I just posted about the new car I purchased, a 2024 Subaru BRZ Limited. Well, it’s first day, uhm well by the time the deal was finally sealed it was his first evening in the world outside the dealership he’s been at for a little while. While I mentioned I do like to humanize our cars as a way of having fun, and it really is, somehow I think I am not the only one in this forum he does this, we are all big car enthusiasts.
The dealership offered to take the little guy out for a nice dinner of 91 octane gasoline. I followed the rep to the gas station, but he got a good lead because I had to make a left turn as well, and had to wait for a short while until traffic cleared. Oh no, we had to catch up to him and I had to make sure to not go over 4000 RPMs to catch up. It was 35 mph zone and we saw the rep at a distance I crept up to nearly 50 mph and was closing in, but then I saw at a distance the cross walk lights blinking red, and I knew that light was about to turn yellow, and sure enough it did, and I was closing in on the dealership rep, I know this area so well, I was not going to stop, my BRZs rear tires just passed the first crosswalk as the light turned red, phew, just made it and we were gaining ground, oh that dealership rep was moving fast, but our new family member was just as bound and determined as me to catch up. Ahhh, we were gaining, but then oh no, another yellow light that lead to a repeat of the above one. We caught up and a quick u-turn into the gas station. The dealership rep laughed and said, darn you made it, you and that car were meant for each other and he was impressed with the way I handled it. Yeah I had to maneuver around several car to catch up – no, I did not cut anyone off are put anyone in danger. (I almost told him I have a SCCA). He fueled my BRZ and he went back to the dealership, and I headed back to the dealership, and well, I had to head to appointment to take care of a few things, and that is why this adventure is not over yet.
I was running late to that appointment, I had to get there and I had to keep it under 4000 rpms. The main road I am driving on to the gas station and to the office is 3 lanes each way. You guessed it, another yellow light. I maneuvered from the middle lane to the left lane and passed a blue Mustang GT, oh…since I mentioned that Mustang, you already know it is part of this rush to the office. Had I passed this Mustang in my Legacy or my truck, that Mustang could’ve cared less, but because it was my noticeably louder BRZ, that Mustang had a completely different interpretation of this situation. I went by him at 50 mph in the 35 mph zone and by the time he reacted I had just made it across the intersection before the light turned red. I saw that Mustang weaving in and out of traffic in my mirrors, he ran the red light to try and catch us. Yeah, I did some weaving in and out, too, so I am not exactly innocent here…but I did it safely!!! The Mustang was not as agile as my BRZ and it played a role in my increasing my lead, then another yellow light, uhhhh not again!!! Darn, I am not stopping, I know the timing of these lights, I gently accelerated and topped out at 3800 rpm, my BRZs tires again just passed the first crosswalk as the light turned red just made it. The Mustang got trapped by other cars and had to wait at the red light. If I didn’t know any better, I was thinking my BRZ was laughing at that Mustang.
I breathed a sigh of relief as I came to stop in the center divide waiting for a few cars to pass to make a left turn into my designation. Oh, that Mustang, yeah you didn’t think it would go away quietly did you??? Well, as I was getting out of my BRZ, it came tearing down the road, and as it was driving by us, it dropped a gear and loudly revved up its powerful engine to give us a few select words. LOL! That was funny. I looked at my BRZ and asked him, what did you say to him that got him so upset??? I could just him snickering with at big smile on his grill.
Oh, and regarding the yellow light, just a heads up, I was able to prepare for them because I am constantly looking ahead, and looking ahead to when crosswalk lights start flashing red prepares my for my course of action before the light even turns yellow.
Hope all of you enjoyed my BRZs first evening. I like to have a little humor, and well I have fun humanizing the vehicles, well all of my family does for that matter.
