After putting his Impreza build aside, Ryan travels to New Zealand for school.

The first lesson to be learned here is never start a project you cannot finish. The second lesson to be learned is never stop dreaming, and don't listen to the first lesson.

Ryan searches out the New Zealand rally culture after traveling to the South Island of NZ to study at the University of Otago. Within the first week, he stumbles across an Otago Sports Car Club hillclimb, which he attends as a spectator. After some networking with kiwi rally enthusiasts, Ryan buys his own small Toyota Starlet, works at a rally shop, and ultimately races a prepped rally car in a 'Grass Autocross' event in a sheep paddock.