New guy with his new FR-S
 

hey all :)

new guy from alabama here!

ever since the US release i've been wanting to grab one but didn't want to spend 24k just yet, nor did i want to get rid of any of my cars.

finally caved 3 days ago and traded in my 06 evo 9 mr se for a PW fr-s :party0030:

now sure, some of you may be thinking, "wtf is wrong with this guy..." lol, but it was time. the evo was nothing but trouble for me and after i hit 116k on it i started losing interest in modifying it any further. had a few things done... nothing crazy but enough to get the good ol' butterflies in the stomach feeling.

however, i think i made a great decision. still figuring out plans for my new frs but i'll spend some time on that one.

anyways... happy to be part of the community. looking forward to some great discussions and watching the whole development of the aftermarket support for this car unfold.

oh yeah, here's a pic:

http://www.whitecranberry.net/0cX/MyCar.jpg

Congrats and welcome to the club :)

awesome great to have you here and happy modding!

are you the same guy from iwsti?

nope... just did a search for d4wt there too and nothing came up. sorry :(

Welcome to the forum! :thumbup:

ah yea different pics

Welcome!

Welcome. And what part of Alabama are you from. I'm from Meridian, MS, close to the state line.

Very nice! Just for comparison lets see a pic of the Evo.

howdy and welcome.

Birmingham area :) my friend actually just moved from Meridian to Mobile, AL for a job... small world!


only have these two right now... got a lot more on my box at home.

[getting new shep tranny installed]

http://whitecranberry.net/0cX/1.jpg


[girlfriend's teg next to my old evo]

http://whitecranberry.net/0cX/2.jpg

Yes it is. I used to live in Hoover.

Congrats and welcome to the forum!

thanks for the warm welcome... man seems like everyone is grabbing the 10's. i was almost going to but i fell in love with white. really want the hids though LOL

EVO IX?!?!?! If I owned one of those, I would never get rid of it.....ever!

Those are the best ones by far

i thought so myself, was actually going to just flat out buy the frs but i have enough cars taking up space in my driveway lol. the evo had a lot of work that needed to be done and the amount of money i have spent on it maintenance wise far exceeded the "fun" stuff that i applied.

a full custom exhaust (straight to the turbo), new mani, shep street trans, blitz induction kit (when i wasn't running tune for straight filter off the turbo), and several nice tunes (done by topspeed in GA) made it A LOT of fun. never got the final numbers though :( with just a catback, test pipe, and tune i was putting down 300awhp/279awtq (mustang dyno also) so who knows what it did with the rest. all other tunes were street tuned.

but with power steering pump problems, i/c pipes that needed replacing, high mileage, and misc aesthetics issues that just bugged me it was time to let it go. :(

the frs has potential, maybe not nearly as much as the evo did but, i'm fine with that. :thumbup:

I put down payment on the white out FRS before I bought the 10s. I love the white color but it was lack of some of the features i.e LED running light, HID etc... also, I was debating whether I wait until October to get the 2014 because I think some of these features will be on 2014's model. Anyway, the 10s is unique and I can pass this opportunity.