When I finally had enough money to buy a car, I was looking at GTI's, Speed3's, and WRX's; you know like any guy in their 20's would look at. Suddenly, I found this Volvo...or perhaps it found me.

I first saw the car parked in the parking lot by a Chipotle in the next town. I could remember how the clouds parted a big enough gap to shine the sun's rays onto the blue hatch as if all this was the universe telling me something.

Fast forward a week after my encounter, I remained persistent in my car hunting. I was losing hope as there wasn't a car in my area that felt right. Out of curiosity, I punched in, "Volvo C30" into CarGuru. To my amazement, that same car appeared as a listing. It was at a dealership on the opposite side of town!

I wasn't initially much of a car enthusiast, however, I really wanted my next car to be manual. Unfortunately, it's a 5-Speed Auto, nonetheless, I chose to compromise.

Here's a photo of it at the dealership next to some Chargers.
I drove the car for a year until I started rolling in the mods. I couldn't thank Don from Elevate, Michael Hallock, MooseTech, and others enough for helping me out with information

My goal as of now is to finish up all the necessary bolt-ons and get a stage 3 tune with the stock K04 turbo.

I ran into the previous owner. Older gentleman, Air Force. He loved the car to death, but he had to trade it in because his family wanted a different vehicle. They traded it in for a neon-green, lifted Wrangler. Feels bad.