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07-03-2013, 11:18 PM | #15 |
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Scion FR-S to random people that ask about it. When I'm talking to my wife or friends, I just say the Toyota or 86.
Example: "let's take the Toyota/86 tonight"
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If you didn't buy an 86 overseas, you own a Scion. There's no two ways about it. Calling it anything else is just lying or being a poser (and about something really stupid to boot). Taking a one-off suit with a different label and sewing an Yves St. Laurent tag on it doesn't make it authentic, even if it did come from the same factory and is the same material.
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Subaru? Ok, well anyway... I don't care about the Scion Inferiority Syndrome. Toyota GT86 is what the car is everywhere else in the world. We call it an FT86/86/GT86 when we discuss it any other time and I just carry that simplicity over. The 86 branding on the car makes that an easy fix. If you are a car guy, you know what I and others mean when we say we drive a GT86. Everyone else who aren't car people aren't gonna bother to care or look it up. And if they did they would still get pics of the same car I'm driving.
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In other markets there are different spec models.
In NZ the base model is the '86' - which is the FRS, and then there's the GT86 with 17" wheels, HID lights, Climate control etc. I think the UK only get the GT86 and Aussy get both, but call the GT86 an 86GTS. |
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When people ask I say it's a Scion FR-S. 95% of them have the same question, "what's a scion!". A Toyota made brand....ohhhh Toyota, nice car!
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When someone asks me this they better be prepared for a history lesson. I simply start by saying "It depends where you buy it." If they follow up with what do you mean, I unleash the whole history of the car. Otherwise I just "A Scion".
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We call it the 86 to refer to the car, however just to complicate matters, the base model is 86 GT, not just 86. Upper spec as you've said, 86 GTS. I think in Japan the top spec is the 86 GT Limited. Good job Toyota marketing.
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I call mine a 86. Because it is an 86. People ask me what it is and I tell them its an 86. They still have no idea what I'm on about.
If I had a FR-S, I'd call it that If I had a BRZ, I'd call it that Quote:
All there is on the back is a Toyota logo, TOYOTA written out. The only indication its an 86 is the emblem on the sides, which to be honest still doesn't explain it. |
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Do you people who call your fr-s a 86 tell the parts department person at autozone/pep boys that its a toyota 86?
If you do, why are you wasting the persons time? |
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I call it a Scion FR-S. the fact that it's a Scion doesn't bother me. People who know about it already know about the branding and the GT86 story, and for those that don't know, I don't bother expanding on it any further because just like the saying goes "if I have to explain it, you wouldn't understand anyway"
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Wish they kept it an 86 only for the sake of consistency
Other than that, they coulda called it tooty fruity for all I care...it's a beautiful car
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