FRS/BRZ vs Genesis Coupe 2.0T
 

Hi everyone
My friend ask me to help him ask following questions
1, He is looking for a car to Touge, and he will sell his current Altima to buy it. Thus, that Touge car must also serve as his DD. He really want to know if these two cars are good DD.
2, He planed to spend 8K on his Touge car, that give him only one option: buy FRS/BRZ or Genesis Coupe with salvage title. Are cars with salvage title generally bad?
3, Which one of the two (FRS/BRZ or Genesis Coupe) is a overall superior car?

I chose to get a FRS to replace my gencoupe 2.0 and I have no regrets.

1. Miata.
2. Miata.
3. Miata.

SoCal and touge car? Are you 15?

Jokes aside $8k for a salvage car.... That's a money pit. You'll have a huge gamble just hoping you don't get a junker. Unless you know exactly why it's salvage don't get it.

As far as the cars go, I wouldn't get the Genesis with out a V6. The small 2.0, is fine but not worth it in a heavy ass car.

As KR-S 86 said get a Miata. For $8k you could find one for DD and goofing around.

What is a touge car?

Japanese for a Drift car, or as traditionally known as a down hill drift car.
That's why I joked about his age. Cause kids like that kind of lingo.

It's from those chinese cartoons I think...



In all seriousness OP, it will be a headache, don't do it imo.

$8k will get you a kickass Miata, some fantastic tires and brakes, freshened suspension, and every maintenance item you'll need for the first year or two, bar none one of the best handling production vehicle you can get your hands on regardless of price, the true dagumi-mobile for the U.S. teen. Alternatively I'd look at MR2s, 90's & 00's Hondas (Civic, Integra, Prelude, RSX), maybe Celica. I'd suggest Integra due to price, parts availability, and practicality for a kid.

If you're super ambitious an RX-8 or E30/E36/Z3 BMW would be pretty kickass, but you'll spend about $5k on the car and another $5k on repairs in the first two years if you DIY fix a car that's priced that low.

so you're asking if people on an 86 forum prefer the 86? :bonk:

He is 22 or maybe 23 this year. In fact, I once mentioned Miata before but he refused because Miata has under 200HP and has only two seats. He said he will sell his Altima for about 13K (Let's assume he can actually sell it at this price), but he want to save 5K to spend on mods so that leaves him 8k on buying the car.

Both of you will need to realize that the $5K that he would spend on mods would instead be spent fixing up a broken car.

I would rather suggest keeping the Altima and saving another $10K and buy a used Gen or twin, whichever he wants.

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sf...768955942.html
8k. Perfect.

Wouldn't buy either actually. 8K? Find an old FC or Miata or maybe even an RX-8 or something worth the budget.

The main problem with a Gen for this is that the brakes (even the Brembos) are really bad.

As for 2.0 vs 3.8, for the same money you can buy a 2.0 and with the difference in price between the 3.8, put that amount into mods and the 2.0 will be a faster and better handling car. With terrible brakes.

Plus the Gen tranny is just as infamous as the brakes. The dual mass flywheel is awkward at best

What is Touge? Is that backroad/canyon racing? Or an actual drift/track event?