Fun at the Dallas FR-S First Drive Event
 

Finally! The day has come!!

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I finally get to AutoX one of the twins!!

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They had three on the track, a Whiteout, a Firestorm, and a Hot Lava...

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They also had a Black one that they used as a demonstration model...

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So, the event started out with this dude telling us all about the car... He was selling it pretty well! :lol:

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Enkei's!

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He was very adamant that everyone know about the taillight winglets...

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These cars feature TRD Exhausts, Enkei Rims on Yokohama Tires, and TRD Lowering Springs. Together, they made the car look and sound like a car that was born on the track...

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Then we moved on to the good stuff, the driving!

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Here we see @Exhaust trying to figure out how an Auto works...:bonk:

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And behind him, my cousins who haven't ever driven anything more exciting than a V6 Altima! ;)

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And then third in line was my good buddy Zain, who is now a believer! A BRZ might be in his near future...

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The course was a decently sized course with plenty of quick S turns a small straightaway. I believe it took about a 1 minute 30 seconds to complete...

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Le finish line.

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Here's Mr. @azspd02 who can't wait to get his hands on his FRS!!

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So now, I shall tell everyone what I thought of the car, with a few random pictures thrown in!


In my first run, the car was set to VSC Sport and in Manual Mode. The Trans was not on Sport Mode (because I forgot :thumbdown:) but I suppose that might have been a good thing.

The Acceleration was good and certainly more than adequate for a tight AutoX course like this one.

The Steering was excellent! It was tight, well weighted, and the turn in was quick enough to change direction between the sharp corners at this course. I was incredibly impressed with it!! VSC Sport let me get small bit of rotation out of a corner, but reeled it back in. They didn't let us turn Traction off, but damn, I wanted to...

The Brakes... Oh man, the brakes. Wait! I need to put in a random picture!

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There we go.

The Brakes were magnificent. I don't know if it was because I am coming from driving big heavy Supras and underwhelming econoboxes, but DAMN THOSE BRAKES BIT HARD! I freaking loved those brakes!! Perhaps they had upgraded pads and/or fluid? There was no mention of it if they did. And even after a group of 15-20 people flogged them around in a row, there was no brake fade felt in my second run...

I quite like those TRD Tips...

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Body roll was fairly non-existent and certainly added to the excellent feel on the course!

The Transmission shifted decently quick in Non-Sport Manual mode. I certainly wasn't fooled into thinking it was a Double-Clutch system though. The Paddles were decently sized and clicked very nicely.

On my second run though, I put the Trans in Sport, and it was certainly different. Upshifts were quick. Very quick. And were definitely pushing Double Clutch speeds! The downshifts were slightly more delayed, but fast nonetheless! I came away very impressed with the transmission! Bloody excellent for a slushbox, IMO!

Also, I like Whiteout even more after seeing it in person.

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In conclusion, BIG PROPS to Scion for putting on sweet events like this. For those of you that hate the brand, these events should be enough reason for you guys to reconsider! This only made me love the Twins even more and I can't wait for the day that one lands in my driveway!!!

And for a Bonus, here's @Exhaust enjoying the 110* Texas Sun and the Raven FRS behind him!

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And for even more bonus, CHECK OUT ALL THE SWAG SCION GAVE US!!!

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Posters, Lanyards, Hats, you name it! They just give all this stuff away!

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Also, I attended the event as a representative of our dear Home, FT86Club.com. And so, I made this awesome nametag so everyone would bow down to me at the event...

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Ouch how to figure out an auto?? :( Hes telling me about "how cool" triptonic was... like I didnt know lmao.

Most of my time was spent adjusting the damns seat, im WAY too short! :mad0259:

All in all, atleast you didnt mention the 'cone' fiasco lol

Thanks for reminding me!


@Exhaust was the only one to hit any cones! :clap::clap:

It was hilarious! :lol::lol::lol:

I find my new title, suiting.....

Now I'm wishing I had gone to the event in Nashville.

It was damn good fun! And free!

Awesome. Thanks!









@ Eveyone:

Don't forget to THANK our Thanking Meister Mod!



Bitches!

@Guff great photos - what fun!

@Exhaust 'round here we call cones puppies. You hit puppies!

Then I slaughtered a whole litter :(

In my defense, this was my first ever AutoX event and I didnt even hit cones till the time came for my second run and I wanted to play ken block :)

Your course looked way more fun than the one they did in Nashville. Ours was in the football stadium parking lot which has lots of grass islands for tail-gating. (Fewer injuries when drunks fall in grass versus concrete? :iono: )

Congrats on your first autocross! Now don't go all crazy about it. :thumbsup: It's okay to drive a car with floormats and a spare tire.

My darn clean OCD will always make me get floormats... -_- I hate a dirty messy car. Lol

Two words: Polypropylene shoe covers.

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But I drive barefoot. :/ That's like feet condoms.

Barefoot?!?!?


How u make pedal pressures??? I couldn't drive Barefooted comfortably... I would always think I am not pressing the pedal hard enough...

Looked like you guys had a blast with all the friends alongside! :drinking:

We certainly did! 14 of the 20-25 people there were my family/friends! And now they are ALL HOOKED on this car!!

Sorry for being a curious mind. What is the *paper* underneath your nametag? It has the town of Flower Mound, I believe this is where you live. then there are two fields: *offense* and *description*. And these two words just got me thinking what that paper is for..... :iono:

Are you creating a mob of FR-S/BRZ in your related family and friends now? :thumbsup:

That may or may not be a fake parking citation that someone mocked up to stop my neighbor from parking on the street because he was creating a blind corner...


And a family Zx6 mob is something from my wildest dreams!! :wub:

Well with barefeet I can feel where the friction point better. With shoes its easier but I learn a bit easier. :P

And as for pressing the pedal... Yea you kinda don't know but after going barefoot then putting on shoes you pick up small stuff. xD

and i wasnt invited.... i am disappoint...

EDIT: ohh wait ive had one since may... and its damn fun getting groceries! lol still would have been nice to go

Good stuff here. :thumbsup:

Wow, talk about dominating the pack! :bellyroll:

@Exhaust - Haha, man Guff has got you on blast. You're a cold cone killing FRS driver now. :bellyroll:

@Guff - It looks like they used the same layout that they had setup over in Mass too. Anyway, talk about bringing the house down by inviting that many family members to the test drive. I know I couldn't persuade anyone in my family to go, well maybe 1 or 2, but at least they're into the car as mush as you are, that's pretty cool. :thumbsup:

Yup, yup! I'm glad I have such car inclined relatives!!!!


And @carbonBLUE, I totally forgot to tell you. I'm sorry bro! But it's ok, you get to experience what we did every day... :bellyroll: I'm mad jelly....

I know man when it happened I was saying id never hear the end of it!! :sigh:

This is true, these guys mention the supra like its not even a big deal:popcorn:

He's not the first.

Well, I didn't hit ANY cones in AutoX at the press media event, BUT I sure ATE a cone in figure 8... REALLY HARD

BTW, why this thread is in off-topic? Guff, move em to on-topic! lol

All the cool people are in off topic! :lol:


I guess I'll move it to FRS Media...

Well, I post the most in off topic, so that means I'm the coolest? Lol

did you hear the chirping noise? :) :D :D ?

That shit is in your head dude. Turn the radio up.

Damn i didnt even think to listen for that. that sheer omfg im driving moment took over :(

That's okay, shit happens. :D

They would have to go a lot faster to hear that. :bellyroll:

No chirps, just the beautiful rumble of a TRD Exhaust!!!

@Guff

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So, what is so exciting about the tail light winglets? Do tell.......

And how do you find out about the 'First Drive' events?

Damn the red is sexy, that was my 2nd choice :P

When was this event? I guess I missed it. I was too busy driving around town to get my BRZ reach 1K miles (280 miles and going :happyanim:).

Great write up! Did you happen to notice the wheel set up spec? Tire size, wheel's ET?

1 minute 30 seconds? Our course in NJ was like 30 secs :(