Back in the day, Subarus had an image of being earthy. This one is confirming that, seeing how it’s sprouting its own little garden of native plants. Are they edible?
Here’s how this process works:
That sprout on the right looks to me like it could well be a baby Douglas Fir, which of course makes sense, as they’re all-too common here, and it’s their pollen that starts the cycle of this soil-building process. Their fine powdery pollen comes off the trees in massive clouds, and covers everything. It sticks to cars, and that allows lichens to attach and start growing. That gives moss a toe-hold, As more organic debris collects, it slowly composts into an excellent organic growing medium, and then one day a fir seed pops out of its cone and drops into it. If it survives its first dry summer, by next year it will be a genuine baby tree, with its first little branches.
Moss is getting a toe hold on this side trim, but it’s a bit precarious.
This is not an abandoned car by any means; if it was, it would have grass growing under it, right on the street. Seriously.
My brother-in-law had a 1995 Subaru Legacy in exactly this color. It was a good looker. Dark metallic green was popular at the time. One doesn’t see many green cars nowadays but the 1995 Ford Taurus/Mercury Sable catalogues offered three shades of green!
But just yesterday I saw a light metallic green BMW 4-series, being driven by an idiot using all four lanes on the freeway at (estimated) 90+. Nobody chased or raced him but a few minutes later everybody passed him as he poked along at 55, texting on his cellphone. I think that BMW isn’t long for this world and hope that when the inevitable happens, he only takes out himself.
But driving as he was made me notice that his car was green!
Don’t recall if it hung on for ’95, but you could get other second generation Taurus’ with a green interior as well.
One thing I don’t miss about living in western Washington state, washing the growing green shhhtuff off my daily-driven vehicle in the rain.
Dammit »aCHOO!«, you said »aCHOO!« the P- »aCHOO!« word! »aCHOO!«
My brother and sister in law are on Subaru 3 , I believe. Other sister in law went from Subaru to Chevy. Think she regrets doing so.Drives much less now adays so can make do.
A green Outback is on the radar screen for 2024, providing they a) finally hybridize it, and b) don’t add the funky wheel surrounds and drippy eye look to all trims like they just introduced at the NY auto show. Yeesh.
Another nice picture, thanx Paul .
-Nate
The very THOUGHT of allowing/neglecting my car ‘s exterior to brng it to this point is a toatlly alien concept! 🙂