Keep My FR-S With 2,000 Miles or Sell It For a 2009/2010 WRX STi?
 

Looking for advice!

More information would be nice. Mileage on the WRX? How much do you owe on the FR-S? Why did you buy an FR-S if you wanted a WRX?

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I'd personally be hesitant. With the FR-S you know what you have, but STi's tend to be driven.... enthusiastically. Just looking for more power and AWD?

You coming on a FRS/BRZ forum and asking for advice about trading your FRS... Yeah good luck with that.. You should already figure out what most of the advice will be

If you personally don't like the power.. Take the hit on trade in and buy a 3-4 year old car

Hello Dwade and welcome ...... http://www.runemasterstudios.com/gra...mages/wave.gif

I reckon it might be good to trade ..... if you need a bigger back seat ... ;)

humfrz

why? itd be cheaper to buy a supercharger if you want more power.

I guess it depends...to me it doesn't make sense to sell a car you just bought and only have 2000 miles on...

my opinion the FR-S is a brand new car you just bought, i'd keep it, i've made the mistake once going from a brand new car to a used one and i regretted it. Then again this is my personal opinion, i'd go for what best suites your needs.

Either you want an RWD or an AWD. Figure that out first, then move forward.

My question is why didn't you buy the WRX instead of the FR-S..??

i came from an STi to the frs and i dont regret it at all. If all you want is straight line power than get the STi.

1st post huh...

Troll.....

I would recommend trading it for an FR-S 10 Series first. They're worth a little more, so you'll get more for it when you trade the 10 Series in for the STi. The STi will make good value trade in for the BRZ later on down the road.

Then you'll be in a perfect position for when the BRZ STi comes out.

Nah don't. You're going to miss how the FRS handle unless you want to go fast in a straight line..

From a dig, especially. I was watching some UAE autocross on TV the other day, and the Evo's were completely massacring all the 2WD folks. For the most part, everyone was finishing within 3 or 4 seconds of each other, but the guy who got second place in an Evo was like 4 seconds ahead of third place, and first place (another Evo) was like .3 seconds ahead of the second place Evo. Of course, I don't know what any of the cars had done to them.

There's sand everywhere in that turd of a country. 4wd gives grip in those awful conditions.

Yep. So keep that in mind, OP.

Classic apples and oranges. I own a 2008 STI and an 86. No intention of selling either one but if I do I might just part with the STi and keep the 86.
The 86 is basic (pure driving) fun. Simple, light and rear wheel drive.
The STi has been modified in and out and provides a more intense adrenaline rush.

the sti can handle it's own, but rwd will always be superior.

yea when i autox my sti in SM class it was full of STi's and evo's that were hella fast.

why not just wait until the Sti BRZ arrives?

No no. My way was much better.

Why not wait for this?
http://www.thetorquereport.com/14M_VL9_001.jpg
http://www.thetorquereport.com/asset...001-27475.html

Your first post is to ask whether you should get rid of your car. Smells of troll.

Clearly troll


Dwade
Junior Member

Join Date: Jul 2013
Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S 6MT Red
Location: Massachusetts

Do not get. Searching yields lots of NBA results.

Still do not get.

I would wait too, but I suspect the production STi will look closer to what we have now than the concept. Which is too bad, because I love the concept..

Oh let me trade my brand new car for a 5 y/o car...it better be a damn ferrari

Yeah RWD is always fun

Heat fan, massachusetts,

this isn't hard.

Bet the dude with lebron as his avatar gets the joke.

1 post also.

Wat? I came from a 2011 STI, and an STI is not all about "straight line power"

Compared to the 86 it is. I said straight line power because most of these threads only talk about straight power

I gave up my stage 2 2012 wrx for the frs. no looking back. The steering feel of the frs feels worlds beyond the wrx

Agreed.

If the WRX was all about straight line power, why in the world would they give it AWD? Added weight and more drive train power loss than RWD. Straight line power is a RWD game.

OP is probably a troll. That said, 09/10 STI, unless it's '10 SE, is gonna be pretty cushy/wobbly. Also, good luck finding one that's unmolested and costs sane money. 2009-10 is the depth of the recession, there are few of those and they cost just a few grand less than a brand-new one.

Agree on op being a troll, 09/10 STi is the ones without the widebody facelift....

Talking with the head of the local subie dealer this weekend at Autocross we were talking about the new concept car. He said the final production will have that front bumper but the rest of the car will follow the profile that we have now for the sti. I didn't see pics but could be interesting.

No, you're thinking of the regular WRX. The STI has always had the widebody fenders, while the WRX didn't get them until the 2011 model year, when the STI was offered in a sedan bodystyle as well.

The way I look at it is that the FRS with a turbo at 7 psi and fuel upgrades makes 300whp. That cost 5,000 at most. Frs 25,000 + 5,000= 30,000 approx. sti 09 or 2010 in good condition low mileage is going to cost about 30,000 or 31,000. And it makes 305 at 14.5psi. Same hp less psi required.

I almost did the same think you are doing. I considered a 2010 it was running for 29,000 with 45,000 miles I think. I also looked at a new sti. It is 38,000 at the lowest. I didn't do it because the fa20 is a better block to boost on and that is proven by Crawford performance. The frs is lighter and rwd the sti isn't.

That is my two cents from my experience. I want to own an sti one day but I have grown to see I have a sti in potential


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