Wednesday Night ONT - July 22, 2026 [TRex]

Good evening Horde! So pleased you have joined the fun. Always great to "see" so many in this little corner of the interweb. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans. The bar is open and (mostly) re-stocked. No Orange Crush. Sorry. Free refills otherwise!

Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and join the fun. Good will offerings of amusing puns are encouraged. Pants are discouraged due to the heat. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. If you're here for an argument, please go through the second door on the right and then close the door behind you. This is a Tucker, Candace, Megyn, and Bill Kristol free zone. Please.

I know what you're thinking.

"Subaru cars are not only for hippies, lesbians and people living in Vermont. They also can be tons of fun, they have an epic performance track record, and have great racing history. The flat four and six cylinder boxer engines are legendary. Everyone may not know! Can you imagine? Wouldn't it be great to see some Subie content on the ONT?"

Yes. Yes it would. Buckle up.

Travis Pastrana takes on Mt. Washington with a slightly modified all wheel drive WRX:

That takes a combination of balls and bravery.

ONT Department of Photography Skills

Probably works for family photos as well.

Subaru takes on the 24 Hours of Nurburgring with a WRX modified for racing - this onboard lap is excellent:

ONT Legal Blotter

Alaska wants to seize a pilot's plane over a 6-pack of beer. The Supreme Court will hear his case

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review an Alaska bush pilot's claims that state authorities have tried to illegally seize his $95,000 airplane after a passenger brought a six-pack of beer on a flight bound for a dry village.

The pilot, Kenneth Jouppi, sued to block his plane's seizure after he was convicted of an alcohol-related misdemeanor charge. The Alaska Supreme Court ruled in the state's favor that Jouppi's plane was subject to criminal forfeiture laws.

In April 2012, Jouppi was preparing to fly a passenger from Fairbanks to a remote village, Beaver, where alcohol was banned. The passenger had packed beer with other groceries in her luggage. State Police troopers searched Jouppi's plane before it departed and spotted a six-pack of Budweiser in a shopping bag.

Jouppi, his company and the passenger were charged with a misdemeanor offense of knowingly transporting an alcoholic beverage into a dry community. The passenger pleaded guilty. A jury convicted Jouppi and the company after a trial. A judge sentenced him to three days in jail.

There are dry villages in Alaska??

I know what you're thinking. "What about the mighty four wheel drive Subaru BRAT from the late 1970s and early 1980s?" (Otherwise known as the Bi-drive Recreational All-terrain Transporter). It was built specifically to avoid the "Chicken Tax" - a 25% U.S. tariff on imported light trucks. Ronaldus Magnus had one. What would it look like in modern form? Maybe something like this:

Is it safe to eat lettuce in Mexican food form again?

Everything you need to know about rally racing:

Horde Shopping Guide

Anyone looking to buy an X-15 engine (technically a Thiokol XLR99 Rocket Engine)? Up for auction at Heritage Auctions, July 23 and 24.

How about a hammer used on Apollo 12 moonwalks?

Did you know that, in addition to its automotive division, Subaru has a sizable aviation and aerospace division with three business pillars: defense, commercial, and helicopter?

Primary Current Products

SUBARU BELL 412EPX (Bell helicopter but Subaru has been a manufacturing partner for many years and builds helicopters in Japan under license)
UH-2 utility helicopter (same)
T-5 and T-7 trainers (via Fuji Heavy Industries)
Flying Forward Reconnaissance System
The Center Wing Section of Boeing 787 (Boeing relationship dates back to 1973)
The Center Wing Section of Boeing 777 & 777X

Mandatory Maiden

Pre-Bruce Maiden in 1980:

Niche YouTube Channel of the Week

MrSubaru1387 runs a YouTube channel focused exclusively on do it yourself servicing and repairs for Subaru vehicles. His videos show diagnostics, repair, and servicing diagnostics with step-by-step tutorials. He even shows tools to make the jobs easier. Somehow, he manages to upload new videos weekly. He's been at it for over 12 years.

EJ1387 (or simply 1387) is a reference to the EJ25 engine family, particularly in the context of the 2.5L SOHC engines found in many 1990s-2000s Subarus. EJ1387 comes from a casting code on the engine block.

You might be asking yourself how many people really pay attention to some random YouTube channel about DIY Subaru projects. He has over 520k subscribers and videos routinely attract several hundred thousand views. Here's an example that you might watch if you were considering buying a used Forester:

Highlights from the Pittsburgh police scanner are on pause this week (mostly because none of the entries involve Subarus). Pretty sure that means double the chaos next week though.

Beastie Boys for the big ONT finish (what else could it be?)

Does the Subaru logo of six stars both reference the original merger of six companies that formed Subaru and the Pleiades constellation? Glad you asked!

Correspondence relating to Subaru or other topics can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com where it will be promptly filed. Are you lurking ???? The beatings will continue until morale improves.

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