I drove an Impreza 2.5rs from Florida to Alaska

**danny_16v** · 10-30-2009 11:47 AM

My friend used to have a 2.5 RS, was such a great car. Had all the bolt ons for NA performance, cams, tune, headers, exhaust, intake, clutch, flywheel, suspension, brakes etc. The car was so well balanced and sounded SO awesome.

**Merc-MarkO** · 10-30-2009 11:48 AM

Quote, originally posted by maskedSONY »

Alaska has yellow plates? Do they have a slogan on them?

Last frontier iirc.

We see them occasionally down here in OR. Surprisingly normal cars too.

**geofftii2002** · 10-30-2009 11:51 AM

Epic, epic journey. Best of luck to you in the service, as well.

**mookieblaylock** · 10-30-2009 11:55 AM

Quote, originally posted by Chris.K »

Old Route 66 stray dogs

thats a cool picture

**p_h** · 10-30-2009 11:59 AM

YOU DIDNT CALCULATE MILES PER GALLON!!!!!???? I would have been all over that. I love that kinda maths.

**widened_mudwings** · 10-30-2009 12:18 PM

Very very cool.

Every fall I wish I could drive up to AK. Did it about 10 years ago via the Cassiar Hwy. Epic!

**Hustler Woo** · 10-30-2009 12:22 PM

drive of a lifetime! Lovin it

**Chilled Man** · 10-30-2009 12:25 PM

AWSOME

Been up and down the east cost a few times and over the missippie once but want to make a drive to Cali once and one to Alaska and one to northern terriortys

**Brimjolt** · 10-30-2009 12:44 PM

you actually picked up hitchhikers?

**GodSquadMandrake** · 10-30-2009 12:51 PM

Quote, originally posted by maskedSONY »

Alaska has yellow plates? Do they have a slogan on them?

The last frontier

**beatenb3** · 10-30-2009 12:51 PM

Quote, originally posted by Brimjolt »

you actually picked up hitchhikers?

Why wouldn't he? Especially if it was out west here where its still very common and relatively safe. I pick them up all the time! Not everyone is interested in interested in violating your burrito exit.

Anyway, fantastic pictures, and amazing trip. Thanks for sharing it.

**leegf** · 10-30-2009 12:56 PM

so awesome

**18thHole** · 10-30-2009 01:04 PM

Cool story bro, indeed.

**Skot53** · 10-30-2009 01:28 PM

Quote, originally posted by Merc-MarkO »

Last frontier iirc.

We see them occasionally down here in OR. Surprisingly normal cars too.

What he said. Though I tend to see RVs and SUVs with travel gear, Thule boxes on the roof, etc.

New ones (lol):

**VWVan** · 10-30-2009 01:32 PM

Pretty cool trip, thanks for sharing!

**auditt2t** · 10-30-2009 01:35 PM

Awesome pictures! Looks like it was a lot of fun.

Some of those pictures look weird, like they're part of a toy set. Great use of lenses & perspective!

**butterface** · 10-30-2009 01:49 PM

Dope. I will do this someday.

**GTIolot** · 10-30-2009 02:26 PM

This thread is full of win! Pictures r money! Good luck up in Alaska!

**PreMier** · 10-30-2009 02:39 PM

Quote, originally posted by Chris.K »

Can't stop here, this is bat country

hahaha.. awesome@ bat country. what part of utah was that 2nd pic in?

**jeff1234** · 10-30-2009 02:42 PM

Amazing pics! Thank you for sharing and most of all, thank you for your service.

**ThisSpaceForRent** · 10-30-2009 02:46 PM

awesome trip

**azn** · 10-30-2009 02:47 PM

Quote, originally posted by Chris.K »

Quite a shakedown for a car I had just bought a week before.

Great story. But that was completely unexpected. I was thinking how awesome that trip would be, but I would never do it unless it was a car I had owned some time and knew everything about. and then I read that last sentence of your post. Ballsy!

I love the film pics as well. They look amazing, especially the shots of abandoned places.

**B3passatBMX** · 10-30-2009 02:49 PM

Awesome trip and your photos are amazing. I really like the car to, I was actually looking for one before I bought my SVTF and couldn't find one I liked in my price range. No joke, 3 days after I bought my car, one went up for sale, 4 door 5spd in the color I wanted less than 5 miles from me.

Thanks for sharing

**1.8Transporter** · 10-30-2009 03:02 PM

In for later

**climbingcue** · 10-30-2009 03:08 PM

Epic trip

**crzygreek** · 10-30-2009 03:28 PM

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Epic trip

x2 You have me wanting to plan the same trip for next summer!

**Chris.K** · 10-30-2009 03:29 PM

wow, I didn't expect such a positive response, thanks everyone.

Quote, originally posted by trb02jtta »

Awesome trip, something I plan on doing shortly

What time of the year did you do this?
And did you do the whole trip on summer tires?

Sept-Oct, yeah all on summer times which i'm still running and were getting snow here.

Quote, originally posted by Tropical VR6 »

Really cool trip and photos...!!!!

Three quick questions:

1. How many tanks of gas did you go through over the entire trip...?

2. How many miles were on the car when you bought it...? Must be a solid car since you put 8500 miles on it with no problems...?

3. Got any more pics you can share of the trip...?

I dunno, I filled up every chance I got in Canada so it stopped being full tanks.

138k when I left,

I've got more pictures but they're not really car related, I'll put them on the back the first post though.

Quote, originally posted by bwa-msn »

Big thumbs up from a fellow '00 BRP 2.5RS owner...well, former owner. I was the original owner and had the car for nearly 9 years. To this day it is still my favorite car I ever owned. Those GC8's will always be near and dear to my heart

I'm jealous. I never get to drive much any more. Your trip covered more miles than I drive in a 2 or 3 year span.

Great photos too. Love the B&W ones especially.

Is this who I bought the car from?! Dude! He was the original owner for 9 years to.

Quote, originally posted by PreMier »

hahaha.. awesome@ bat country. what part of utah was that 2nd pic in?

Just after the Colorado border.

**DubNMiatafan** · 10-30-2009 03:47 PM

This is absolutely amazing. The pics are beautiful, thanks for posting them here! I hope you have a good time in Alaska, and thanks for serving the country

And just wondering, if anyone remembers the episode of Top Gear where jeremy has the ZR-1 on the twisty backroads and it shows him doing a huge lurid slide around an uphill hairpin, this picture looks exactly like that hairpin:

**Diesel Smugness** · 10-30-2009 04:14 PM

Quote, originally posted by DubNMiatafan »

And just wondering, if anyone remembers the episode of Top Gear where Jeremy has the ZR-1 on the twisty backroads and it shows him doing a huge lurid slide around an uphill hairpin, this picture looks exactly like that hairpin:

You are absolutely right on that point! Definitely seems like the same hairpin!

On second guess. They look similar but I guess they aren't the same... No guardrails in the gif and the hairpin seems to have a larger radius than the one in his pic. Still and awesom Shot and an awesome thread!

Modified by blu98gtivr6 at 4:19 PM 10-30-2009

**DubNMiatafan** · 10-30-2009 04:18 PM

Glad I wasn't the only one thinking that

**vdub_GTI_VR6** · 10-30-2009 04:21 PM

great story, awesome pics!

**92VR6C** · 10-30-2009 04:27 PM

i will be in anchorage/ ft richardson in december, bringing a bmw and volvo. besides getting some studded snow tires what did you do to your car for the winter?

**ptem** · 10-30-2009 04:31 PM

Great photography, great documentary of your trip. Enjoy your time in AK, and keep enjoying the car.

**SuperGroove** · 10-30-2009 04:56 PM

Quote, originally posted by Spa_driver »

You sure did it right.

+1

**The Bob** · 10-30-2009 05:14 PM

I drove the ALCAN highway with my wife when we graduated from college. It was the trip of a lifetime, I can't wait to do it again.

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