About 8 or 9 months ago...my GF drove a S2000 for the summer and a 8G Si as a daily driver. She decided that she wanted to consolidate into a larger, more practical vehicle.
I agreed because a car with a big boot meant I got to take my road bike and MTB on road trips instead of choosing between the two like I had to do when we went to the Adirondacks/NYC/Utah.
Plus, we have two of these little jerks who have cages, toys, etc that we sometimes need to transport. And neither of them ever wants to drive anywhere or get a job or move out or pay taxes.
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We tried a 2014 RAV4 for about 6 months. I have a few friends that work at the Toyota dealer...so we pretty much stole it off the lot. That's why we didn't buy a CRV.
She liked the RAV4 more or less...no real strong feelings, I don't think. I hated it. So we decided to go wagon shopping lol. We both fell in love with the wagon after a test drive.
Since I bought the aforementioned RAV4 for the aforementioned ridiculous price...the trade in offer was about $700 less than we paid for it 6 months and 8500 miles ago lol.
Here the wagon sits. Bone stock the night we bought it.
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First thing I did was tint the windows to match the rears. 15% tint so you can't see up in her window. The tint guy was all "you sure?". But she's probably as gangster (if not MORE gangster) as I am. So....yeah...I was sure, and I'm very happy with the result.
Then I ended up with a deal I couldn't refuse on some KW ST's, Enkei Raijins, and Dunlop Z2's. So no more talky talky. Here it is:
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Fitment is near perfect. I'm leaving the camber where it falls naturally. I don't mind a little camber because it helps handling...and it doesn't really wear tires...and I'm not going to roll the fenders on a car that's driven through the salty winter.
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I agreed because a car with a big boot meant I got to take my road bike and MTB on road trips instead of choosing between the two like I had to do when we went to the Adirondacks/NYC/Utah.
Plus, we have two of these little jerks who have cages, toys, etc that we sometimes need to transport. And neither of them ever wants to drive anywhere or get a job or move out or pay taxes.
We tried a 2014 RAV4 for about 6 months. I have a few friends that work at the Toyota dealer...so we pretty much stole it off the lot. That's why we didn't buy a CRV.
She liked the RAV4 more or less...no real strong feelings, I don't think. I hated it. So we decided to go wagon shopping lol. We both fell in love with the wagon after a test drive.
Since I bought the aforementioned RAV4 for the aforementioned ridiculous price...the trade in offer was about $700 less than we paid for it 6 months and 8500 miles ago lol.
Here the wagon sits. Bone stock the night we bought it.
First thing I did was tint the windows to match the rears. 15% tint so you can't see up in her window. The tint guy was all "you sure?". But she's probably as gangster (if not MORE gangster) as I am. So....yeah...I was sure, and I'm very happy with the result.
Then I ended up with a deal I couldn't refuse on some KW ST's, Enkei Raijins, and Dunlop Z2's. So no more talky talky. Here it is:
Fitment is near perfect. I'm leaving the camber where it falls naturally. I don't mind a little camber because it helps handling...and it doesn't really wear tires...and I'm not going to roll the fenders on a car that's driven through the salty winter.
