Author Topic: GrantC's "Winter Beater/Beast" 2006 STi || Summer mode || (Read 97605 times)

jackal · « **Reply #50 on:** November 28, 2012, 03:23:58 pm »

Who's got two thumbs and names their cars?.........This guy!!!

'99 Sierra - Samantha
'68 Beetle - Liz
'95 Niva- Natasha
'02 TS- Not WRX
'03 WRX- Betty
'99 Birkin- Beatrice
'12 Sahara- Bess

Am I alone in this practice?

LilDrunkenSmurf · « **Reply #51 on:** November 28, 2012, 03:25:32 pm »

Quote from: jackal on November 28, 2012, 03:23:58 pm

Who's got two thumbs and names their cars?.........This guy!!!

'99 Sierra - Samantha
'68 Beetle - Liz
'95 Niva- Natasha
'02 TS- Not WRX
'03 WRX- Betty
'99 Birkin- Beatrice
'12 Sahara- Bess

Am I alone in this practice?

Nope. Not that I've come up with one for the bike, but the '92 civic was "Naomi" and the STi is "Misty"

Ambystom01 · « **Reply #52 on:** November 28, 2012, 06:01:26 pm »

I only name things I hate so I know who I'm yelling at.

GrantC · « **Reply #53 on:** November 28, 2012, 09:51:50 pm »

GrantC · « **Reply #54 on:** December 02, 2012, 09:23:25 am »

Found some pics the wife snapped...

First time I dropped her off @ work with it.

Our current garage. Fun summer car, Fun winter car, and "car".

A.J. · « **Reply #55 on:** December 02, 2012, 10:49:37 am »

looks like that Subie needs a WSC plate frame

Looks like you found a great car. Congrats.

GrantC · « **Reply #56 on:** December 02, 2012, 04:56:09 pm »

I had to vacuum enough gravel/sand out of the floor mats to grit my driveway for the entire upcoming winter.

So, mod of the day...

seat safety switch · « **Reply #57 on:** December 02, 2012, 06:16:28 pm »

C'mon, get some Weathertechs. It's worth it.

GrantC · « **Reply #58 on:** December 02, 2012, 06:17:41 pm »

Quote from: seat safety switch on December 02, 2012, 06:16:28 pm

C'mon, get some Weathertechs. It's worth it.

Do they cost more than $free.fitty? 'cause these were in my basement.

seat safety switch · « **Reply #59 on:** December 02, 2012, 06:29:38 pm »

Everything is free at WSC Swap Meats.

GrantC · « **Reply #60 on:** December 04, 2012, 06:49:11 pm »

Inconsequential mods of the day.

Helmet space via deleting the drivers grab handle:

Trunk organization via cargo net:

What can I say... All my posts can't be riveting/entertaining as uckfay... Be thankful I didn't triple crosspost this into Parts Pictures and Mod of the Day like some posters...

jellynuts · « **Reply #61 on:** December 05, 2012, 01:23:04 pm »

Just curious, what does your wife drive? Or do you guys carpool everywhere?

GrantC · « **Reply #62 on:** December 05, 2012, 01:26:55 pm »

Quote from: jellynuts on December 05, 2012, 01:23:04 pm

Just curious, what does your wife drive? Or do you guys carpool everywhere?

We carpool on our daily commute. If need be I could grab the Civic, or she could.

GrantC · « **Reply #63 on:** December 06, 2012, 07:19:42 am »

For those not in Edmonton, it snowed enough that everyone on twitter was in hysterics...

YvanF · « **Reply #64 on:** December 06, 2012, 09:20:38 am »

Quote from: GrantC on December 06, 2012, 07:19:42 am

For those not in Edmonton, it snowed enough that everyone on twitter was in hysterics...

Its often been 10 degrees here in Halifax so far. Damn I miss putting the Wrex through those unplowed residential streets/parking lots. Enjoy your AWD on your "winter beater".

GrantC · « **Reply #65 on:** December 06, 2012, 02:13:18 pm »

So, I have a lot of fuel milage info... (km/L sensible units for estimating how far you can get on your remaining tank of fuel)

And so far, it's looking the the STI is unsurprisingly thirsty.

seat safety switch · « **Reply #66 on:** December 06, 2012, 02:17:08 pm »

What the hell is going on with that crazy dip and then the huge spike for the Civic?

GrantC · « **Reply #67 on:** December 06, 2012, 02:21:46 pm »

Quote from: seat safety switch on December 06, 2012, 02:17:08 pm

What the hell is going on with that crazy dip and then the huge spike for the Civic?

I drove it like I hated it.

Then I made a game out've getting better fuel economy than I did the time before.

Hound · « **Reply #68 on:** December 06, 2012, 02:47:56 pm »

Quote from: GrantC on December 06, 2012, 02:13:18 pm

And so far, it's looking the the STI is unsurprisingly thirsty.

My math may be wrong but it looks like you're averaging around 14ish L/100KM? That's definitely on the thirsty side! Do you drive in a lot of stop and go traffic? That used to kill my mileage.

GrantC · « **Reply #69 on:** December 06, 2012, 02:51:51 pm »

Quote from: Hound on December 06, 2012, 02:47:56 pm

My math may be wrong but it looks like you're averaging around 14ish L/100KM? That's definitely on the thirsty side! Do you drive in a lot of stop and go traffic? That used to kill my mileage.

No math required

And yea, that's commuting & driving like I have a new toy...

Zac · « **Reply #70 on:** December 06, 2012, 06:40:30 pm »

Quote from: seat safety switch on December 06, 2012, 02:17:08 pm

What the hell is going on with that crazy dip and then the huge spike for the Civic?

Vtec yo

GrantC · « **Reply #71 on:** December 09, 2012, 05:30:03 pm »

Day started like this:

The venue looked all picturesque like this:

There was some of this:

And it finally ended up like this:

snackers · « **Reply #72 on:** December 09, 2012, 05:47:16 pm »

Someone else knows how to make snowcakes.

Codriver gets ready to party...

...and makes those diffs work for the money.

jackal · « **Reply #73 on:** December 09, 2012, 06:30:30 pm »

Quote from: GrantC on December 06, 2012, 02:51:51 pm

No math required

And yea, that's commuting & driving like I have a new toy...

This really surprised me. I keep tabs of all my vehicles as well, and had to double check my numbers. I tracked every tank in Betty since getting the iphone and using Road Trip. In her life I averaged 27.58 mpg (8.52 L/100 km), with the Auto-x included. I suppose I should feel lucky for a Stage III WRX getting such good milage.

GrantC · « **Reply #74 on:** December 09, 2012, 06:31:18 pm »

Maybe I should update the thread title... This is my wifes winter beater too, after all.