Save The Roots

The Real Deal

Well now… it’s February 2012 and we’re back! Things are picking up in the car scene all across the nation and we’re getting back to normal operation around here. Events, car shows, and personal builds will be wrapping up and we’ll be there to show you the results! It’s going to be a good year to save the roots.

Getting us started is a pair of impressive Subaru Imprezas representing the Northwest. Their fitment is on point with styling that is more gritty than a lot of Imprezas out there. These Subarus and photos from Jonathan Black with Streetsweeper.Northwest is a good combo!

Text and Photos by Jonathan Black.

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Fotoblog: Subaru Sunday

While we love bringing you posts and features with both articles and photos, sometimes we’d rather not leave you with a bunch of banter. Such is the case for this post, where it’s less of a car feature and more like a collection of photos of 2 Subaru’s sitting pretty.

A few Sundays ago, myself and Jonathan (Black WRX) went around Seattle for some photo goodness. We met up with Kramer (Matte Silver Forester) later on and continued shooting. Enjoy!

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The Northwest S12

PatRat

– December 6, 2011Posted in: Featured Roots

A little while back I got the privalage to meet up with Colin Masterson, blogger for NWmotiv, S12Silvia.com, and NKdrift (all of which we have linked in the right column of the site), for a photoshoot of his prized possession: his super clean Nissan Silvia S12. We’re glad to have Colin as a guest author this time on Save the Roots as he knows so much about the S12 chassis. The S12 is a little-known beauty, with other 80′s classics often stealing the spotlight. But now it’s the S12′s turn to shine. Take it away Colin!!

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Driver Spotlight: Jason Jiovani

A little while ago, I got the chance to talk with a local Florida driver, Jason Jiovani. Currently driving a 240sx, he has worked his way up from the grassroots drift level and aims at competing in FormulaD in the near future.

Well Jason, to get this started off, I would like to say thank you for letting us get the opportunity to talk to you and letting us feature you on the site.

No problem, I am 100% behind the SavingTheRoots concept. I still attend many entry level events to help as an instructor or other event needs.

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That Southern Flavor

PatRat

– November 11, 2011Posted in: Uncategorized

If you watched the LSU vs. Alabama football game on TV last weekend (what a game, am I right?!), you might have seen the excerpt where the announcers talked about a 4,000 lb pot of southern cooking known as Gumbo. Yes, 4,000 pounds. That’s a lot of food; enough to feed 10,000 people apparently. But since this is a blog about cars we’ll stop there.

As soon as I relocated to Seattle Washington 6 months ago, I immediately saw the huge drift and stanced car scene in the area. Coming from Louisiana this was all new to me. Never had I seen 4 NSX’s, 2 GTR’s, and 3 stanced WRX’s all in one parking lot. Never had I been to a drift event with RX8′s, R32 Skylines, and Cressida’s drifting. Usually it was the common 240sx and occasional RX7 or 350z.

This is the part where I circle back to the pot of Gumbo. Ya’see, Washington’s car scene would be what I would call the 4,000 pound pot of Gumbo. That’s compared to Louisiana’s drift and stance scene which would be one bowl that comes from that pot. Nevertheless the it’s still damn good. That friends, is the point.

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The Simple Stylin’ S2k

PatRat

– October 17, 2011Posted in: Featured Roots

This here is Kevin Tran’s Honda S2000. We like to see this as a good example of the simpler way of having ‘all that stance’ the kids are on these days.
It’s very clean. The fenders aren’t way overdone, the wheels aren’t too big, the tires fit the rims, and it’s sitting at a great ride height.
Now before you freak out, all this isn’t to say we don’t like aggressive stance…. we do! A ride doesn’t have to have huge fenders and poking rims to look good. That’s all we’re saying.