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3 great cars and different price points. The Alpha has a great form. The Porsche is refined.
Several points made in the video really spoke to me about the '86. - At 4:40 (driving the Alpha looking ahead at the GT'86) "Something tells me, he's having more fun than I am here." - At 4:48 (pointing at the '86 from the Alpha) "I want to be in that car!" - And everything after 5:00 while driving the '86. Some people want prestige from their car, or are brand loyal. I don't care for that kind of prestige and am not brand loyal. Fun, trackability, good throttle response, RWD, some utility, good looks, low costs, new not used. FR-S was the best choice. |
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The fact that out of warranty and old it will be retard simple to fix at home is a bonus too. |
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you can call a miata a joke but it shows you dont know what you are talking about. on the west coast buttonwillow is the standard test of what is fast. i think the fastest miata to lap there ran a 1:51xx. i would love for you to show me an elise, mr2 or even a twin that gets close. |
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I didn't compare the Mustang because it's an aerodynamic brick which is only somehow superior in your mind. You think a Mustang is more stable? That's crazy talk. Why not a school bus w/ some turbines, that should work for you. PHRT is closest you can get to having a coupe, not that even with a soft top you could get a new Miata with any of the options you claimed you could have for the same price of a FRS. Ridiculous. And BS on 1:15, that's on Streets of Willow, no way is that Buttonwillow. You've obviously never raced there to even know the difference. To help you out, Streets is a 'quick' technical track. Buttonwillow is a 'fast' track. Streets is anything but a measure of speed as it has nothing remotely highspeed about it except that one short straight which is usually uphill when going counterclockwise. Nothing like Buttonwillow. Here's the Evasive GT86 doing 1:49.6 barely prepped and detuned which is not far off the overall record for modified/limited class. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dbXk82Uih8"]Evasive FR-S Testing at Buttonwillow CW13 12-15-13 1:49.6 - YouTube[/ame] I don't seem to see any Miatas doing jack for shit at Buttonwillow. Except maybe rolling over into a ball of fire. Oh look, here's one doing 2:07. How adorable. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SREIt6fUNU"]Speedventures Miata Challenge at Buttonwillow #13 2:07.6 lap on 1/30/11 - YouTube[/ame] |
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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_IWa_qlt3g"]2013 Scion FR-S - YouTube[/ame] |
Where is this 1:15 Miata of which you speak?
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yeah that 1:15 was a typo and i edited it to say the 1:51 i meant. sorry about that. phrt isnt any closer to a coupe than a soft top and in under a minute i found a miata for 20111 and all the stuff i mentioned for 7650. thats a cool video of the evasive frs but calling it barely prepped is very misleading. either way, calling the miata a joke is nuts but you can go ahead and just post a random video of a miata running a 2:07. if i showed you a video of a brz running a 2:08 would you believe the miata was faster than the brz? of course not because a video doesnt prove that the car cant go faster than that. i would like to see an mr2 and an elise go faster than the numbers i posted though since you still seem to think the miata is a joke while those cars are not. |
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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiR7fy3HhZU"]Streets of Willow Lotus Elise 11/29/9 - YouTube[/ame] Oh, so if I accelerate 0-60 in 3.5secs but my top speed is 110mph versus another that does it in 5.5 secs yet it hits 175 mph, which is quick and which is fast? Soo, you're new Miata package is actually $28K predicated on getting a new one with delivery for $20K. So which FRS MSRP are you comparing that to? Who is exaggerating their numbers again? Meh it's barely prepped in the sense that its a Pike's Peak car running at 4/5ths around BW. I don't think that's a time attack setup for BW. |
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Miata is fine, but not my thing for a quick fun drive. I'll take the lower weight and better/later braking in a 2000lb MR. Stock for stock, that's my preference which is why I never bought into a Miata. Plus the experience of having the engine behind your head is unlike anything you'll ever get from a Miata. I'd only consider one for the PRHT tbh. If you want silly speed, a V6 swap in an MR looks like fun. Throwing the Miata in the face of the FRS/BRZ just makes no sense. Better to compare it to it's peers of which I feel there are better alternatives anyway except wrt aftermarket support. |
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dont get me wrong, i adore what the mr2 and elise are about. every time i drive my friends 2zz swap, i kinda wish i bought it when he was having trouble with smog instead of the brz. my only point was that the miata will take you very far and there is a real reason that it is the most raced car in the world. |
The Alfa is clearly the fastest car and the easiest to drive. On the street the extra torque from the turbo and the understeer will help any driver drive more quickly.
What this video really shows is how much better the Toyota/Subaru could be if it could put its meagre power down. Superficially the Toyota looks like "more fun" but it is very hard to drive it quickly. Every competent driver who gets one of these on a track finds the same fault: too much oversteer and too easily reached. The car is slower than it could be because the rear end won't put the power down. |
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