Jonathan Corbett from New York loves his Subaru WRX STI. But he loves his daughter more. In what comes off at first as a typical Craigslist ad, he closes by mentioning the car for sale is to raise money for stem cell therapy that he hopes will help heal his 5-year-old daughters brain, which suffered damage during birth. <\/p>\n
As America debates how best to cover peoples health care needs, its a reminder of what some peopleeven diehard gearheads like uswill do to help the people they love. <\/p>\n
Jonathans daughter Colleen was born in October, 2011 after an arduous 22 hour delivery that required the use of a vacuum, and that ultimately resulted in a blood infection and subsequent blood transfusion, subdural hematoma (bleeding of the brain), and two major seizures.<\/p>\n
With injuries to her left and right frontal lobes, Colleen has since been diagnosed with level two cerebral palsy and bilateral hearing loss, and may also have cortical visual impairment. She regularly has seizures, and to get around, she uses a walker and a wheelchair. <\/p>\n
But despite all that, Jonathan told Jalopnik his daughter is a fighter who loves music, and whos never afraid to show that shes a sassy, stubborn, loving cuddle bug. <\/p>\n
As for the Subaru (a hatchback that the car enthusiast chose a year and a half ago in part because it could carry his daughters wheelchair and other equipment), its on its way out to help pay for stem cell therapy thats being offered by a clinic near Los Angeles. This $6,500 treatment, Jonathan told me over the phone, uses stem cells from umbilical cord blood to fix damaged cells or to grow new ones. <\/p>\n
Jonathan says that, even though he has a Youcaring support site, the $7,500ish hed get from selling the Subi (he still owes over $12,000 on the car) could help get his daughter care more quickly, and it could also fend off some of those bills in the mailbox. <\/p>\n
Jonathans Craigslist postingin which he mentions his daughters condition only briefly at the enddescribes a true enthusiasts car with a number of performance modifications, including a Cobb downpipe, SPT Exhaust, Cobb Accessport, and Eibach sway bars. They all seem like quality, sensible mods, and definitely not the work of a boyracer STI owner only looking to throw down mega power numbers. <\/p>\n
To help me verify the story, Jonathan put me in touch with Colleens elementary school one-on-one assistant, who had nothing but praise for Jonathan and his beautiful and sweet little girl. <\/p>\n
Therapy for that beautiful and sweet little girl is worth offloading a 305-horsepower, all-wheel drive rally machineof that there is no doubt. Still, its never easy getting rid of a car, especially one as great as the last-generation WRX STI, and especially one that youve hooned around Watkins Glen (see photo below). So this move speaks volumes about this guys dad-ing skills. <\/p>\n
So if anyone near Camillus, New York is looking for a tastefully modified WRX STI, nows your chance. At $20,000, it actually seems like a good deal from a very good dad.<\/p>\n
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