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GreenMarine
08-17-2010, 12:05 AM
Some of you may know me from NASIOC, which has been my home since 2002 (the better part of 8 years now).

About me: At the moment I am in school at NC State University in Raleigh, in my last semester of a degree in <big breath> Environmental Technology, Organic Chemistry & Toxicology <wheew/>... I've been a Subaru owner now for 10 years, and can't see myself in anyother type of car :)... I'll be leaving for Army Flight School on January 23rd to learn to fly this:

http://media.moddb.com/images/groups/1/3/2044/longbow.jpeg

;)

When I get back (sometime in 2013 is my best guess at this point), I'll be flying out of the National Guard unit stationed at RDU international Airport and looking for a job, HOPEFULLY with the EPA environmental labs here in Raleigh, NC.

About the car: Well my first Subaru ended up being the first car I'd ever wanted. No seriously... When I was 10 years old, I remembered reading an issue of Car&Driver, when I saw a strange red coupe with wierd windows (like a Lambo or something)... And I remember thinking to myself, "that is badass, I want one of those cars". The car I was infact looking at was Subaru's brand spanking new "SVX" (This was 1992 mind you ;) )... Well, just over 9 years later, I purchased my very own 1995 Subaru SVX... Our road was a long one together, with the SVX getting a number of prestigious achievements, such as:

- 11th car in the world to have a Manual Transmission swap (they were all AUTO from the factory)
- 2nd recorded Koni/GC suspension installation in the world
- Test bed for ECUTune's N/A Engine Management

Those are the main ones I can remember at the moment, so I'll finish the story of my first love with a picture:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z23/GreenMarineSVX/DSC_0109.jpg

My current car is a 2006 Subaru WRX STi (Former "Boxer4Racing.com / Continential Tire" STi to be MORE exact ;) )... It's a two time class winner of One Lap of America (2007 & 2008), holds NUMEROUS time trial class records and has dominated almost every hillclimb event there is in the southeastern states...
One Lap of America 2008 trim
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z23/GreenMarineSVX/STi.jpg

That was then... This is now, almost all of the performance parts have been TEMPORARILY removed while I finish up my last year of college and head off to flight school...

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z23/GreenMarineSVX/photo-2.jpg

But there are new plans for 2013 after flight school is finished, so stay tuned because I think it will be something that EVERYONE on here would love to see ;)

Newest addition to the "family"... "Lucy" the 1998 Subaru Legacy 2.5GT Wagon

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z23/GreenMarineSVX/DSC_0205.jpg
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I hope to meet some of you in the future!

Take care

~ Chris

shefledthescene
08-17-2010, 04:38 AM
ohhai!

gizzmo
08-17-2010, 07:44 AM
Welcome, nice rides. All 3 of em :D

CamaroWRX
08-17-2010, 10:11 AM
Hey Chris! Long time, no see!

The STi -- was that Kornhaus's car?

GreenMarine
08-17-2010, 11:05 AM
ohhai!

YHELOTHAR! :)... Sold that Soarer yet??

Welcome, nice rides. All 3 of em :D

Thanks much :)

Hey Chris! Long time, no see!

The STi -- was that Kornhaus's car?

Hey Karren :) I don't think I've seen you since VIR about 2 or 3 years ago!... Nope, Kornhouse's car blew it's motor and was sold "underivable" (as far as I know)... THAT STi was Steven Rankins' car :D...

~ Chris

WhtRexGrl
08-17-2010, 11:50 AM
http://www.newenglandsubarus.com/forums/images/smilies/welcome.gif

evlrex
08-17-2010, 01:32 PM
Welcome!

shefledthescene
08-17-2010, 04:34 PM
YHELOTHAR! :)... Sold that Soarer yet??



yessir sold it a few months ago

djmatao
08-17-2010, 05:55 PM
Welcome!! That SVX is sweet!!! And Loving the STi

xxthat girlxx
08-17-2010, 06:03 PM
Welcome. :)

SubyFr3ak
08-17-2010, 07:00 PM
Welcome! I lived in Raleigh for 7 1/2 years, definitely a good place if you want a rust free suby :p

GreenMarine
08-17-2010, 07:35 PM
Oh yes, I am very thankful for the "car friendly weather" here :)

~ Chris

Lperkins88
08-17-2010, 08:03 PM
welcome! nice subies... loving that svx =)

JJ2006WRX
08-17-2010, 08:55 PM
welcome!!

jessickascarling
08-17-2010, 09:37 PM
welcome!!!

MsEvilchargerfan
08-18-2010, 03:06 AM
welcome!!

StripesRX
08-18-2010, 09:40 AM
Oh yes, I am very thankful for the "car friendly weather" here :)

~ Chris

Oh please! 2 feet of snow is PERFECTLY friendly!!! ...at least to a Subaru! :lol:

CamaroWRX
08-18-2010, 10:59 AM
Oh please! 2 feet of snow is PERFECTLY friendly!!! ...at least to a Subaru! :lol:
Even 5 feet of snow is friendly to an ESP-prepped WRX! Well, sort of.... at least it's more friendly to the WRX than it is to a Camaro! :lol: ;)

mybabyblue
08-19-2010, 09:11 AM
welcome to the site! nice pics of the cars!

GreenMarine
09-22-2010, 11:41 PM
Thanks for the welcomes everyone :)... School this semester has been hell so I haven't been here much :(

~ Chris

MissVenezuela85
09-23-2010, 09:20 AM
Hai! Welcome :)

Dream1619
10-14-2010, 12:29 AM
You have interior pics of the swap? i'm interested in doing that myself.

GreenMarine
10-27-2010, 09:28 PM
You have interior pics of the swap? i'm interested in doing that myself.

On the SVX I assume? Yeah they are somewhere... Pretty unchanged really (other than the third pedal and the gear stick) :p

~ Chris

GreenMarine
05-07-2011, 04:31 AM
So it's been a while, but I wanted to jump on here and give a quick update... I'm now down at Fort Rucker, Alabama. Starting training to fly the lovely beast in my first post soon :)... The STi has been garaged for the last 3 months, awaiting track preparation for One Lap of America 2013 (and obviously a good bit of testing before then ;) ). In it's place I have bought a 1998 Subaru Legacy 2.5GT Wagon as my daily commuter :D... I'll have to look through the computer for pictures

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Oh, here ya go Dream1619, I found the NASIOC PRoN episode I was in from a few years ago and figured it would show ya the interior like you wanted to see :) Haven't found any of my old SVX pictures, they're all scattered around on the net...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ulyyQ9ZUS8

GreenMarine
05-07-2011, 04:58 AM
** UPDATED PICTURES ** in the first post :)