salt.
February 26, 201313 yr Once again, seems like I'm lost in Translation... ...Award to whom? " with something with more cajones. " no será "cojones"? LOL most of people came here looking for some life to their old subarus and all of them just get here... personally i found this site thanks to you and suberdave....
February 26, 201313 yr on the "beater" subject. About a year ago, just after I had started my new job in Tillamook, OR. I got pulled over by a police officer as I had just left my workplace. I'm sure he had never seen my '85 GL Wagon in town with primer spots all over it(hey... I'm ready to paint). He comes to my window and asks "do you know why I pulled you over?" I quickly responded... "because I'm driving a beater!". I'm sure this caught him offguard, because I saw him smile. Maybe he thought I had a case of 'racial profiling'... Ha! He let me go with a warning... I was not wearing my seatbelt. Next time you get pulled over in your 'classic' Subaru.... you're welcome to use my line.
February 27, 201313 yr About this: ..."do you know why I pulled you over?" I quickly responded... "because I'm driving a beater!".... I've been pulled by Police officers a couple of times, because they wanna ask me: "How the Hell you fitted Those Nice Rims on that Old Subie" ... ... They had Old subies at home. I Tend to Drive like a Grandma, Mainly because two Reasons: First, People at my Caribbean Country tend to drive very Bad, so Going Slow helps me to Avoid a Hit; and second, I usually drive my Baby Daughter to her Kindergarden and Back... One interesting situation I've not shared with you yet, is that almost all the Kids on my Daughter's Kindergarden, believes that my Subaru "BumbleBeast" is a Transformer ... ... Kind Regards.
February 27, 201313 yr ... a Beater? ... I believe that Those Good Ol' GL's aren't Beaters if they're properly maintained and / or Modified. Just for future reference, we do not call them beaters. The proper term is "classic". So, I Agree with Mr_Loyale. Except when the poor old car is in So Bad Shape... and still moves: it could be considered as "Beater" then. Kind Regards.
February 28, 201313 yr Thank you for your writeups JesZek, and thank you @benjamachine for getting us some more attention. And thanks to @nipper of course for pointing the awesomeness out. Twitch
February 28, 201313 yr We are all the same crowd. I had my spotlight on jalopnik during the BA/BE rally at No Problems raceway park for a 24hrs of Lemons Vs BA/BE drag races. http://jalopnik.com/5290384/break-out-the-calendars-lemons-versus-babe-rally-cars-at-the-dragstrip Props to jes-zek for the exclusive spotlight Edited February 28, 201313 yr by MilesFox
February 28, 201313 yr ... a Beater? ... I believe that Those Good Ol' GL's aren't Beaters if they're properly maintained and / or Modified. So, I Agree with Mr_Loyale. Except when the poor old car is in So Bad Shape... and still moves: it could be considered as "Beater" then. Kind Regards. There are no beaters. Just poorly maintained classics.
February 28, 201313 yr Ooh! ... ... I Missed that one! Well, No, it doesn't "Self-Transform" so it is Not a Transformer ... ... but it has been Somehow "Transformed" -by my many Mods- onto a More Capable Vehicle. in my Own Humble Opinion at least... Kind Regards.
February 28, 201313 yr I thought we were infamous... Nice article! cool to see some fellow forumers get some spotlight on the inter-webs. Miles it's too bad they didn't get a shot with the Trashwagon in the background! Edited February 28, 201313 yr by Fairtax4me
February 28, 201313 yr JesZek is being modest. His car is definitely a Transformer. He just doesn't want anybody to know. =P
February 28, 201313 yr Ooh! ... ... I Missed that one! Well, No, it doesn't "Self-Transform" so it is Not a Transformer ... ... but it has been Somehow "Transformed" -by my many Mods- onto a More Capable Vehicle. in my Own Humble Opinion at least... Kind Regards. It doesn't transform - that you know of. When you are sound asleep at night, do you really know what your car is doing? I saw the movie. I know they don't transform until after you are asleep. Yours is probably out at night beating up a Honda to steal those strut assemblies.
March 12, 201313 yr JesZek is being modest. His car is definitely a Transformer. He just doesn't want anybody to know. =P It doesn't transform - that you know of. When you are sound asleep at night, do you really know what your car is doing? I saw the movie. I know they don't transform until after you are asleep. Yours is probably out at night beating up a Honda to steal those strut assemblies. Ha, Ha! ... ... So I Better Watch out for my Subie during late night hours...
May 18, 201312 yr I've realized that my Dead 2.7 Wagon project (More info: ~► Here) gains more attention than my Runnin' "BumbleBeast" At SOA Magazine: At SOA's Facebook Cover: And Jalopnik: Someone Reposted this, ~► Here All those were Unexpected Honor, which I'm more than Thankful! Kind Regards.
May 18, 201312 yr It cant be! If Bumblebeast were beating up Hondas for the springs then it would be a decepticon! I cannot believe Jeszek would have one of those in his driveway.
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