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thebeephaha · 07-13-2012, 03:39 PM

I started out here in December 2009 with with my now old disorganized and lengthy journal on my 2003 Forester X in Sierra Gold with 63k miles. I purchased the car fresh out of high school in 2006. Now at roughly 93k miles it is time to close that and start a over as my Forester, now dubbed the "Honey Badger" by my girlfriend is entering an entirely new stage of it's life. I will get to that in a moment!

Click here for '03 Journal

I picked up a 1999 Forester L earlier this week (July 2012) in Canyon Red Pearl with 142k miles on the clock in a sad state of disarray. Found it on Craigslist with the owner asking $2000 for transmission and head gasket problems. I took it for a test drive and found that the car took ages to go into D and the car was running on just springs, the shocks were entirely blown. To add to it all, it has a classic external head gasket leak. It was an east coast car so rust is a plenty on the underside but the interior and the exterior were very clean for the age. I offered $1500 for it and took it home! This car will be primarily a spare, wintermobile, and a daily commuter for my girlfriend. She has named this car the "Red Panda".

Click here for '99 Journal

Below I will break down the details into two sections for each of the cars.

Thank you for looking!

07-13-2012, 03:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
thebeephaha Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,054 Location: Redmond, WA Car Year: 2003 Car Model: '03 XTi Cross Sports Transmission: 4EAT Gallery: 0	thebeephaha's Foresters: '03 "Honey Badger" & '99 "Red Panda" I started out here in December 2009 with with my now old disorganized and lengthy journal on my 2003 Forester X in Sierra Gold with 63k miles. I purchased the car fresh out of high school in 2006. Now at roughly 93k miles it is time to close that and start a over as my Forester, now dubbed the "Honey Badger" by my girlfriend is entering an entirely new stage of it's life. I will get to that in a moment! Click here for '03 Journal I picked up a 1999 Forester L earlier this week (July 2012) in Canyon Red Pearl with 142k miles on the clock in a sad state of disarray. Found it on Craigslist with the owner asking $2000 for transmission and head gasket problems. I took it for a test drive and found that the car took ages to go into D and the car was running on just springs, the shocks were entirely blown. To add to it all, it has a classic external head gasket leak. It was an east coast car so rust is a plenty on the underside but the interior and the exterior were very clean for the age. I offered $1500 for it and took it home! This car will be primarily a spare, wintermobile, and a daily commuter for my girlfriend. She has named this car the "Red Panda". Click here for '99 Journal Below I will break down the details into two sections for each of the cars. Thank you for looking! __________________ See my '99 & '03 Foresters! Last edited by thebeephaha; 11-29-2012 at 12:38 AM.