has the love affair ended?
 

I'm not sure what's been going on as of late but I see lots of part out and 86's up for sale? has the love affair ended on the twins?

Buy, mod, sell and move on to the newest hotness. A lot of people seem to be in that mode. I don't ever see myself selling mine though.

Till death do us part was my promise. And I'm a man of my word.

Just remember a lot of the builds you see on facebook and social media are just that builds for a company or promotion. So yes they will part out or sell the car to move on to the next thing. Only a hand full will build and hang on to the ride because it was built for personal reasons not business like myself!

Only attractive models I see are Jaguar Ftype, M4, and C7 Vetter to replace the 86. I will keep my BRZ for a very long time, and go wide body eventually.

The retards have moved on.

from what I have seen, it is usually,,
-salvaged
-impulse buy, can not afford
-no power
-too small, baby seat, short wifey, etc
-out of the game, show cars, test cars, realized fast car is more than just turbo kit.

Ewww band wagons but whatever's . Nothing like cruising in a eighty six

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Or got a deal for a better car that they couldn't resist.

Reason for me thinking about selling is more depression from things with my my girlfriend ending. I've only sold the Perrin crank pulley so far. The BRZ isn't a perfect car, but the perfect car in my mind doesn't exist and won't for a long time. It is the closest thing to perfect so far though. In my mind something that handles just a little better, not having any power steering similar to my old Lotus Elise, yet still being as comfortable or more comfortable like a 4 series BMW, but also being completely electric and having a range of 200+ miles is what I'd like. Removable hard top like the Elise. I'm basically describing a Tesla Roadster with a little more comfortable seats. Maybe I should go test drive a couple to see if what I'm describing is what I truly think is perfect.

It's part of the cycle. The car is a few years old now, meaning that the kind of people that buy, mod, and then discard and replace are all coming up on their next round.

I'd say it's a good time for someone to get into a used twin, but those ones are probably the ones to avoid.

I'm not married to my cars
The chassis is exceptional. The power plant has its issues. All the work and money added up to make mine what it is, a bone stock vette or cayman can out accelerate and match our handling, even with my koni race setup, sc and full exh tune, ebcs etc.
Would I sell out and get rid of my prized brz?
I drove the new stingray and yeah, I would consider it, money aside
The new 981 and the old 987 are both serious engineering and more hp without turbo or sc
There aren't any cars that I can consider for the same money as my build, tho the new golf r is high up on my list and starts low 30s
Used c6 and 911s are easy reasons to sell

Condolences. To you and anyone else reading, I'd suggest avoiding making major financial decisions when under this kind of strain. (Buying or selling a car or house, quitting a job, etc.)
Best,
-kat



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I'd consider a ft1, but that's gonna be out of my budget. :)

When pushing 160000 miles in 4 more years I will get a new one. Though mine will have all those miles on it I am sure it will make some young guy that can't afford new or low mileage really happy!

Of course the "bloom is off the rose". To expect anything else would be naïve. It's a niche car. No true sports car was ever designed for anything other driving down a curvy road at excessive rates of speed. The 86 is loud inside (even without a modded exhaust), the ride is harsh on all but the smoothest of roads, you can't put much in it. In short it's a sports car.


Most car purchases are emotional and especially so when it's a sports car. We try to justify it to ourselves in any way we can, it's got a back seat(however useless it may be), it gets great gas mileage, etc, etc. Then a year or two down the road we start to recognize it's not a great grocery getter, or even a good freeway cruiser, it doesn't have much in terms of bells and whistles, and the only time I really enjoy driving it is on the back roads or carving a canyon. Problem is that represents 1% of time behind the wheel.


All that being said, my FRS is my daily driver. But I have the luxury of being retired, and my wife has a Cadillac which is our grocery getter/freeway cruiser. I can afford to be in love with mine, but that's probably not the case with a lot of other folks.

Yeah with the 3rd transmission.

Only reason I'm selling is to downsize. I love the car, it's everything I thought it would be and more partly due to it being a part-time fair weather mountain road cruiser.

However, I like the idea of becoming an Oregon/Arizona snowbird better and it makes no financial sense storing a depreciating asset for half the year. Plus another hobby, flying sport aircraft, has a ferocious cash burn rate but is something I'd like to continue enjoying awhile longer.

No question I'll have another, possibly a Gen 2 due in April 2016, should a house I'm selling on a lease/option close then.

Meanwhile, I'm pretending to be sporty flipping the gearshift lever in a '15 Camry V-6 and enjoying the torque.

i contemplated selling the twin not to long ago for the same reason most do. When i bought the car nearly 2 years ago i wanted a impractical sports car. As time went by part of me wanted something i could haul people around, or go to the hardware store with. but if i did end up buying a wagon or hatch, i'd still find it lacking so I decided to keep the twin and plan to buy a used pick up next year.

Hanging on to my babe for a while. I guess I am a true twin lover

This.


I think I counted the other day this is my 12th different car in just over 5 years. That's part of the reason my wife and I don't have kids, live in a small house, etc. That way we can spend on stuff we like, like cars, good food/booze, vacations, etc.


I was tempted to wait for the new Mustang (I had a '13 GT Track Pack car), but didn't want to go back to the high consumable cost since I do plan to occasionally track the BRZ since I got rid of my dedicated track car.

The new Golf R STARTS at $39k. http://www.vw.com/models/golf-r/

To keep the conversation on topic: I love the car and if I need space my wife's Xterra works great. It's not a perfect car by any stretch but I really bought it to hold me over until there was a new VW that I wanted. To be fair, if I'd known my shoulder surgery was going to help eith my lower back issues I'd still be in my STI.

The new Golf R looks temping, basically comfortable version of a German STI. Too bad there is no Scirocco R for the us market or I might consider.

Just coming up to my one year anniversary and I still love it.


I tend to work my way into driving the car, like breaking in a new relationship. I still have not taken traction control off yet. We are just building the trust...especially in the corners, but that makes the journey sweeter.


Definitely keeping it for another 3 or 4 years and maybe then I will not be able to let it go. I sold my SI a year ago and I still hurt over it. We buy these cars because we LOVE them. As someone on this forum said...if you cannot walk away from it, without looking back then you have the right car. I look back every time...sometimes twice.

With the lengthy car sale list in your sig, would you say you are an impulse seller/buyer? Not trying to have a laugh, genuinely interested. Such a varied, albeit classy list, got good taste

Perfect timing, I hear the supercharged version is coming in 2019 :-)

Mine will have about the same mileage by then (30k a year or so), I wonder how they will hold up.

There will never be a supercharged version.
I am optimistic on the durability! All my Lancers held up well and this should be at least as good.
I can honestly say though that after 5 months of owning it, I still turn my head and look back while walking away.
My 4 other new cars were all "just cars" by this point.

I was joking of course, I still remember when I bought mine, someone told me I should wait a couple of years for the turbo version. It's almost 2 years and 55k miles later and I'm glad I didn't believe any of those stories.

After 2 years I still look back at it and after 12 years I still look back at my TT. That car will always be more special than the BRZ to me just because of the experiences I've had with it though.

I figured you were joking from the tone of the rest of the post. Was just trying to head off the inevitable series of "really?", "heard where?" "no it will be turbo!" and "I like it just the way it is!" posts from those that don't get your joke!!!!!!


You just need to make more memories with the FRS now.

This is my first car. It stunned me when I first saw it roll out back in '12. I still remember what song that guy was playing when he drove pass by. I made it my goal after I graduated that this car would be my first car. It's financed and funded by my hardwork. The 86 has the curves that the supra and mr2 had, and it had that aggressive front end look. The car is planted to the ground with or without an areo kit. The amount of modifications which are available makes this car valuable. Everytime I pull next to a bmw or some high-end car. Their head turns cause they know this 86 is one bad bish, a quater or half their msrp. It might not be as popular which I'm happy about, don't like band wagoners. I have my dislikes about the car(paint job) but I'm happy at the end of the day. Turning the car on is the most exciting part, I ask myself how I should get to point A to point B and which route I should take. Should I take the curvy roads, cruise the freeway or take local is what I ask myself when I go out during the weekends.

I'll say it again. Gonna get buried in mine. Plain & simple.

Provided I can buy a more practical second car later, this ain't going anywhere

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When it comes time to replace mine, probably just before it sees 200k, I'm worried about what new car I could/would replace it with?

Will manual transmissions still exist then? Will my only option really be...miata?

Will internal combustion engines exist?

I'm still in love with mine. Had it since June 2012. With all the mods I've done it's stiff as hell, noisy, and....

FUN!

I take back roads to and from work everyday just to be able to get a daily dose of spirited driving in and usually only drive the Xterra on the weekend with the wife and kids. I miss driving my car by Sunday. It's a keeper.

I love it, it's exactly what I want. It looks awesome, it wasn't too expensive, had RWD, and I like it. Also it doesn't have enough power, which for someone who likes to tinker and improve things is actually a plus. Saving up to buy me an LS. I'm not sure which I will enjoy more, doing the swap or driving it afterwards.

I'm still in love. It's my commuter, I love it. I'm gonna put a lot of miles on this car fast because I commute 50 a day and love driving it as I don't have to take the main drag all the time. It's the first rig I have purchased that I just go out and drive to drive. Now, the journey is the destination, but it's all pavement. And squeezing out an hour of fun is easy. Jeep takes 1/2 day to run to woods, trail and come back to be even worth it.

I like this car because it's light and handles well. I could afford a different car, but I wouldn't move up to a Cayman or similar as I don't see the value. And Porsche's aren't exactly known for their reliability, more like their cost of ownership. I'd rather soup this car up and have fun even if it'll never be a Cayman.

the pursuit of happyness is a vicious cycle. They should accept who they are, and keep searching infinitely without ever finding the "one". Good riddance.

For me, after coming to terms with the nature of the car (a process you can't possibly run through during a test drive) I plan on keeping it and making it more of my own over time. It's definitely a quirky car, but maybe that's why every time I test drive something else I always look back at it and just can't let go. I will admit that my pursuit of perfection has not served my desire to just enjoy it as it is.