What we have here is a rather typical example of the most common automotive customization/accessorizing trend of the 21st century, so far: The overlanding look, although in this case it’s a fairly mild and perhaps even a semi-ironic expression of the breed. Those aren’t exactly hard-core AT tires, especially the whitewall on the back.
As to the title:
Here it is. Make what you want of it.
The obligatory light bar.
And of course the snorkel. Don’t ask if it’s actually functional.
And the most obligatory of them all, the roof basket.
It does have a stick shift.
And a bit of a lift. But does it actually have AWD? I zoomed into the badge on the rear and could not make it out clearly enough to tell. Does it matter?
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Curbside Classic: 1990-94 Subaru Legacy – The First Generation
Looks like little Kayden, Jayden or Hayden inherited grandma’s Subaru and did the obligatory mods any 16 year old would do. I give it 6 months before that engine’s blown and the whole lot’s to the scrapper.
The decal is in the styling of the Fast and Furious cars. Pepper is Pirelli, Eggs is NOS, Ham is HKS, Bread is GRedy, etc. Don’t ask me, I don’t get it either.
I like it! I think it’s great that folks want to personalize their cars. To your point Paul, I might get a matching set of tires, preferably mud and snow.
To the extent that the owner is making a joke, I think it’s funny. If it’s not a joke, it makes my brain hurt.
The stickers are supposed to be ironic. It’s a response to “fast and furious” tuner guys slapping performance brand stickers all over their cars even if it has nothing to do with the actual car.
As a Gen Zer, this is all for the sake of irony guys. Converting old shitboxes into over-the-top off-road rigs has been a thing for awhile now and this is a comedic, half-assed version of it. A pretty good one, imo.
Shopping mobile. List’s on the side, groceries go into the basket on top. Genius.
There’s at least one older RWD Volvo in this style in my town. And quite a few Subaru’s, of course, older and very new. A brief fad, perhaps, but more practical on today’s potholed roads than cars slammed to within an inch of the ground on wide low profile tires.
Interesting concept .
Thanx for the explanation of the brand stickers mean .
-Nate
A swing and a miss, the “cool” grocery getters use a cut down shopping basket (cart) on the roof for the full effect.
There’s a certain Scion xB I’m thinking of that has more in common than not with this one…let me see, where was that though, I can’t quite recall, hmm? 🙂 White, manual, steelies, lift, basket, maybe fwd and most of the shopping list items actually in a cooler…The snork might have come in handy on that powder dust section if following the others closely and well, if there was a schedule to keep and night driving on the agenda then being able to light up everything within 40 miles might have had its charms too unless in front of it of course.
It’s fun, the shopping list on the side elevates this significantly above what it would be if those were the actual names that their logotype style represents.
The basket came off the xB as soon as I got home. It makes a lot of noise and the negative aerodynamic impact was palpable. One might wonder what the cumulative negative impact on fuel mileage is from all those baskets up there. Never mind; it’s peanuts in the big picture.
I know, I know 🙂 …one shudders to think about all the people in lifted 4Runners and stuff that have huge tents and stuff on top and a safari outfit hung on the sides and back and freeway commute every day without their rigs ever looking dirty on a Monday morning, a basket is small potatoes compared to some of that stuff. But if it makes them happy it’s their choice. One man’s basket is another man’s 20″ rims on a ’95 Civic.
What *I* see is irony, or sarcasm, or perhaps playful mockery. If that’s the case, I’m a fan!
I find this amusing – though I am a bit disappointed to learn that the grocery/racing decals are actually a package of stickers that major online retailers carry. Below is an example for sale on eBay. Still made me laugh, though.
Eggs, Milk, Spam, Bananas, Spam, Bread, Spam, Spam, Pepper, Spam, Spam, & Spam…
I wonder if anyone sells a decal that says “decal”. That would be funnier.
I had a wagon that model the snorkel is where the intake sits so connecting would be easy, mine sucked fuel pretty bad having all that junk in the airstream would not have helped the big six economy small four performance ratio, they go almost anywhere though even on street tyres. I like it.
Many of these sedans and wagons had all wheel drive, as I recall, and if this one had the 2.2 non-interference engine and the five speed transmission, 200,000 miles and more is certainly possible, even with hard use. I transplanted that same engine from a ’92 Legacy wagon into my ’98 Forester, and the body succumbed to rust with approximately 250,000 engine miles on that little 2.2 which didn’t burn enough oil to need topping off between 3,000 mile oil changes. One of Subaru’s best engines, by my reckoning. And it was peppier at the time I retired the Forester than the original 2.5 had ever been during my ownership (which started at around 160,000 miles.)
The decals are amusing and the overall presentation has a Gambler 500 feel.
It was mentioned that this might be a Gen Z thing to mess with people. Well if that is the case then what was I looking at today on the way home from work. Passed, in a small lot for a quick shop liquor store, a black Civic or Subaru. On the back was a massive spoiler which might have been part of the torn down Bay Bridge. Mounted on tall legs, also Bay Bridge, and painted in black. Lettering on the back of the spoiler said “BOOTY PATROL”. Distressing in several ways if you catch my drift.
I like this modified Scooby quite a bit. Surely it would have no trouble getting up my driveway after good snowstorm and blast through all the snowplow wakes without breaking a sweat. As mentioned earlier it would benefit from a set of quite all-terrain tires. Just turn the snorkel intake around so it no longer catches bugs. Maybe wrap a programmable multicolor led strip around that jumbo aerial for a 360° light show.
This setup is far more practical, efficient and safer for other vehicles then a typical brodozer.