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Old 11-04-2011, 12:50 PM   #170
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Originally Posted by SUB-FT86 View Post
Dave why do you feel that way? I would love to hear your in depth opinion on it since I have driven the car myself 2.0t/3.8. I liked it a lot when I drove the car, very responsive steering with good weight, tight feeling chassis, handling was good enough for street but not excellent and super sharp, brembo brakes was outstanding, power was great(3.8), and the auto wasn't as bad as most but the manual is another story.
Steering feel was lacking, the chassis didn't communicate with the driver as much as I would have preferred either. Brakes were fine, steering was fairly responsive just not communicative. A buddy went with me for the test drive and afterwards asked why I didn't floor it, to which I explained that I had it floored through 2nd to the top of 3rd, the car was just that slow and underpowered for it's weight (2.0T).

I was expecting basically what I'm expecting out of the FR-S. A light, nimble, communicative package. The GC failed at that.
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