Thursday, January 28, 2010

Subaru thoughts

Hi there.

I apologize for 2 car posts in a row. I know this blog was going to be more diverse and cover a variety of topics, but I got lazy and wrote 2 days in a row about stuff I know about. Suck it.

So I own a Subaru (ok don't own it yet, i'm making payments). It's an Impreza. The name really bothers me, this post is getting a little too Jerry Seindfeldish, but to be honest, aside from the lame humor and the odd hair, the stupid tv show...ok he has no redeeming characteristics, but pushing on.
I have an Impreza. There really isn't much impressive about it. Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad car, I love the AWD and and the romping 168hp gets me where I need to go, but it's just not impressive. I did a little research between the beginning of the blog and here, and found out (thanks Wikipedia) that the Impreza is named after an Italian word meaning feat or achievement. The next model up got the acronym treatment (WRX), and one step higher got STI which stand for World Rally Cross Country and Subaru Tecnica International.

Interesting. I have the base model, the 2.5i Doesn't really stand for anything, 2.5 liter engine with i-Active Valve Lift System. Huh? A racing series, and racing company and an i-Active Valve Lift System? I can't make heads or tails of this, Send it down to Chief O'Brien for analysis.

You know what they should of called it? Something to show it's background, something with a some real Japanese history attached to it. Here are the first things that come to mind:
Subaru Samurai - oh wait that was already a lame tiny 4x4 in the 80's
Subaru Sony - not gonna work
Subaru Tribeca - wait, they already used that one and it refers to a neighborhood in New York
Subaru 2.5X - this really works, better than 2.5i anyways
Subaru Meiji Restoration - Just doesn't really roll of the tongue
Subaru Hentai - for 18+ drivers only.
Subaru ______ - what do you think they should of called the Impreza?
I've included a picture of a 2.5i (that looks a lot like mine) below, so take a look at it for inspiration and then let me know what you think.

1 comment:

  1. "Subaru Purrrr"

    or

    "Subaru Flex" - like it was strong or something...

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