Good day from Minneapolis, MN.

I'll keep the greeting short and sweet here, and give you the full run down over in the wagon section, as I have a full story to tell on my new acquisition. I'm a long time gear head, and well familiar with the AE platform. My newest car is an AE101 wagon purchased from a good friend of mine for...not very much money. It joins the fleet that includes a 2007 Mazdaspeed 3, a 2005 Mini Cooper S, a 1999 Chevy Prizm (AE103!), a pair of 1988 Mazda Mx6 GT's (the turbo 4cyl cars) and a 1977 Plymouth Volare. I have a bit of an eclectic collection to say the least. I've been hunting a wagon for a number of years now, and this one just sort of fell into my lap at just the right time. They're EXTREMELY hard to find here (I dare say impossible in any kind of good shape) and monstrously overpriced. I had to go out of state for this one.... but I have her. And next month, I shall fly out to pick her up, as she is sitting at my parents place in respite care while I arrange time off from work to go get her.

Cool, I'm from Minnesota also. Maybe we can get a photoshoot once our cars are nice and pretty.

I would not be opposed to that. I actually have some pretty good photog friends- might cost us cash or beer, but if you know Jared Levine, or NL Projects- I know those guys. She's going to be my DD for the winter so I can get some much needed respite care under the ms3- poor girls' had it rough the last year or so. Which reminds me, I need to call RallyArmor....

Welcome to the club!