Does the Brz/frs/86 still draw attention?
 

So I use to own a Brz and my cousin the frs, when It was still fresh into the american market, and I had plenty of people asking about it, or guys and girls just staring it down. 5 years later is that still the same factor or is it getting less attention than it use to.

Hello, there Honghac04 and welcome to posting to ...... The Forum ...... :cheers:

I've had my FR-S for about 4 years and it is essentially stock.

I still get about 2-3 favorable comments a week ...... and during the winter, I just drive around town.

The folks in my neighborhood call me the guy with the "cool sports car".

Just yesterday several boys were walking by my opened garage door and commented that my FR-S was "neat".

The pretty girl at the pharmacy always ask if I was driving my "sports car".

Several young folks at the Jack-in-the box drive through, will ask if it's a FR-S or BRZ.

Understand that Puyallup is a cow town of only about 40,000 people and I've only seen 2 other twins in this town. ...... mostly pick-up tracks and soccer moms in SUVs.......:D


humfrz

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Over time it will probably draw less attention as it loses the novelty and the ones on road start to really show their age.

However, it's a very nice looking car and that's not going to change. Decades from now, I can imagine a very well maintained twin commanding attention.

Depends where you live. I usually see at least one everytime I leave the house. If i go to the bay area I see at least 10. Novelty wears off

if u have different body kit .....or wing ....or wide body....

I took my car the get detailed last weekend. One of the guys was detailing another car, and when he finished he came straight over to me. He was drooling all over it and asked me about all my mods. So yeah, it still draws attention after almost 5 years.

Attracts dudes like moths to a light.

It really depends on the Car. I've had a Grey BRZ for a couple of years and I'm getting less compliments then a year or two back. Son just picked up a Yellow Series 1 FR-S, and that thing gets looks and compliments each time he's out.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1.../HDR_TWINS.jpg

Hell yes it does. I suppose if you live in a well populated area, it becomes "less rare". Even living in Seattle and working in an area with very expensive luxury cars, I still get looks my way. Last week, some dude stopped in the middle of a cross walk, pulled out his phone, and started taking pics. I'm just like.... >_> seriously??

sure, it gets the looks but who cares, it ain't a chick magnet

Yes, this my TRD GT86 on display with @Tech's TRD86 and a 2017 TRD86 yesterday at the New Zealand Grand Prix - run in Toyota TRS cars.

This was early in the day.
http://iforce.co.nz/i/0j3e41pd.acj.jpg

http://iforce.co.nz/i/qhsurnm4.t5v.jpg

For some reason, guys at the meet look at mine than FRS/BRZ.

In a serious note, FRS is still a cool car and got lot of people attention.

Little kids love this car.

Yeah they do. All the kids in my neighborhood always stop playing to look and start yelling "I like your car" and
ask for a burn out or to rev the engine. Those are future sports car owners there....or whatever "sporty" self driving cars will be.

Or they are future ricer civic owners... Either one or the other

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oh yeah. Still get lots of lookers and people who stalk for a pic. Here's one friend took of mine.

https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...15&oe=5903E8FD

Though I will say having meets draws attention (and not the bad kind) when there are 20-50 hanging out at night in all levels of sotck and modded

These cars get riced way more than civics do.

Maybe out your way. I've yet to see one around my neck of the woods that is on the street and riced out. My guess its a very low percentage that have fallen into that category.

Of course the same can be said for Civics I suppose. Of the approximate 16,500,000 that Honda has sold since 1972, if only a small percentage have been modified to that extent that's still a lot of cars.

Yeah my car has broken a few necks driving around town lol.

They're rare enough that they get looked at when driving. If someone initiates a conversation, and knows about cars still expect the whole "looks great but they're so slow" OR "I bet that thing moves with the turbo motor huh?" comments. People still don't know a thing about this car.

Unfortunately this car is famous for shitty wide body kits and stance nation. :paddle:

I doubt the average person, male or female would take any notice of the Twins over any other car in the lot. Cars today are all pretty much the same to civilians. Five years on and other than the odd motorhead, nobody has a clue the car is not just another FWD toaster.

Aye, get plenty of looks from Civics / RSXs / TCs / Eclipses (they are all beat to hell) / et all.

Occasionally, someone in a drive thru will look over the car and try to figure out what the hell they are looking at. Few know what it is.

WRX and STI drivers will give a glance, but notice it isn't a BRZ and isn't boosted, then they try to run you off the road because it's the merciful thing.

[100% stock]

Maybe it's the way you're driving ......... :iono:


humfrz

With the latest big thumbs up from Kelly Blue Book they'll know you were smart too.

Of course it does, and I believe there will always be people that check it out. I know it will fade over time but take a nicely done 240, Civic hatch, or MK3 GTI; they still get checkout.

Was just at a Cars and Coffee this weekend with a few other 86s in a row and everyone stopped to look at every single one of them, more so the supercharged rocket bunny but still. I always get looks driving around town and catch people staring from inside their cars. Once in a while Ill get a "nice car" thrown at me while driving around.

idgaf

It draws my attention, I could not care less if it's not attractive to someone else.

^^^^^^

Yep could not agree more. Drive the car you like, not the car everyone else likes. I noticed less strangers randomly approach me to ask about my car than when I first bought it, but who really cares. All that matters is I still love the car and think it looks/drives great.

I think this will be a classic little car in the coming decades. Not sure if it will stay in production, but who cares... I love this car. It is sporty, but doesn't try too hard. Having it in World Rally Blue doesn't hurt either. Hehe. I get a compliment every now and then, but hey....I bought it for my enjoyment.

2017 WRB BRZ

My RS1 brings all the boys to the yard, and there like, a it's better than yours, Damn right its better than yours...

Yadayadayada whatever the rest of it goes.

kids and confused older guys love it.

I got a random "thumbs up" on I-77 saturday, and later that day had the owner of a Mclaren P1 comment, "I bet it's fun to drive". So yeah, I think it still turns heads.

i get lots of dirty looks from mustang drivers. lots of mean mugging.

i also get lots of annoyed looks from pedestrians, since she's so loud.

i get questions at every stop light and cameras out the windows on the highway literally like everytime i take the car out but then again its widebodied lol. stock might be different. i dont really even bat an eye anymore unless it looks somewhat modded

Maybe it's your wheels ....... :iono:

:D


humfrz

LOL maybe it is! :lol:

now that I think about it in retrospect, I got a ton more compliments and stares with Hot Lava than I do now with Steel lol