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False advertising?
Subaru fail. Screw the FR-S. I want one of these!!
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That's an "R"
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It's not the cost I was concerned with. Look at the bottom of the photo.
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10-05-2014, 09:54 PM
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Yea
Symmetrical RWD
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It's the same "A" as in every other car ad on the page. Silly Subaru of Niagara.
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10-05-2014, 11:10 PM
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Definitely Looks like an R to me.
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Yeah didn't look like an "A" until you pointed it out?
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Copywriter prolly just assumed it was AWD like every other Subaru of the last twenty years.
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You're right, this is false advertising. If a BRZ actually drove over that many leaves, it would immediately lose traction and hit a curb.
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Get a BRZ nice and hot and park it on those leaves. Watch the $$ roll in from the lawsuit.
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thats a dealership mistake. not a manufacturer/agency mistake.
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