Car Knowledge & Background

[subieboy]

34 Male and Sales Representative at Plumbing Merchant (trade/commercial)

Been in construction industry now for 8 years

Subie knowledge - stalled at BH legacy level really. When we get the new BR Diesel will start more into that model.

[subi4snow]

I'm on my first suby still and anything I know about them is from this forum and the talented people above. I'll only parrot what people on here have told me (if I trust it's correct) or things I have noticed while tinkering myself so confirm anything I say with someone else but I'll never steer anyone wrong on purpose haha. I definitely want to learn a lot more so advice is always welcome.

Unfortunately I'm heading to Oz next year as a mine surveyor (currently final year at uni) so I will have to sell the foz but I'll definitely be getting another suby as soon as circumstances allow!!

[DRFVDR]

44 yo Diesel Mechanic been one since I was 18 or so ( actually trained as a fitter turner machinist for a heavy transport engineer) In sole charge and only mechanic for our Bus fleet ( 25 vehicles and counting),bus specialist and Toyota commercial specialist.

Have owned Subarus since the early 90's and have done everything on them that can be done to them,Have owned mainly Oldschool/unusual ( Omega,Leone,Brumby SVX) but did own a '90BF legacy for over 10 years and 240,000 km.

Try to help where I can

[madmike]

Me....

35yers old.

refrigeration engineer by trade. Now area manager/system design for industrial water and vaccum pump company.

I grew up on a farm so the typical rural no8 wire upbringing. Me and cousin started being interested in playing with motors from a very early age. Started with getting old farm bikes going again so we could hoon round the house paddock and pretty much progressed from there...

90% of my knowelege on cars and bikes is self taught. Just learned from my father that if you remember how it came apart you should be able to put it back together....

I'm one of those people that loves to be told something can't be done. It makes me go out and work out how it can be done!!!

[Joker]

My 1st car was an Avenger and I still have at least 1

found clubSUB google'ing Keyless entry/why my door handle beeps on my 1st Subaru 90 GT Legacy

Read heaps, and pretend to know stuff about BG5's, pay for most my work to be done on my cars

2nd Subaru ownership coming up 10years, poor car has been value for money!

oh and I own my own Business with a CNC and fancy chisels (wood working)

32 years young this season

[gazzy2000]

 vorigan said:

Being straight up here guys there's a lot of talented people on here im impressed and there's nothing wrong with self taught you end up finding things even the pro's don't pickup on

yip, well said. You will also find there are other real talents in this club that cudnt give two hoots about having their ego's stroked and hence will not even bother posting in this thread ;D.

You know who you are, dont be shy, tell us how good you are... we need to know

[boon]

23, IT Professional, Mechanical enthusiast and overall tinkerer.

Lots of experience in 12V electrical, particularly car audio. Have worked in this industry briefly. Built 2 cars that could play music over 150dB, which is a pretty rare thing in NZ.

Some experience in electrical repair work, again particularly audio products...

Owned a V3 WRX, currently own a V7 STI and a 1992 Hilux Surf.

Just completed an engine conversion on the Surf (3VZ to 5VZ) which was the first really major mechanical work I've done. Did the entire wiring conversion myself and it started first pop which I'm quite proud of. I've never opened an engine block or taken heads off but through playing with the Surf I've got pretty dirty with all the bits that hang off a motor.

[Swindog]

Righto -

32. Quald builder. Professional Project/construction and site manager.

Specialise in leaky building and structural repair.

Electronics and computer tinkerer. Good at vehicle sounds installs and over all tinkering.

Can pull engines and boxes etc but never delved into the inner workings but worked on plenty with mates cars and my own etc.

Sound mechancial ability.

[ADIKT]

 hate-evoz said:

Car enthusiast from Manukau Auckland, just turned 20 years old, still a part time student studing Automotive electrical but have completed a mechanics course at M.I.T

At the moment I buy and sell cars for a profit to get by, which Im doing well in

Own a STI v4 sedan + 3 BAGGED cars 1 being a subaru. other two are mercedes (love my euro cars).. a little Toyota Trueno as my runner round car which just hit 600km in the weekend and stil going strong lol, i just change oil and filter all the time

Love Sports especially Rugby league and Kickboxing/Boxing

Here to learn about subaru's from you awesome people. and to give a little bit of knowledge that I do know. But learn more from here then I can give out..

Which bagged cars you owned?

Im 21. Im the Customer service manager for my dads company. Been doing it for the last 5years. We supply hospitals and what not with thousands of different medical goods. Mainly disposables. (no drugs)

Iv had a variety of cars.. Mitsi legnum, bagged accord, bagged 07 legacy, sti coupe and shitters inbetween

was always fidling with bits n pieces in my cars.... leaving all the complicated shit for the pros

Im here for the learning. i love subarus. Will try add my knowledge at times. although i dont know much

[nztintin]

28 yo registered electrician and computer technician

I own 2 subarus, my 3rd and 4th cars respectively. My old man was a diesel mechanic so I grew up helping him in his workshop and fixing our cars, I try to do most of the work I can on my cars and all my skills are

From reading on here and talking to a friendly mechanic then giving it a crack. I'm by no means an expert and will generally only tell you what I've learnt through my own trials and mistakes.

[gotasuby]

23, always wanted a sub since I was 15 ish but didn't get one till 17.have been building it up since then and have gone through now 6 motors in it. Only 2 were blown up.

Decided one day after a huge bill from nzefi that I was going to learn how to tune weather I blew up my car or not. Never blown one up yet and have tuned over 30 cars now including a couple of race cars ;D

When I first got my car an oil change was a mission but now will do everything including full rebuilds and fabrication.

[PhatRS]

35 year old Banking Operations officer but self taught mechanic and fibreglass/carbon laminator. Trial and error (with the odd bit of research FTW).

90% of the stuff Ive had done by shops takes 3 times too long costs 10 times too much and ends up being carp so quickly discovered that I am the only person who takes the care that I want with my car and I need to learn stuff.

Ive owned the same RSB for 7 years I think now and gone from standard to top competition show car to broken to wide body to broken and now pretty over the top daily driver.

[funkytown]

oh well why not.

28yo intelligent brain for hire (currently in corporate Telco strategy stuff), studied broad IT and business so i dont have a 'career' laid out as such

have pulled shet to bits to discover how it works from when i was a kid - as the $$ increased the toys got larger. owned first cars before i even had a license growing up on the farm. up to car #7? some tinker cars, some dailies.

all my subbie knowledge is self taught coupled with my own research. Like Jonno above - decided paying people is way to $$ when i can learn how to do it myself with more care.

The transition of my race car is 95% self it started out completely factory with a very sad motor, getting to where it is uniquely is all my own doing and i kinda enjoy how 'odd' it is for a track car

the inner motor workings i dont touch at all. the rest are all Sl8r's or my own ideas (of late), the fab is 99% us. there have been a few people along the way that have helped and taught me loads - but its me behind the solder / spanner / wire / nut where possible so i can replicate the result the 2nd time round.

Currently learning / self teaching fibreglassing and aerodynamic bits and peices.

[kwikaus]

Me 35 years, was industal coatings and paints most my life, which covered fiberglass right though to two pot paints, got sick of that and needed a change, so moved back home and now manage six orchards totaling just over 50 hectares, maintain all of our tractors, sprayers, hydroladders, ursa which in total is 25 vehicles in total in the peak of the session. Taking our maintance bill which was close to 90,000 a year down to 45,000 in the First year, and that was with some manger rebuilds due to a lack of maintenance.

As for subarus I dont know a lot but like to learn, thats why I am here, if someone asks about a problem I have had I will share it with them.

[sultan]

 hate-evoz said:

Car enthusiast from Manukau Auckland, just turned 20 years old, still a part time student studing Automotive electrical but have completed a mechanics course at M.I.T

At the moment I buy and sell cars for a profit to get by, which Im doing well in

Own a STI v4 sedan + 3 BAGGED cars 1 being a subaru. other two are mercedes (love my euro cars).. a little Toyota Trueno as my runner round car which just hit 600km in the weekend and stil going strong lol, i just change oil and filter all the time

wondering how/why a 20yo unemployed part time student in south auckland has 5 cars

[Joker]

lol jelly will get you everywhere : Spec c and numerous other wealthy types have plenty toys "we" cant access

[vorigan]

Try not to s.c.r.e.w the thread guys its about people being open to who they are and what they have to offer whether they stretch things or not we can all read between the lines but now have record as such and again it makes for interesting reading.

[Swindog]

 vorigan said:

Try not to s.c.r.e.w the thread guys its about people being open to who they are and what they have to offer whether they stretch things or not we can all read between the lines but now have record as such and again it makes for interesting reading.

I never realised there so many of us old blokes here

[vorigan]

 Swindog']

[quote name='vorigan said:

Try not to s.c.r.e.w the thread guys its about people being open to who they are and what they have to offer whether they stretch things or not we can all read between the lines but now have record as such and again it makes for interesting reading.

/quote]

I never realised there so many of us old blokes here

your all puppies im not far off 50 !!! but mentally 10

[Swindog]

Maybe you should buy mine so i can build my second house

[sultan]

 hate-evoz']

[quote name='Swindog said:

Maybe you should buy mine so i can build my second house

/quote]

Hahahaha well yeah looking to be in my own home soon. Sultans house looks good.

Yep, for $720k you could probably have it

[subieboy]

 vorigan']

[quote name='vorigan said:

Try not to s.c.r.e.w the thread guys its about people being open to who they are and what they have to offer whether they stretch things or not we can all read between the lines but now have record as such and again it makes for interesting reading.

/quote]

I never realised there so many of us old blokes here

your all puppies im not far off 50 !!! but mentally 10

aah that explains it.. apparently I am 34 going on 4...

[vorigan]

 subieboy']

[quote name='vorigan said:

Try not to s.c.r.e.w the thread guys its about people being open to who they are and what they have to offer whether they stretch things or not we can all read between the lines but now have record as such and again it makes for interesting reading.

/quote]

I never realised there so many of us old blokes here

your all puppies im not far off 50 !!! but mentally 10

aah that explains it.. apparently I am 34 going on 4...

now i feel old.......ish

[D-Style]

First trade: auto mechanic. Few years after I left school working for a garage which built alot of hotrods/V8's in Wanganui. Moved to Rotorua and worked for a few different Diesel workshops on Forestry equipment. (Cable Price, GG&H....)

Got bored with that and went and did a dual trade in Electrical/Instrumentation, now finishing off my Bach. Eng.. Move to Aussie, worked in Mining/Oil & Gas.

Currenty Electrical Constrution manager for a part of the Papua New Guinea LNG project.

Raced Karts, 4x4's, Motorbikes, hillclimbs and Superstocks in Speedway. Family heavy involvement in Motorbike racing and Speedway. (Old man retired but Brother still racing Superstocks out of Rotorua) Have tired to progress into a professional driver, but age and more importantly Money hasnt let me go much further down this track.

Race DH MTB's and RC Cars.

[ODB]

my name is Ross 31 years young have owned Subarus for over ten years now including a 1996 WRX, 2000 STB forester and now a 2001 GTB wagon.

I am a qualified high school teacher but kids bothered me off to much so didnt actually do that and became a career banker. Currently a Business Manager for a major bank focused on SME and mid-Market businesses. Career aspiration is to become a Corporate Manager and then move to Hong Kong or Singapore and specialise in managing NZ/Australian company interests there for a large bank.

Have tried to do what I can do to my cars ie basic servicing and mods etc but if anything serious needs done Id sooner pay someone than do it myself as:

1. My cars have all been dailies and cant afford them to be off road due to my bother ups / while I take time to figure s*** out.

2. I have little time to devote to cars really with family and work taking up a lot of time.

Cheers