:respekt: for driving motorcycles!

47. Feel like half that age when I'm behind the wheel. Only added tint and hard wired radar detector and sub, amp and capacitor so far. Can't make my mind up on which wheel and tire set up. But gonna use up the stock rubber first. Still putting some coins in the '66 Ratrod C-10. Bored out 283, three on the tree. Some young folk may not know what three on the tree is tho. Lol.
Love my 86!

43, got mine 5/25/2012. Not much modding, just some slightly wider rims, tint and front plate towhook mount. Someday there will be mods but it is my daily driver and still being paid off.

Not too hard to believe if u think about it. This was the kind of car we were driving back in the day but they stopped making them...


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Well bring on the new and improved 8-track, Walkman, LaserDisc, Pop-Rocks and Bell Bottoms...on second thought, nevermind. Lol


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56! Yes! BRZ Silver Limited. It's an amazing car. When you have driven an old beaten 71 MGB you can apprieciate how far we've come.

52 here
wrote off our modded cooper s the same week i found this site...had to have one! Got a frs in whiteout so far trd exhaust,trd intake and rear spoiler.tinted windows,blacked out badges,rear diffuser.cant wait for a amp sub combo so i can listen to 80's hair bands real LOUD

not quite 40 yet, but i remember everything about the 80s and the awesomeness and ridiculousness of it. lol

i remember when toyota launched Lexus and how much flack the LS400 got at the time for being a "cheaper copy" of the Benz S-class, and the ES250 being a rebadged Camry hahahah. before honda was the dominant car at the street races here in the 80s. when the "hachiroku" was new LOL. and when toyota eventually killed the rwd corolla coupes and made it fwd :( its crazy how much things have changed since then

Quoted for truth! When I was 17, the Porsche 944S came out. :wub:

Weight
Power
F/R balance
exterior dimensions

All very similar to the twins.

I'm 55. God, 40 seems so young. My FR-S is my daily driver from mid April to Thanksgiving. When people see the car, they ask things like "does it have a lot of power, or is it fast?" And I say "not really, but it's a joy to drive". you don't sit in this car; you kind of wear it. The cockpit is that good.

Like my rigid mtn bike. It's not as fast overall as my hardtail, or my FS going downhill, but it's more fun and rewarding.

Replaced the heavy stock wheels with forged Volk CE28N and Michelin PSS. Whiteline sway bars/links and TRD Exhaust.

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38 here. Only mod so far is to replace the oil plug with a valve to make changing the oil easier. I've always modded cars but not sure if I'm going to do much with this one.

That must've been a California thing. Where I grew up in the south, the dominant street racer out on the strip was a '68 Shelby GT500. Nobody could beat that guy, but there were a couple of late 60s Camaros with big blocks hot on its heels. The hot new cars at the time were the Buick Grand National, the Olds Cutlass 442 (which we had) and the Hurst Olds.

American iron was where it was at. Nobody took ricers seriously at all.

Sweet ride! I've got a full rigid AIR9 w/ the Niner fork and I love it! Takes me back to my early days of MTB when there was no suspension.:confused0068:

How's that for older?

I'm 44 now. My FR-S is my DD and the mods are: OFT, Forgestar F14's, Pilot Sport AS/3's, Perrin tips, Alcantara speaker and dash panels, and clear side markers.

Not going to do much more than that. I do have RCE Yellows in the garage that I'm either waiting to get LCA's and use them, or sell them off to someone.

I'm 31, can I play?

Only mods I have are 17x9 Enkei RPF1 with 255/50-17 Toyo something or others. I also have WeatherTech floor mats I wasn't gonna mention but I see someone else did too.

I honestly don't know what I'm going to do next. I have a couple other project cars that I acquired in my younger years and currently I cope with my lack of excess free time and burden of responsibility by mentally shutting down as soon as I get home from work. I should fix them.

Aged 41 here, although I was 39 when I purchased.

This is the first car I've ever modded (or even considered doing so for). I need to make an official build journal, but until then:

2013 BRZ Limited 6-MT in WRB
DC Sport Exhaust Tips
K&N drop in filter
AnarchyMotive Shift Knob
Enkei PF01 17x7.5, +38
Michelin PSS 225x40
Beatsonic Sharkfin

i shouldve been a bit more specific... i meant the street races for import cars. big block muscle cars and the GN's were definitely still at the top of the food chain at the time overall. but yeah, i still meant here in socal. i remember Turbo magazine before it became an "import" mag lol

This is great thread. Loved reading all the responses! I feel for the young guys too! When you're young you have all the energy and time and drive... But not enough money (most cases). When you're older you have the cash but not always the time or the energy (most cases). Hahaha! Life's a b*tch, ain't it!

Life is too short not to have a nice car though! No matter what your age is. :)

I'm 66, bought this car for my son to take to college.....he's 2 years old. Guess he'll have to wait awhile to drive it. First 86, five axis spoiler, five axis 19" wheels, tires, I'll get a supercharger in a bit. I've amassed 300 miles in two years (sad I know).

I'll be 40 when the car is paid off in a couple of years... growing up rebroadcasts of Buck Rodgers in the 25th Century and Knight Rider were my favorite TV series. I think mid 30's to 40's is a great age to buy this car... you have enough driving experience to know what you are looking for and to be content with the car as it is, though it does need a few small tweaks to bring out its best...

I'M 58 AND NEEDED A MID LIFE CRISIS FIX. MY COUSIN GOT A 25 YR OLD GIRL FRIEND AND SHES COST WAY MORE THAN MY CAR AND MY CAR FUN DOESNT FADE. LOve the car. If you want good fun, go south east of ellicotville NY into the mountains for a couple of days. super twistys. great thing about being old is the cops look and see I'm not a kid and leave me alone. one unexpected great thing about the car is it is so low my dates have a hard time being modest with skirts on.

Lassie, My Favorite Martian, The Ozzie and Harriet Show, Lawrence Welk, The Walt Disney Show, Rin, Tin, Tin And The Adventures of Superman. Hell, I even vaguely remember the Howdy Doody Show though I hated it!

I was freshly out of the military before Star Wars was released and driving a 1973 Firebird 455 Formula.

I watched the development of the FT86 from the start but then did not buy a twin because it was too close in character to the car in my avatar which I have $7K+ of mods in. I convinced my son to buy a Lightning Red FR-S so I could mod and live vicariously through him. Well, actually, he choose red. I wanted Hot Lava. Seeing as how he is the one making the payments I had to acquiesce.

Mods so far:
TRD catback
TRD drop in filter
RCE Yellows on stock struts

I have probably wasted a 1/4 million dollars on cars and mods in my lifetime. I am trying to teach him better.

For some reason, I don't think anyone here thinks of that as a bad thing :thumbup:

Someone doesn't know how to use the search button.


http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21324




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Maybe he just didn't want to necro a thread that is a year and half old already. Probably a lot of those that answered that poll have already moved on to another car. I know I have seen a lot go in the time I have been reading this forum.

I'm in Law Enforcement for a living and I gotta say being new here, there's too many goddamn "search police"
Off topic I know but it's way outta hand compared to other forums. 102 responses and it's inevitably/obligatorily mentioned on a topic everyone is clearly enjoying. I search everytime and this still pisses me off. They are not using any of YOUR bandwith so please STFU!

Go get yourself a doughnut officer and learn how to post as a adult there's no need for the vulgar language and the "STFU" remark. I guess your like most people one person face to face and on the internet your a person who likes to tell everyone how and what to post.


Newsflash your not a moderator so you can "STFU" ok.

any other 40ish people here?
 

I did post as an adult and didn't address you personally but now I will since you've asked for it...I must've touched a nerve considering all you had to do was let grown folks enjoy the thread. Instead you call YOURSELF a moderator and tell ppl to search on a thread that has a hundred favorable responses Lol. STFU is an acronym(not vulgar)that I'm sure YOU'VE heard before since you don't know WHAT to say outta your mouth at anytime apparently. The doughnut thing, LMFAO(another acronym Lol) dealt with that a million times out in the REAL world from ppl who DON'T hide behind computers dictating policy. So do me a favor and enjoy your evening as I have better things to do. I have work in the morning. Afterall, somebody's gotta eat these donuts. 😉

Is there YouTube video of you beating one of them yet?

...perhaps. That's what SEARCH is for.

this car makes me wish I had bought the 240z when it came out. however I doubt the 240z handled like these cars. women laugh when I say its my mid life crisis car. I get more thumbs up from people in their 40-50s than from kids. saw a guy with a brz the other day who added a black vinyl roof covering to his. I laughed as we had those back in the carburator days and all they did was cause the car to rust.
please don't snipe and swear. its not needed brothers

I REMEMBER the 60s, the first couple of years of the 70s and the 80s on up!

Born in 71, and the BRZ brings me back to my teenage years when I drove around in a CRX Si.

Mods are shown on my garage listing to the left.

I gotta admit, I'm surprised by the large representation of older guys on this forum, but the fact that we like these cars doesn't surprise me at all. It has a classic elegance to it and I've actually gotten more compliments about the car from older guys than anyone.

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I definitely get more props from the older people, but on my first weekend this 17-ish year old kid said to me, with his mouth slightly agape, "your car is amazing."

Maybe it is my colour but the 5 to 12 year old crowd always yell out " nice car" . Heard one guy no more then 5 say to his dad "look a REAL HOT WHEELS"
Should be a good used car market in 10 or 15 years if they still like it!

Mid-40 here
Check out my current FRS mods list in my signature lol
I've been modding my cars only since 2001 - 92 Camry (rims/pro-kits/homemade CAI/stereo/sub&amp/tint); 2005 Corolla (coilovers/hids/CAI/17" Enkeis/stereo/etc).

39 will be joining the 40 club soon. This car reminds me when cars where fun to drive and beautiful to look at. I mean I enjoy this car in its stock form and it even gets better when you bolt up some goodies. Just simply
Love it

41 and lovin the FRS
 

My first car was the 88 Honda CRX. I remember working and modding that car every chance I had. Loved it to pieces. Then switched to 91 Eagle Talon, 99 Prelude, 97 Eclipse GSX, Integra Reg and Type R, 91 NSX. Then went on a super conservative tip and bought a Honda Element.

Then stopped driving entirely for aprox 6 year.

Maybe it is mid life crisis, but I personally don't think so, I grew up customising and taking pride in my ride. The FRS being introduced made me realise how much I loved it. Its just part of me.

I still have a Scion XB as a family car...the FRS is my daily.

People have these little gripes about the FRS...compared to some of the old cars we had....this would be considered a super car! especially for this price....incredible.

XXR 527 Matte Bronze, Pro Kit, LED and HID lights, Perrin Shorty Antenna, 5 AD spoiler, Toms Tail Lights, Trunk Liner, TRD shifter, Arm Rest, Switchback LED turn signal. soon to be added : retro fit start button, led footwell lighting, frs name plate

Had a 91 Talon TSI AWD and it was one of my favorites! All 195 HP of turboed 2 liters of it! They were grossly unappreciated and actually a really good car. Sold it to a guy that mods for drag racing and last I heard he was pulling near 600whp with the same old engine (well at least the old block).

Age 50. First car was a 79 TransAm, was fascinated by "Smokey and the Bandit", since then have owned a Z28, RX-7, 350z, 370z, amongst other cars. Keeping my 2015 FR-S totally stock other than adding the armrest and wheel locks, nothing needs to be done to it other than perhaps an aftermarket stereo. Considering an Alpine system.

Age 55
OK Here we go, in order, as best memory can do!


55 Chev 4 door hardtop 327, 4 speed Muncie $500 (broke in half due to rotted frame)
64 Impala SS convert 327, "slip & slide" $800 (sold)
66 Corvair 2 door coupe $75 (traded)
64 VW Karmen ghia Traded for Corvair (sold, buyer turned into Bugatti kitcar)
70 Datsun pickup 4 cyl 3 speed $150 (scrapped, engine went into tractor)
64 Ford Econoline short box, hard side (no windows) van, 351 Cleveland and auto from Fairlane crammed in "dog house" $800 (sold Burnt up week later)
70 Coronet R/T 440 magnum 6pack 4 speed $1500 (sold GOT MARRIED)
74 Maverick 4 door $600 (scrapped)
58 Chev Nomad (impala) wagon 6 cyl 3 on the tree $1200 (sold)
76 Ford Econoline hard side 6 cyl 3 on the tree $1500 (scrapped)
75 AMC Gremilin 6 cyl auto $150 (scrapped)
78 AMC Concord 6 cyl auto $450 (scrapped)
80 AMC Pacer 6 cyl auto $450 (scrapped)
83 Chev Citation don't remember $600 (scrapped when door fell off)
89 Geo Metro Convert 3 cyl 5 speed all done up looked like some exotic sports model fooled most people $1200 (sold at $100 profit after 2 years )
58 Ford Custom 300 6 cyl auto $2550 (sold)
91 Eagle Talon TSI AWD Turbo 4 stick $7000 (sold turned into drag car)
03 Lancer Rally Edition 4 cyl 5 speed $18000 (traded)
08 Lancer GTS 4 cyl 5 speed $23000 GREAT CAR! (traded)
12 Lancer GT 4 cyl 5 speed $24000 PIECEOF CRAP (traded)


14 FRS And I am DONE with changing cars!