Welcome to our blog on the average blokes
car! I thought I would kick things off with a little about my car history to
give you context of where we are going with this…
So as I’m sure most of the Aussie audience
will know you are restricted in terms of power in the cars you can drive up
until you obtain your full license at 20. As such many first cars will not be
turbo or higher than a V6. This bugged me when it came to the day that I had
finally saved enough to go out and buy my first car. I was 17 and as such was
restricted under the P’s license. I pondered and after looking at various cars
I managed to pick up a cheap 2002 BMW 325ci at an auction. The car had been in
an accident and was in need of some TLC. I repaired the front end and had just
enough to cover a re-spray, I also had to put a new radiator and engine mounts
in as these had been damaged in the accident. After doing all this I felt quite
chuffed as the car started to look good! Being a straight six it had more than
enough power for me to learn how to drive on and have some fun. In terms of
features, for an 11-year-old car these BMW’s are packed with racing leather
seats, sunroofs, electric everything and I installed an Alpine sound system
with Fusion sub- yes fusion! I kept this car for 2 years and managed to sell it
at a profit after fixing it up! If you have never been to a car auction I
encourage you to! They are one hell of an experience and you can pick up some
amazing deals.
Following the BMW I decided to purchase a
2010 Holden SV6 Ute, with a staggering 210kw out of a 3.6Litre V6 I was
impressed with how far General motors has come along. Being a Ute I was
expecting major handling compromises but the Holden surprised me. I did a 4 day
drive with a couple of people from the Ferrari club and the Ute put up a fair
fight through the winds and turns of thunderbolt way. Of course I wasn’t
expecting to keep up the Ferrari’s backside and had some close calls with the rear
kicking out but overall bang for buck the SV6 did well. I kept it pretty stock in terms of mods and
only had a X-force exhaust system fitted, pace makers, lowered it on King
springs and a migraine trying to install a sound system! Anyone who has tried
to install speakers whilst keeping a stock head unit will know what I mean! The
VE aftermarket head units are over the 1k mark and it didn’t make sense to
replace it as the AC and functions are built into it. Overall the Ute came in
handy with moving stock and weekend runs to the dirt bike track, the SIDI motor
was extremely fuel efficient on the highway and these Holden’s have come along
way!
After the SV6 I got caught in a Japanese
craze and was JDM struck! My mate had a DC5 and the VTEC BURRR just made me
smile! I got my hands on my first turbo car a 2006 Subaru WRX club spec 9, or
affectionately known as Scooby. The sound of that blow off valve and famous
rexy purr sold me on the car. It had leather racing seats and all the other
fancy bits that these limited edition CS9’s came with. This is when I got ‘the
bug’ and started to delve into mods. The first thing I did to Scooby was
install Pedders sports ryder extreme XA coil overs and 18 inch Rota Grid Drift
rims for that crazy JDM look and stance. Next I got stuck into the engine
starting with a 3-inch stainless steel exhaust with cannon muffler. I upgraded
the turbo and later added a Fibre
vortex generator, carbon muffler guard, JVC in-dash DVD player
with
iPod/iPhone integration with 8-speaker sound + 12' Kenwood Subwoofer
and a
few other bits n pieces. Scooby handles like he’s on rails, the AWD boxer
really does attest as to why these Subaru’s have become so popular. Of course with
owning a WRX comes the EVO rivalry with both teams being equally as passionate
and certain that their car is better, one thing is for sure these die-hard fans
can get seriously competitive!
-Boost
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