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My 1st WRX OMG

It’s all-new this year, re-designed completely.

2015 Subaru WRX Sport Package CVT

2.0L Turbocharged
268 hp and 258 lb-ft of torque
0 – 100 km/h in 5.4 seconds
Top speed of 240 km/h

Subaru uses a boxer engine, which makes that signature growl, which I think sounds good.

Although a manual transmission comes standard, my tester was an automatic, and a CVT at that.

I declared it to be the first CVT I’ve ever liked. Still would prefer manual.

Non-car nerds: you’ve likely seen a WRX, but with a massive spoiler on the back, and maybe rolled your eyes like I have.

We are wrong, the wing is cool, and functional too.

Boost!

And that hood vent, into it.

Available in 3 trims, this is the middle one; it has the “Sport Package”, which sees the addition of a rear spoiler, sunroof and fog lights.

Booking another of these soon as my schedule permits, in manual.

Prediction – within a couple years, Subaru will go from being the underdog, to the one to beat.

 

 

Order the 10th Annual Kenzie Car Calendar

Each year, Jim Kenzie publishes a calendar of his best photos for charity.

Best part about the calendar:
100% NO Photoshop

This year’s cars!

1 – my top dream car

2 – best review I’ve written to date is about the MX-5

3 – Jim and I competed for Nissan in the 2014  Targa rally

4 – this scene became the below blog header

5 – so glad station wagons are coming back

Click here to buy, $15 + HST, half goes to charity, and make sure to tell him what to autograph.

I’m hidden on the cover.

I’m here:

That’s good helping.

We were testing Hyundai’s all-new 2015 Genesis in BC last spring. Here’s the blog post, which also links to the paper review.

Congratulations on a decade, Jim!

 

 

The 1st Ever Sale of Military Humvees

For the first time in history, the military permitted the public to purchase a Humvee.

The actual name is HMMWV – High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, pronounced “Humvee”.

There were 25 vehicles up for auction, with the lot netting $744,000.

These Humvees are not road-legal, and can be used only for off-roading.

They ranged in years from 1987 to 1995, and required no further de-militarization.

The average sale price – $30,000
The lowest sale price – $21,500
The highest sale price – $41,000

Still coated in war dust.

Wrote about it for the paper, read it here.

(all photos via GovPlanet.com)

Finally Junked my Jetta – A Love Letter

It was time. But still…

…the emotional attachment to your car though,
runs deep eh.

Read it online at Autonet.

Favourite line:

The last one.

Here are 4 new banners, based on the newspaper’s photo gallery,

And with that I’m done saying goodbye… love you forever buddy xo

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