Jeremiahs22
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Hello all, I am building up my Forester to prepare for a cross country trip, and also just to go wheeling.
About me:
I am in college right now, going for English to be a Highschool teacher. After starting to work full time and going to school part time, I have been realizing that a lot of life cliches are moderately true. So after talking to some older people who I respect the opinions of, I've decided that I am going to go forth in putting this plan into action. So the plan is quite simple really, I shall save up around 6-10 grand and embark in the spring whatever year it happens to be. I am shooting for 2017. But no matter where I am, if I use up half of my funds, I will begin the trek back.
My philosophy about justifying the cost:
Some may think that ten grand can be spend in far better ways, and some argue assertively so. But the way i see it, we spend the better portion of our lives working to make money. So we use the money to live comfortably, and a lot of the times, the rest goes to unnecessary objects (like the things I buy for this car). But we are reminded time and time again that money doesn't buy happiness, and as much as we try to argue different, the commute to work and back can make you think otherwise. So if money can't buy happiness, then what can it buy? If we look at money not as a unit for buying goods, but as time of our lives, then would you trade a year of your life for a supercar? How about 5 years of your life for a fancy house? I wouldn't. So what is our money buying in terms of a trip? It's buying your well being throughout a trip that one may embark on for simply the reason of seeing the world, and making memories, in other words, it's time of our lives buying time for living.
Ultimately I am not meaning to bash anyone who would prefer to buy a tv versus buy a trip to someplace, but I am saying that for people who are passionate not just about something within their lives, but passionate in living itself, then it only makes sense. I understand it's not possible for a lot of people due to family and circumstance, which is precisely another reason for justifying this; I am young, only renting a house, have no kids, and nothing financially or morally binding me here. So when an opportunity presents itself...
The Foz:
Plans for the Foz:
Pictures:
The Forester that got me into subies:
Lifted it with a homemade lower strut lift:
Then i got a tube bender:
It got the 30" mud terrains and a pvc snorkel:
IMG_2812 by jeremiah stewart, on Flickr
It got rallied and never broke:
DSC_3375 by jeremiah stewart, on Flickr
Then a good deal came up on a clean Forester with a blown engine and this began again:
New Foz Sunset by jeremiah stewart, on Flickr
IMG_3317 by jeremiah stewart, on Flickr
And in progress, major wheel travel!
To wrap this up, one of the ways I plan to fund the trip will be buy selling tee shirts of my design. The first bulk order has been placed and the website will be up in a week or two at: thewanderingfoz.com
Thank you all for looking, and i don't want to plug my products on here, but I will post when the site is up. So if you like Subies, stick around.
About me:
I am in college right now, going for English to be a Highschool teacher. After starting to work full time and going to school part time, I have been realizing that a lot of life cliches are moderately true. So after talking to some older people who I respect the opinions of, I've decided that I am going to go forth in putting this plan into action. So the plan is quite simple really, I shall save up around 6-10 grand and embark in the spring whatever year it happens to be. I am shooting for 2017. But no matter where I am, if I use up half of my funds, I will begin the trek back.
My philosophy about justifying the cost:
Some may think that ten grand can be spend in far better ways, and some argue assertively so. But the way i see it, we spend the better portion of our lives working to make money. So we use the money to live comfortably, and a lot of the times, the rest goes to unnecessary objects (like the things I buy for this car). But we are reminded time and time again that money doesn't buy happiness, and as much as we try to argue different, the commute to work and back can make you think otherwise. So if money can't buy happiness, then what can it buy? If we look at money not as a unit for buying goods, but as time of our lives, then would you trade a year of your life for a supercar? How about 5 years of your life for a fancy house? I wouldn't. So what is our money buying in terms of a trip? It's buying your well being throughout a trip that one may embark on for simply the reason of seeing the world, and making memories, in other words, it's time of our lives buying time for living.
Ultimately I am not meaning to bash anyone who would prefer to buy a tv versus buy a trip to someplace, but I am saying that for people who are passionate not just about something within their lives, but passionate in living itself, then it only makes sense. I understand it's not possible for a lot of people due to family and circumstance, which is precisely another reason for justifying this; I am young, only renting a house, have no kids, and nothing financially or morally binding me here. So when an opportunity presents itself...
The Foz:
- 2001 Subaru Forester S
- Its heart is from my old 1998 Forester (2.5l DOHC)
- 8500lb Superwinch mounted under front bumper
- 3" body lift with 5" longer than stock coilovers (in progress)
- 10" travel in front, 11" in rear
- 30" Cooper STT tires
- TREDS mounted on roof rails alongside a shovel
Plans for the Foz:
- Rear spare tire swing gate with fold down work bench
- re-worked interior to include more storage space utilizing the spare wheel well and some drawers
- Skidplate and subtle tube bumpers
- Dual battery install
- Potentially EZ30D swap
Pictures:
The Forester that got me into subies:
Lifted it with a homemade lower strut lift:
Then i got a tube bender:
It got the 30" mud terrains and a pvc snorkel:
IMG_2812 by jeremiah stewart, on FlickrIt got rallied and never broke:
DSC_3375 by jeremiah stewart, on FlickrThen a good deal came up on a clean Forester with a blown engine and this began again:
New Foz Sunset by jeremiah stewart, on Flickr
IMG_3317 by jeremiah stewart, on FlickrAnd in progress, major wheel travel!
To wrap this up, one of the ways I plan to fund the trip will be buy selling tee shirts of my design. The first bulk order has been placed and the website will be up in a week or two at: thewanderingfoz.com
Thank you all for looking, and i don't want to plug my products on here, but I will post when the site is up. So if you like Subies, stick around.
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