Subaru Wants to Hear Your First Car Story, and You Want to Win a New Impreza, Right?

Subaru of America just opened a new website designed for people and fans to go on and recreate their first car. When you first reach the website, you're greeted by a homepage with different types of animated cars and colors you can choose from in order to mimic your first car as much as possible (see photo).

Once the car is created, the next page brings you to an area where you can tell the story of that car, tag your friends (via Facebook) and even record a personal voice message or music. After you're done, you can view other people's stories too.

I've saved the best part for last - you can enter to win an all-new 2012 Subaru Impreza.

Everyone has fond memories about their first cars, and Subaru has of course come up with another way to make people even happier about being Subaru fans. So head over to the site and tell your story! And if you're just entering to win, click the picture of the 2012 Impreza on the lower-right hand corner.

Trying to move on from your first car, or just ready for another? Stop by Twin City Subaru or head to our website to check out our new and used inventory today.

Image 1 via firstcarstory.com
Image 2 via jdpower.com

The Snow Version of Crop Circles

Check out this amazing snow art done by Simon Beck. He says that he walks in snowshoes to complete his art. How he has such spacial talent? I don't know. But they're beautiful nonetheless.

I wonder if he has those snowshoe/skis...

Click to see Simon's Facebook Page for more photos, or click here to view the full article.

Want to make your own snow art? We all know that Subarus make art of their own in the snow. Check out our new and used inventory online, or stop by today!

All images via Simon Beck's Facebook

Snowshoe Up, Ski Down (Without Switching Equipment)

Introducing the hybrid Hive snowshoe; the next generation. They still have a wide area for the feet to spread weight around, just like any other snowshoe - but unlike its peers, the Hive converts into skis.

"A set of spikes on the underside coupled with a fanged metal crampon provide the traction you'll need whether in deep powder or slick ice," says the article. Then those crampons are retracted when the bindings are locked down, while the underside spikes are attached to a plate that folds up, creating a smooth skiing surface.



To see the full article, click here.
To go to the Hive site to get yourself a pair, click here.
Image via Hive

"Born to Rally in the Snow"

Subaru of Canada recently held a deviant art contest featuring rally racing. The first place winner "Born to Rally in the Snow" is above, with a grand prize of $2,500. All of the artwork is currently being showcased at the "space-defying gallery" at the Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto.


To view a slideshow of all the artwork, click here.
Image via autoevolution.

Subaru Claims Four of Top Five Rally Spots

Eight Subaru vehicles placed in the top ten at the Rallye Perce Neige this past weekend. Way to go Subaru! The next event will be held May 25-26 - The Rocky Mountain Rally in Calgary.

Check out the full press release on Digital Journal.


Here's a list of the top ten finishers:

• Antoine L'Estage - Nathalie Richard - two hours, 45 minutes, 18.8 seconds
• Leo Urlichich - Carl Williamson - 2:53:56.0
• Sylvain Vincent - Simon Vincent - 2:59:11.5
• Mathieu Dube - Eric Losier - 3:01:01.2
• Simon Losier - Brian Maxwell - 3:02:43.7
• Joel Levac - Stephanie Lewis - 3:02:58.8
• Steeve Hobbs - Jean-Mathieu Tremblay - 3:03:38.9
• Bruno Carre - Yvan Joyal - 3:04:17.2
• Warren Haywood - John Hall - 3:15:07.9
• Maxime Rochefort-Laframboise - Jereme Milette - 3:17:47.0

All information, including the photo, courtesy of Digital Journal.

$14 Solar-Powered Battery Charger

Factor in expensive battery prices, and this $14 charger is not too shabby. It only takes a couple of hours, you just put a AA battery in the back slot, put it out in the sun and there you have it.  It's recommended to have direct sunlight, but don't worry Vermonters - this one's weatherproof.


Want one? Click here.
Or check out the full article here.
Image via kinghubby

2012 Subaru Game Day Walk

Take the pledge (click here) by walking your best, four-legged friend for the Subaru Game Day Walk on Feb. 5. This is the second annual Subaru Game Day Walk and is in continuance with Subaru's famous Dog Tested Dog Approved slogan alongside their continuous efforts to engage our furry friends in their marketing program. Last year's dog walk had more than 88,000 pledges.

(This is Rusko, my own furry best friend loving a Subaru)

"'Dogs have always been a large part of Subaru culture; we also know that dogs play a significant role in the lives of our owners," said Alan Bethke, director, marketing communications, Subaru of America. "The Subaru Game Day Dog Walk and new social apps are a natural extension of our brand's active culture and further allow dogs to be our owners' social lifestyle partners.'"

Yet another initiative Subaru has taken was with the MapMyDOGWALK in conjunction with MapMyFITNESS. An app where the user can plan routes (the app features millions of routes around the world), network with other dog lovers/owners, track their fitness and see local dog-approved events.

(MapMyDOGWALK)

Dogbook on Facebook is now partnered with Subaru, which now features a Dog Years Calculator and Life Story, among other awesome features focused towards on four-legged pals.

"The [Dog Tested Dog Approved] campaign is designed to resonate with Subaru owners and like-minded consumers. Subaru drivers are two times more likely than the average car owner to have a pet. In fact, seven out of ten Subaru drivers have a pet, and Subaru owners are also more likely to engage in skiing, camping, boating and other sporting activities," according to the press release.



They seem to have left out that they're also more likely to be from Vermont. So head online and pledge on Facebook! And celebrate this year's Superbowl with your dog, cat, bird, chicken or any other animal that you love (it is what makes a Subaru, a Subaru after all).


To see the full press release, click here.

Supercharge your Creativity

Just by changing what you do in the morning, very slightly. Often times we hit snooze on our alarms over and over again until we're down to the wire and have to rush around to get to work in time. Then we just have that exhausted drive to work until we can get our hands on a cup of coffee...

Here's a blog post that Lifehacker posted this morning about how changing your morning routine, just by waking up a few minutes earlier can completely change how your day goes. You have a few more minutes to lay in bed and think, space out while thinking in the shower instead of going over your more pressing tasks for the day, and be more relaxed on the commute.

Annie Murphy Paul from Time magazine suggests putting on a funny video as the first thing you watch when you get to the office.

So give it a try! And see if your creativity boosts during your first few days of waking up just a little bit earlier.



via Lifehacker.com

Enter VT State Parks' Cabin Naming Contest & Enter to Win a Free Stay

Woodford State Park is building four new campground cabins that will be ready to use by this spring, but two of them are nameless, and they're idealess - so they're asking you! All you have to do is send in a name and your reason for choosing it; the one condition is that it has to be the name of a Vermont wildflower. The other two are already named Gentian and Trillium so those are taken, but the rest is up to your creative discretion.

If you win, they'll offer you a free two-night stay in the cabin you've named, and you'll have your photo taken to be posted in a frame in the cabin all season. Not to mention that your picture and chosen name will go down in State Park history!

Directions for submissions: 
Send your entry to: parks@state.vt.us  with “Cabin naming contest” in the subject.  In the email include your name, address, and your names and explanations by March 1, 2012. You can also mail entries to us at 103 South Main Street, 10 South, Waterbury, VT  05671.

Photo courtesy of Vermont State Parks' blog, information regarding the contest courtesy of vtdigger.org.