Dujo

Original owner. Purchased late 2004. 5MT wagon. It was sitting on the lot exactly as I would have speced it if I had ordered it. Scooped it up. Don't remember what I paid. Daily from new to 2013 or so. 3rd child forced 3-row daily, but kept the LGT rather than trade. Had gone stage 2 and decided to take it autocrossing in '15. Eventually bought a Miata for that purpose and retired the LGT wagon from autocrossing. It sat on jackstands with power steering issues for a couple years during the pandemic. Finally got that resolved last year and this year, just recently, finally took care of first timing belt service (at 95,000 miles and only a few years past the recommended time interval). Also went stage three with a simple VF52 upgrade. Car made 337 at the wheels which we will generously call 400 at the crank. Need to remove lowered suspension and return to stock height to take it on it's last hurrah as a rallycross car for a few more years. Probably won't get to the point of caging it for rallysprint as it really is starting to get fairly crusty underneath. But it's now getting driven again and I'm super excited to use it again.

Just saw this wagon parked in the Walgreens parking lot across from Nanabettes in Woburn on Friday. A few other modded Subies parked in a row with it. Meet? Nobody was around though. Just some buddies that roll together while all taking their own car like in Fast & Furious? We may never know. Love the ziptie stitching on the front bumper.

Silver LGT wagon on Washington St in Woburn. You wouldn't have seen me because I was in my wife's Honda. Looked stock. Also, while I was picking up said Honda from Motive Autoworks having the driver's side window replaced because some jackass smashed it in, got a real treat seeing not one, but two separate 2005 Atlantic Blue Pearl 5MT LGT wagons with taupe interiors. Two of the other 99 in the same spot. One looked mostly stock and the other was definitely not stock, but was still set up as a sleeper. Almost felt like I needed to go home and get mine and come back for a pic. Didn't do it, but it was fun seeing 'em. I know who one of 'em belongs to on here (the sleeper one), but not the other one.

I love my LGT and 300awhp, but autocrossing the Miata was night and day in comparison. It's so forgiving. The LGT is so heavy that sometimes when you try to correct oversteer, you're just going around no matter what you do. There's no saving it. It's the opposite in the Miata. I feel like there is no oversteer situation that I couldn't save if I did the right things. I think the two times I spun the Miata yesterday were because I still thought I could save it and drive through the oversteer by laying down on the throttle. Driver error. But when I get a feel for this Miata, it's really gonna be something. I may not throw down the god-like times in the Miata, but I sure do feel like a driving god behind the wheel of that thing. That was easily the most fun I've had behind the wheel of an autocross car. Yay autocross season!

Yes.

For some of us, the sickness is worse than others. What makes you think he doesn't also have a wagon in a different color?

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSGdebl3oUI]//The Little Miata That Could - First Drift Event - YouTube[/ame]

Silver 5th gen GT spotted in the wild near the Concord Acton border on 62. Looked pretty stock. Fun to spot those though.

Because 911 yo. You know, turbo boxer. It's pretty much the same thing, amiright? :vape:

He's not on here. Spotted him in the wild a few years ago in NH. Gave him a little run to show him he was noticed. Don't think he noticed me until I gave him the beans. Posted in spotted thread. No response. And yes, the sticker is atrocious. Maybe he's not on here 'cause he came on and people made fun of his sticker.

That's how you haul a Christmas tree. I'll be putting one on the roof of my wagon later today.

^ Did you hear that I have a 9 second Legacy. Look, I even have video evidence. Look at me go!

You gotta counteract all that lift those fans are putting out.

That would be most of us. Don't buy a no name brand from ebay. It's one thing to buy a bent steel tube with no moving parts from ebay, but a turbo is an extremely high-precision machine that spins in excess of 20,000 rpms in incredibly tight tolerances and must be as close to perfectly balanced as possible. Turbo is not a good part to cheap out on. Get your VF40 rebuilt. VF40 -> VF46 is not really much of an upgrade. Some reliability upgrade and a minor power improvement, but most folks that go to the trouble to swap a turbo go at least to a VF52, though I understand you don't really have a lot of the supporting parts. Start thinking about that a bit. You would be much better off with a rebuilt VF40, a catless uppipe, a nice high-flow catted downpipe and tune than you would be with stock full exhaust with a still catted uppipe and an "upgraded" el cheapo no-name ebay crap turbo that's going to end up restricted by your stock exhaust anyway. And if you truly think it's your turbo on the way out, you should really (really) stop driving the car. Replacing an unblown turbo is miles and miles (and miles) better than replacing one that has already blown. See the turbo failure wiki sticky right at the top of the turbo section. You do not want a blown turbo if you can avoid it. It has the potential to destroy the entire engine. Also note, if you go from VF40 -> VF46, you are gonna need a new tune. Honestly, if you are gonna get a VF40 rebuilt with upgraded compressor and turbine wheels, you should get a retune. If you buy a new VF40 or have one rebuilt to oem specs, you probably don't need a new tune (though it still wouldn't be a bad idea). Good luck!

2005-6 ABP LGT Wagon. Doppleganger spotted in the wild! Saturday afternoon in Winchester center. Looked pretty darn stockish with a nice roof rack. So, may not be on here. Gave you the deuces as you rolled through the intersection. Couldn't tell for sure, but I think you may have been giving me a weird look 'cause of the ridiculous white wheels.