Luv my FRS
 

I love my FRS. It looks good, it is a rare car around my neck of the woods, it is cheap to insure, it's good on gas, it runs flawlessly, and the driving experience in the twisties is worth a lot more than the 26k I paid. I've got no crickets, no rattles, no nothing that I'd change. Thank you very much.
That is all...back to fapping. :burnrubber:

Excellent. :-)

Crickets will probably come, so will the rattles. You will be wanting of more power the second you have to merge onto the freeway when you are going 15 and the traffic is going 65+ (I found that out yesterday).

That being said, the 86 is unique and amazing! My favorite car so far (two 03 cobras and an M3) and also the cheapest! The car is a keeper "fo sho!" Can't wait to go FI!

Glad you like the car OP, the love will only grow deeper! Mine has :thumbsup:

5k miles and no cricket in a 2013 made in may in the plant. I think they fixed it.

Please note, the OP is from Kentucky ..... :D

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humfrz

HAHA! True story :laughabove:

I've never had a problem... Onramps in SoCal are practically drag strips compared to some of the ones I've got...

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< 175 feet from 0 to 65 or splattered on the grill of a semi, never thought I needed more power in my 86. My truck on the other hand...

Greetings from another Asphalt owner, you'll grow to love this car man. :happyanim:

Mine was holiday traffic coming out of mission valley (mall area). I was stuck going 15 and the traffic was probably about 75. I had a cobra this time last year, so it's never been an issue. I slammed the gas all the way down and nothing….lol… or it felt like nothing ;) . I almost got killed trying to get out into the lanes. Called the wife up and told her I needed a supercharger. She laughed and told me we would start saving :party0030::party0030:

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Back in the day, with my MGB, I moved from CA to CT.

I was used to the on/off ramps being long and swooping.

So, the first time I exited an "ON/OFF" ramp in CT, off the Merritt Pky, I discovered they were paved with bricks AND the were very sharp curves AND the getting off cars, shared the same ramps with the getting on cars ..... MG or not .... THAT was an experience ...... :eyebulge:

humfrz

Most onramps, I'd think the 86 would be fine - I've never had a problem in my Outback, and it's 25hp less and 500lb heavier than an 86 (though that one in your picture does look a bit hairy). This one here in Boulder though can be bad too- when there's a lot of traffic on 36, I've even found my Cayman to be a bit inadequate/frightening. The really fun part is the decreasing radius corner on the onramp just before the merge lane- if you aren't expecting it, it's really easy to end up unable to make the last bit of the corner, and end up in the right lane of traffic immediately rather than in the 75 feet of merge lane. I've seen more than a few cars do that, and I've also seen a couple of accidents here too. It's a really poorly designed ramp. Fortunately, not that many people use it.

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I never had a problem accelerating on a freeway onramp. That's what proper gear selection is for. Pulls nicely from 5k in 2nd gear.

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On ramps like that scare me .... not so much because of the short merge distance ..... but having some AHole in front of me, panicking and slamming on the brakes .... :paddle:

humfrz

That happens too, and heaven help you if there's much traffic, you're in anything with less than about 400hp, and you're stopped at that yield sign...

Please.

I live in highway-land, it's called shift effectively and keep the car in high RPM ranges.

The description of mine matches yours almost exactly and I haven't heard any crickets.

More power? When I want to drive fast I have a turbo charged MR2 Spyder. The FRS does just fine as a daily driver, and if driven well the FRS has plenty of power (once it's rolling) to merge onto the highway. If I ever sell the Spyder... Who knows I might add FI to the FRS. I'd be more likely to get a Cayman S. The cool thing about this car and the point of the original post is that I have no regrets about buying the FRS. Many people buy a car without any doing any research and have buyer's remorse. Some people get stuck with one of those cars that had annoying defects. I'm keeping my fingers crossed... So far so good for me.

Mine was also made in May of 2013. It had unbelievably loud crickets on the original high pressure fuel pump, plus the newest revised pump has them too. Not fixed because of date of manufacture. I think luck.

Crickets coming in 3....2....1. Here.

Another theory, I never use ethanol gas. 91 or 93 non ethanol gas only. Do people with crickets use ethanol gas?

Cricket issue overblown, way overblown. If you dont care about straightline speed FRS/BRZ makes a fun sporty daily driver. enjoy.

LOLZ...never come to Massachusetts then. :D

Lol, "please." I shift just fine, and "it's called" 0-60 in 6.2 seconds isn't exactly impressive.

You think San Diego doesn't have any highways?

So much hate for mentioning the "elephant in the room" so to speak with this car….. keeping the car in the optimal rpm range only does so much with 200 horse.

The car's power is GREAT for a DD and I really don't have any complaints most of the time, but there have been a handful of times that getting up to speed quickly has been an issue.

For me, the bigger issue is when you're caught out of gear. It's not always possible to predict when you'll want to accelerate in the real world, and downshifting can take an extra 1-2 s, which can be the difference.

You can keep the engine at 4500+ rpm all the time, which would solve the problem, but people will think you're a douche driving like that. I admit I do this time to time when I'm in a rush, but I don't really care what other people think of me, so it doesn't bother me.

Other than those situations though, I agree, 200 hp is plenty for DD in a sub-2800 lbs. car.