2009 Subaru WRX 265

When I got the WRX, I just thought its just another car, except its faster. But then on my way to work in the morning, I have to turn left to make it to a main road that will eventually take me to work. And every morning like clock work, i bump into the same blue WRX. The guy driving that car, waved hello first, and since then daily we exchange a quick wave. At first I thought this is just an interaction between me and him, but then later found out that this is something that all WRX owners do. At least where i live.

I have no idea who this dude is, if you read this blog hit me up man, for now I am gonna call you Bob. So to all the Bob’s out there, Hello!

Does this happen to you? is this something that happens in your neighbourhood? Do you have your own Bob?

Yesterday, the car was making a hissing noise, So i thought i would open up the hood and take a look. Of course I could not see anything, but I started to take a look around and noticed that my cooling liquid was extremely low, almost empty. Is this normal?

My previous cars never used up coolant, I think I drove my old Toyota for ever and never noticed coolant at such low levels. I am new to the whole WRX experience,  maybe this is normal, have you experienced this?

I went to Home Depot this Sun with the fam, wanted to buy some cleaner. We walk in, how do you quickly find the cleaner? You ask one of the workers. We get our marching orders, and on our way we go. Then we saw that the Home Depot is selling these tiny lime trees. COOL, we pick one up, and thought hey its tree planting season!!! Before you now it, an Apple Tree, a Cherry Tree, and on we go, before you know it, we have a few items in the cart, and no cleaner yet.

How do we get these trees home + 4 passengers?

It did not hit me until this week, i was driving, and needed to clean off my window. I hit the spray button and nothing. I thought hey, wait a min, does the WRX come with a warning light that tells you when the water levels are low? It does not look like it, i pulled up and filled up the tank and off I went.

Those sensors are cheap to install, most cars have them, why the WRX does not is beyond me. Anyone know if there is a good reason why Subaru thinks a low water level warning is a bad idea?

What kind of Oil do you put?

I am up for an oil change, the first one i got, i got at the dealership and they put a semi-synthetic oil in the car. I asked the mechanic there, and he said there was no need for synthetic.

However I think at car this fast should get a synthetic oil, plus i dont have to change the oil as much if i go that way.

So what do you think? should i go to a fast lube joint and load up on synthetic? Is there any oil that works better for that kind of car?