The start of a terrible thing.

So here I am. I suppose some explanation is necessary.

I am Phillip. I'm a 20somthing male who works in the outdoor sporting industry. I enjoy comedies and cake. Usually in that order. I live outside Boston, and this is where our story begins.

In June 2010 I purchased a Subaru WRX STI, new, from a dealership in New Jersey, trading in my Lexus SUV. I had never felt like a car suited my personality better, and I still do. When I returned to boston, I highly enjoyed modifying my car with subtle but noticeable performance upgrades that you could feel from behind the driver's seat, but not see in front of it. Then I saw it. On a popular forum site, a small post about a "hillclimb" race in New Hampshire in the following month. I'd wanted to push my car a little harder and felt I was damn competitive as is, so I signed up.

 It turns out, "hillclimb" races are races of extreme speed and dangerous conditions up mountains, usually raced on otherwise closed Park Access Roads. Sound Scary? You bet, but incredibly rewarding and adrenaline-boosting. I've been autocrossing, Kart racing, and done many forms of motor-sport at amateur level, but I was not prepared for the event i arrived at.

This is has widely been criticized as a bad move in hind-site.

I went to New Hampshire, And I can't say my life has been the same in the months following, I became addicted to Motorsports, and realized quickly that my STI, for all its amazing capabilities, could not keep up with dedicated track cars. So here I am. I caught the bug, and now it's time to start my own dedicated track project. This project is an original 2005 Evo VIII, and if you're reading this, you probably don't need me to tell you the significance of this amazing car, so i'll skip it.

This blog is dedicated to my new project, dubbed "The Lawless Project". I picked the name not because it sounds "badass" but as a critique on a government that strictly regulates what car's can be driven in the USA. Pretty much all RHD (right hand drive) and JDM (Japanese Domestic market) cars are illegal to own and operate in the  USA, and even for people dedicated to only using them on private courses, the process is lengthy and expensive.

As such I was forced to use a USDM car, but even THEN i have to fight for my car to be street legal with the modifications i will have to do to make it competitive. If you don't have the exact kind of of plug on your car, if it doesn't sound EXACTLY as loud as it's supposed to, if you like having a certain kind of steering wheel, you're out of line.

 To be frank, it's bullshit. I wanted to call the car "the Republican Evo" but i'm not actually sure that explains my sentiments. This car, and this blog, are both representations that people can, and will, find ways to do what makes themselves happy.

Because we only get to live once, and I won't have anyone telling me how to spend my only years.


Phill.