Red BRZ Premium @ Carter's Subaru WA Photos & Impressions - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Tainen · 03-20-2012, 10:22 PM

Hey guys. Here's the BRZ at Carter's Subaru, it has 28 miles on it, and they pulled it off a truck. They will have it for two more days, it's a premium automatic. (Sorry for the cell phone quality pics

)

This thing had pretty bad orange peel unfortunately. The wheel felt great, the seats felt far better than any other subaru seat, even the 02/03 WRX seats. Wingsofwar got some pics of some model numbers for the tranny and engine as well. We couldn't figure out how to turn on the front lower LED lights, if someone can chime in with that.

I was able to start it up and look at all the lights when on, including the reverse light (the triangle at the bottom is just a reflector unfortunately). The car sounds pretty good, definitely not like a subaru though- and not super smooth like a honda, sorta in between- of course, like a direct injected high revving boxer.

Joe Spitz @ carter (who runs cars101.com and has been a wonderful source for us) would be the person to talk to if you wanted to put a pre-order down or just talk to a Subaru guy that knows what he's talking about. They have 6 confirmed pre-orders, and are selling at MSRP, and getting 3 a month. here's his number: 206 769-7821

Overall, it felt really great. You sit really low, so you cant see much past the hood, very much like a 370z/rx-7 or similar car. Very "connected" to the car, it'll be hard to text and drive or do anything else thankfully, because the steering wheel and shifter commands all of your attention and focus away from everything else, which I really like.

Last note- I tried to capture this in a picture- but the stock wheels and tires do NOT fill the rear wheel well very well, very sunken in. It looks *hungry* for a bigger set of wheels and tires with better offsets.

It was great seeing Wings there! Looking forward to following this car around as it goes to Chaplins and then Walkers.

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PSound · 03-20-2012, 10:34 PM

Nice! It looks like the cleaned it up since I saw it!

Some more pics in this post: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...7&postcount=48

Stryker Trailwood · 03-20-2012, 10:35 PM

were you able to look at the LED lights when the parking brake wasn't engaged and the engine on and not in park?

if i remember right on the owners manual pdf, the car needs to be running, in a drive gear and the parking brake off.

Tainen · 03-20-2012, 10:38 PM

ah, that's probably it... I had the parking brake on the whole time.

Yeah they were detailing it while I was there, and then they pulled it into the showroom.

Snoopyalien24 · 03-20-2012, 10:42 PM

Ooh nice! I like that fog-less look

S2kphile · 03-20-2012, 10:53 PM

HOLY F BATMAN! Huge ass pics. I gotta see this red in person cause that is on top of my colors list.

blu_ · 03-20-2012, 10:54 PM

It seems like the cherry blossom sti red to me.

tranzformer · 03-20-2012, 10:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snoopyalien24

Ooh nice! I like that fog-less look

Agreed. Premium is so much cleaner looking to me without fog and trunk spoiler.

blu_ · 03-20-2012, 10:58 PM

I did like the premium in person.. I just wanted the nicer seats so I ordered the limited.

MRZ415 · 03-20-2012, 10:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snoopyalien24

Ooh nice! I like that fog-less look

me too ... my car has fogs ... but the way its set up reminds me
of the GOLF R and porsche with the lil LED strip where normally fogs
would go.

[[grr this puts me in a bind ... I like the better center stack and push start
and limited leather seats... but I can go either ways with the FOG/spoiler.

Pricing for the painted spoiler is like $600 and fogs are like $350
if my memory is not too far off from reading that options price sheet
a while back

If I can do a custom order for better seats & PUSH START center stack]]

tranzformer · 03-20-2012, 10:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blu_

I did like the premium in person.. I just wanted the nicer seats so I ordered the limited.

Were you able to sit in premium and limited seats back to back?

blu_ · 03-20-2012, 11:01 PM

Also I assume the spoiler will take a decent amount of labor to put on correctly.

Gaiakai · 03-20-2012, 11:01 PM

Question for OP: How was the red in person? Was it like an S2000's darkish red? Or is the 10th pic accurate (sort of pinkish, almost faded red)?

I realize it depends heavily on lighting, but what did you think?

blu_ · 03-20-2012, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tranzformer

Were you able to sit in premium and limited seats back to back?

No I just saw the premium at our car show (roped off).. I have not even seen the limited yet. I liked the alcantara on my STI though, besides the bright blue color.

Also push button start seems like a cool gimmick i am willing to pay for.

03-20-2012, 10:22 PM	#1
Tainen Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: First SWP BRZ-L Location: Washington Posts: 809 Thanks: 154 Thanked 350 Times in 174 Posts Mentioned: 11 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Red BRZ Premium @ Carter's Subaru WA Photos & Impressions Hey guys. Here's the BRZ at Carter's Subaru, it has 28 miles on it, and they pulled it off a truck. They will have it for two more days, it's a premium automatic. (Sorry for the cell phone quality pics ) This thing had pretty bad orange peel unfortunately. The wheel felt great, the seats felt far better than any other subaru seat, even the 02/03 WRX seats. Wingsofwar got some pics of some model numbers for the tranny and engine as well. We couldn't figure out how to turn on the front lower LED lights, if someone can chime in with that. I was able to start it up and look at all the lights when on, including the reverse light (the triangle at the bottom is just a reflector unfortunately). The car sounds pretty good, definitely not like a subaru though- and not super smooth like a honda, sorta in between- of course, like a direct injected high revving boxer. Joe Spitz @ carter (who runs cars101.com and has been a wonderful source for us) would be the person to talk to if you wanted to put a pre-order down or just talk to a Subaru guy that knows what he's talking about. They have 6 confirmed pre-orders, and are selling at MSRP, and getting 3 a month. here's his number: 206 769-7821 Overall, it felt really great. You sit really low, so you cant see much past the hood, very much like a 370z/rx-7 or similar car. Very "connected" to the car, it'll be hard to text and drive or do anything else thankfully, because the steering wheel and shifter commands all of your attention and focus away from everything else, which I really like. Last note- I tried to capture this in a picture- but the stock wheels and tires do NOT fill the rear wheel well very well, very sunken in. It looks hungry for a bigger set of wheels and tires with better offsets. It was great seeing Wings there! Looking forward to following this car around as it goes to Chaplins and then Walkers. Last edited by Tainen; 03-20-2012 at 11:17 PM.

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PSound Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Drives: Toyota Corolla Location: Seattle Posts: 23 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Nice! It looks like the cleaned it up since I saw it! Some more pics in this post: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...7&postcount=48

03-20-2012, 10:38 PM	#4
Tainen Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: First SWP BRZ-L Location: Washington Posts: 809 Thanks: 154 Thanked 350 Times in 174 Posts Mentioned: 11 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	ah, that's probably it... I had the parking brake on the whole time. Yeah they were detailing it while I was there, and then they pulled it into the showroom.

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blu_ Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Drives: SWP BRZ LTD Location: Portland, OR Posts: 889 Thanks: 637 Thanked 170 Times in 106 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I did like the premium in person.. I just wanted the nicer seats so I ordered the limited.

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blu_ Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Drives: SWP BRZ LTD Location: Portland, OR Posts: 889 Thanks: 637 Thanked 170 Times in 106 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Also I assume the spoiler will take a decent amount of labor to put on correctly.

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