June 23 Openroad Closed Course Test Drive Event
 

I just came back from the event. Must admit the course was so so, but the car made it so much fun. I was there in the 10 am group (in case you are wondering, I'm really tall chinese guy in the black jacket).

The organizers did a great job. They had 3 cars running all AT tranny. Didn't matter as you can take the entire course in first gear. All TC and VSC were allowed off with sport mode on.

I think this is how test drives should be done. Theres no point in testing a sports car on the street really. Many thanks to jessie, the beautiful scion rep who didn't punch me after a ride like that. I think it caught her by suprise lol.

As for the car, its great. I've only test driven it once 3 weeks ago. Coming back it feels right at home after the first lap. I think this is due to the car being so easy to control. Though I still stand by my opinion that steering feel is lacking. I drove pretty poorly and wasn't smooth on the controls but it didn't punish me as much as I thought it would; the margin before the limit is quite large.

Hope you guys had fun, we should definitely set up a frs/brz club in the lower mainland and meet up.

yea we have a few members interested in forming a club but Cory is a maybe and Ikaros I no longer see on here. Marloon has to wait for his exam marks and everyone else is waiting for cars haha

Just pretty much me, bneale, syncromesh and scioneric I guess right now.

I got a spot for the last group cant remember the time but not sure if I should even go with its just autos on a so so course. I can just go to Cypress and goof off there again.

=[ Don't forget about me! Soon enough I will get this car I've been waiting for and we'll start hanging out!

Anyways, I went to test drive the FR-S at Lansdowne on this beautiful sunny day, got to try it twice even! First timers got priorities...even though some didn't even register... Anyways, all I can say is that, the 2nd time was well worth the 30 mins wait! I'll be uploading some videos soon! Smiles from ear to ear for me today!

I noticed alittle understeer while I was really reving this thing hard around corners... even with traction control off and sports mode on...I only wish they had a MT so I can compare the both. Kinda too bad they only had AT... but in the end, overall this car is freak'n FUN!
To those who says autos ain't fun, well; you obviously haven't driven this car before! In "D" it lets you rev as high as you want with a rev limiter of course. If you use the paddle shifting "M" mode, upshifting and downshifting is just as fun; when upshifting, there's barely any delay; when downshifting it rev matches your RPM and goes insanely smooth! (Love the sound of the boxer engine!)

Videos and Pictures Added!

Inside Perspective
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sDQ7A63KoU&feature=youtu.be

Outside Perspective
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-kCc...ature=youtu.be

i've got mine already as well (im sure i'll see you at the first meet). but mine is in the shop already @ 500km on the clock getting an oil leak fixed behind the bellhousing :(

What?? Already a leak?...:eyebulge:

Yup pretty gutted about it too, pretty major leak in a bad spot. When they pull the tranny at 500km its not a happy situation.

I also noticed some understeer. I think it is due to me not transfering the weight properly. The professional reviews all have tested at faster speed than what we did, so I think the layout of the course has something to do with it as well.

I had 2 runs too, props to the reps who took all that beating today.

Hrm, did they give you any information such as if anybody else experienced the same thing? Hoping this is an isolated incident and you'll be up and running soon.

Well I get all the inside goods, my father is a technical instructor @ Toyota canada , and it seems like I'm the only one so far, was quite a noticeable leak so I'm sure we would have a lot more posts about it if it was wide spread. Unlucky me I guess, seems to be a manufacturing error but really won't know until I get it back ands its not leaking. Can be hard to pinpoint since there's 4 possibilities behind the bell housing engine side, its so new and the oil is so thin and its spraying onto the back of the flywheel the splattering all over the back of the engine so its tough to pinpoint.

Sorry guys for forgetting!! :respekt:

Our club is actually a decent size already then haha

Sorry to hear about the oil leak :confused0068: you got me worried now... I just got my car back from the dealership for the leaky tail lights

wonder if this is still going on maybe I'll swing by...

Honestly I would not be worried about it you would notice this leak right away, and its not something that will spring up, it was a manufacturing error. Just sucks really because of truly how awesome the frs is to drive, missing it already! :sigh: my tails seem to be okay, no condensation at all. But I've seen foggy tails in most modern cars, so no biggie.

Nice! FRS club for Vancouver. I am so in. Now just to wait for my FRS

^ With some random BRZ hanging around ;)

Yeeaah of course they're both basically identical

after 2 days of drying them out. started out half full but was in heavy rain for 10+ hrs.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...620_205157.jpg



for sure

hopefully we don't get brand snobs tho

I'm going to PM the mods and see if we can get our own sub thread instead of just Canada. Maybe a BC? Or maybe we need more members qst haha

Yeah, Canada is too general...lots of people in GTA with FR-S too.

Jay, I kid you not, put some rice in it or it inside a bucket of rice. It sucks up the moisture real quick. I know people have done this when they dropped their phones in water and just put it inside a bucket full of rice. Next day it's all dried up. Give it a try!

Wow fishbowls! Brutal at least they're on order I suppose!

I went at 5ish today when it was raining already unfortunately. Felt kind of rushed and didn't know what settings were allowed or was already set up in the car. Either way, course was so-so with some cones out of place already. Was expecting a slalom actually. Right after I was done, strong winds came by and swept 10+ cones, LOL.

A few forums I've been on don't have sub-regional forums (other than Canada West & Canada East), but many make regional threads where people continue posting such as "Official Vancouver (or BC) FR-S/BRZ Members _____ (Creative name here)". That would act as a general thread for anything pretty much amongst members.

Ahahaha same here I was there from 5-5:30 everything started to fall apart ..

I'm still here lol. I just got swamped with summer courses and course registrations for next year

Went yesterday around 1-2 ish. It was pretty fun but the track area was way too short. The reps said me and my friend were going too fast, but I guess they got scared of all the screeching, so that was no fun. Wanted to go for round 2, but the line up was too long at the time. :P Not too bad, cause I would never do that with my own car, Lol.

I only slowed down at the "slow zone", where the suicidal camera man was located. But really, what else did they expect having a closed course test drive?

There was a slow zone? lol

I never heard anything about a "slow zone" but I went slow at the end towards the camera guy you guys speak of. o_o