First Impressions
 

People who actually enjoy driving just for the sake of driving will understand...

Welcome

hope you continue to enjoy the car as we do :]

A Kia koup would snap your head back? How many months old are you?

Welcome
 

Drank the Kool-Aid and joined the club. Welcome aboard.

Sometimes I question if this car was worth it since my mr2 provides almost everything the FRS offers and with way more power. But when I get into the FRS, row a few gears and take a few sharp turns, I know why I have this car. Plus is has back seats if needed, gets good gas mileage, and it looks gorgeous.

The only regret I have was not getting the brz instead.

Welcome to the fun world, I love mine also.

why do you regret not getting the brz?

The HID headlamps! Of all the headlamps on the market for the ft86 trio, I still think the stock brz are the nicest looking. Importantly, they are factory OEM. That means quality. Now, I have to fudge with dodgy aftermarket crap if I want HID's for my FRS when I could've gotten the brz and be done with it. The little interior knickknacks are nice too. Either way, they're all the same shit. I'll eventually retrofit brz lamps on my car.

Welcome OP!

My $60 DLM hid kit has been amazing over the past 6k miles. HIDs in projector housings, I know, I know, but to ME these hids look 100% OEM. Of course they aren't the top of the line bi-xenon projectors proper, but seriously... once I adjusted the squirrel finders, there is a proper cutoff and the HIDs do their job. 60 bucks. sixty. dollars.

The only OEM retrofit that seems worth it is the BRZ series blue or similar package, just for those boomerang DRLs. mmmmmm :party0030:

The Forte Koup and FRS both have the same amount of power, but the Kia is turbocharged so it probably has more of a "kick" in acceleration.

I don't really know why I own the FRS. I have a sportier car (Porsche 911) and a comfier car (BMW z3) but the FRS is just too enjoyable as an all-arounder. That's what makes it special to me.

Wait, you traded in 2 cars and you're still making payments on a used (I'm assuming) car? You may have been swindled.

Just a heads-up, it's "FR-S". And welcome :)

If you're after power, this is absolutely NOT the car to buy. Everybody buying this car should know well in advance that this car is not powerful. I understood this going in. In fact, I am glad it only has 200hp and underwhelming so it gives me a chance to train myself on how to drive the car properly. I can't stand people who bitch about the low power of these cars. It's about the handling! Power? Any idiot can add power. Very few are able to make use of it. Even the some 275 horsepowers in my mr2 is more than I can handle. Sadly, I probably will never be able to drive it comfortably fast. Whereas the FRS is so forgiving, going balls out isn't so scary. That was the concept of ft86.

What's the saying... Going fast in a slow car is more fun than driving a fast car slow.

OP, congrats on the FRS. Now let the crickets begin!

Koup does 0-60 in 8.6 seconds, FR-S does it in 6.2.

two years with my frs and only 16 662kms how the heck do you drive 100 000 miles every two years ?

It gets better. It's like a two-fiddy motorcycle. It has some limits, but if you learn to drive within or around those limits, it's a freakin' awesome little car. I still think it is an absolute miracle it got built at all. And resist the urge to f-it up with "mods, yo".

If you do get the urge, the best money you can spend is on an OFT*. The gas tunes are very good, but running the thing on E85 is an eye-opener. The first hit is free, as they say.

* Not affiliated in any way.

Welcome to the stock FR-S club, the most discerning and sophisticated of all! If you get the urge to "stance" or start looking at "RB" kits, keep it to yourself or you will be tossed from the club with much ridicule and all the derision we can muster.

I too am fighting the urge..I've added the TRD intake which did improve driveability and a KartBoy shifter. I will upgrade the tires Pilot SS and maybe lighter wheels but nothing excessive 17x8. I want to keep the basic character of the car. More horsepower would be nice but that would totally change what this car is.

I never owned one, but I always thought the main point of the MR2 was handling, not power--just like the FR-S. I took a look at wikipedia and the supercharged 1st gen MR2 had 145 hp and did 0-60 in 6.5s. Without FI the 0-60 times were in the mid 8s. The 2nd gen turbo had 200 hp but with the t-top it weighed 2800 lbs, so its power-to-weight was about the same as the FR-S. There were 35 factory-built TRD conversions of the gen 2 with up to 500 hp and 2400 lb--those were monsters. The 3rd gen had 138 hp and 0-60 times 6.8s or slower depending on transmission.

P.S. I know its kind of sad spending new years eve on wikipedia... Im just waiting for some friends to come over. Happy new year to all!

As a Clint Eastwood fan, I thought your picture response was pretty darn funny!

Thanks for the laugh:happyanim: