FR-S\BRZ owners give thumbs up to AE86 owners
 

Hi,

Had a chance to see AE86 on my way home from work. Guy was in AE86 beater, but regardless of looks, knowing the entire FR-S\BRZ history ties with AE86, gave the guy big thumbs up so that everyone could see it at the red light.

Guys, give AE86 and beater-Civics props, when you see them! These are the guys that popularized these cars to the point that now we are lucky to have ours.

Its cool when people are checking out our shiny toys. But its also cool to give some of it back.

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Thank you, we collectively put a lot of papers, petitions, and inputs for the engineers over the years since 2007. That is, us the AE86 users from 26 of the past years. :D
I am glad the engineers at Team 86 took us seriously, and incorporated a lot of the features we asked for, like easy maintenance, ability to carry 4 tires in the back, staying light and rear drive, spirited NA engine, slick transmission, fun set of tires and ability to fit bigger ones, folded upper fender wells, solid unibody, great seats and seating positions, standard LSD, and much more....

At certain points in time, we all gawked at the choice of Subaru flat four, or Scion badges in the USA. Some of us were again bothered by the choice if a colloquial name we came up a long time ago Hachiroku (86) that meant the AE86 and not this new car...

However, getting behind the wheel, and spending 5 minutes in the car at speed, all those marketing and resource choices all made sense, and complaints flew out the window as we all put a grin on our faces and headed for the twistiest roads we can find.

Indeed we all are very lucky bunch.

did you just say beater civics??? :sigh:

I've always given AE86 drivers props. As a previous owner and devout fan that car holds a special place in my heart. When I was in Japan in November I saw one in Tokyo and started taking pictures of it. The drivers GF noticed and pointed me out. I got a big cheese smile and peace sign out of him. I gave him the thumbs up. Language barriers be damned, we both knew that car was magical.

I'd be glad to give an frs/brz owner props at a stop light, but I haven't seen any here in dallas yet.

I have a feeling they might take it as an insincere gesture, unless it's clearly well taken care of.

Agreed.. I'd feel a little awkward and I think it is unnecessary.

^^^ Seriously?

I still give Subaru owners props from my BRZ and would gladly give props to any FR-S or AE86 owner I saw. Why would they take it as an insincere gesture? These are the cars that ours were based after. If they don't wave back, who cares? At least you're staying true to the roots of this car. A BRZ/FR-S owner who supports AE86's knows what's up. The people who don't wave are probably the people who don't know anything about the history of this car and bought this because their TC got old...

And no to Civic beaters...leave them to their own group...most of them will try to fly by you anyways to prove their Honda is better. Granted their are sweet Honda's around, but the majority of civic beaters that you see on the road daily, are the high school kids with the flat rim hats and noisy fart cans.

their was actually a discussion i saw about this on Club4ag, talking about how when FRS owners pull up to AE86s and dont even give thumbs up because they dont know their roots. almost sounds like your being a little stuck up too, just saying

Are ae86 rare in the states? I would use a different hand signal than waving if i saw a beater sprinter. And the real question why the fk would anyone care about civics?

I haven't seen any AE86 around here yet....but I've been getting a lot of thumbs up with a bunch of Subaru's... :D

Thumbs up to all the FRS guys!

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The "fast and furious" crowd are the life blood of aftermarket companies. While I don't think I need to give them props and thumbs up, it is important to embrace them, IMO

There's a car out there for everybody

I for one feel extremely lucky. I have spent many years on club4ag before with just a shell and a silvertop sitting in my garage. It never came around as a project and is currently being swapped for an AW11 to put the 20V motor in. While I only drove my 86 for 2 weeks I fell in love. The culture drew me in and kept me there. I spend more time on club4ag than I-club or anything else when I had my STi. I grew up learning to work a MR2 and always wanted a true Toyota sports car as I thought they were so driver oriented. The FR-S has given me that chance. I will always though up a deuce, wave, nod whatever to AE86 or any other old school Toyota driver.

I will give any nice car props if the owner has done a good job with it but all civics because of f&f and all 86s because of initial d?? Please.

Around my town, quite rare to see one that is not driven by a puerto rican. Same car, but generally completely different scenes. I can't immediately recall the last time I saw an ae86 that wasn't puerto rican around here. They are usually confused why a white guy in a 240sx is trying to say hi or interested in the car.

...and I still never got one :sigh:
It seems like an ae86 in my garage now would be an anachronism and sit unused between the modern conveniences of the (not yet purchased) BRZ and the ridiculous to drive on normal roads 240sx.

To All,

Civics in question. I was mostly referring to CR-X Civic, which was a hugely popular autox car in EU, on par with original Golf GTI Mk1. Only after reading some replies here, I realized that CR-X in EU and US were sold with different engines (150 VTEC bhp vs 108).

My bodies autox-ed these heavily :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_cr-x

Anyhow, every day you learn something new.

I'm sure the new AE86 owners back in the 80's didn't ALL give props to the old mago-ugly roots of the car, the TE27 Corollas either. Don't sweat it. Not everyone has to be Toyota historical buffs to enjoy the FRS. :D