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I want to share a story that made me change my mind to the FR-S.
My cousin went shopping for a Hyundai Accent this week so I went along for support in case he got taken advantage of. So it was me 5''9'(150 lbs) his wife 5''0' (105lbs) my cousin 5''10 (300+ lbs) and the salesman 6''1 (350 lbs). Now here is the specs on this car.
2525 lbs curb weight
138 hp
123 tq
1.6 liter GDI engine
6 speed automatic with manual shift
Now we all went for a test drive and I couldn't believe how that car propelled nearly 1,000 lbs of humans in a kind of adequate fashion. It didn't feel as lazy as my GF's Honda civic with a similar P2W ratio. Modern technology in engines is amazing!!! Then it got me thinking about the FR-S real hard and I realize with a engine .4 liters bigger with a lot more power and torque and a curb weight 200 lbs heavier. The FR-S would be brilliantly quick enough especially being a modern tech engine sports car and not carrying more weight than me and my GF.
Me and the GF in the FR-S equals 3050 lbs with 200hp/151tq
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Me and everybody in the accent equals 3450 lbs with 138hp/123tq
I still can't believe the Hyundai accent had some almost adequate(It would've been adequate without the lard asses) balls with over 900 lbs of people in it with such a puny output. I think the FR-S will be more than enough for me.
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