A Lot's Happened In A Year: From tC to BRZ
 

In February of 2016 I purchased my first car; an automatic 2013 Scion tC.

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I didn't know much better than the fact that it looked sporty, had a beautiful interior, and it was very agile compared to my dad's hand-me-down 2002 Mercedes ML500 SUV I was driving for the past two years. Well, over the next couple months I started to really learn the REAL substance to the car scene and what each car was strong and weak in. I always had a love for Evos so I picked the Evo crowd to hang around. As time went on I started to want more than an Automatic Transmission NA 4 Banger was and really picked up a desire for something quicker. So as time went on I saved some money and in October of 2016 I bought my first project car. I bought a 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX. Manual, Turbo, AWD, with a 4G63T. I was in love.

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Eventually I decided I was ready to jump up my daily from the tC to something with a wider range of aftermarket options, better community, wider mod support, and retain the same comfort. I did a lot of consideration whether I was finally ready for the Evo I always wanted. After much thought I realized a GSX AND an Evo X was going to be unreasonable and too much for me to keep up with. I opted for a more reliable NA 4 Banger and my alternate choice from the Evo had always been the 86. So I started my hunt. My good friend Allan was helping me search and search for a good BRZ Limited because I needed the heated seats and push to start. Well after hunting around, it became apparent there were not a lot in good shape for sale. Allan's coworker just posted up his Porsche Cayman S for sale and my friend Allan started to get tempted. I put an offer on his 2015 BRZ Series.Blue and after some thought and price discussion, he sold me his Series.Blue with only 17k miles. I couldn't have been happier with such a clean and pristine BRZ.

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Car looks good, did your friend mod it before he sold it to you or did you do that?

He did all the modifications it has, all of which I love would have done myself as well. Only thing I plan to change is the single exit track pipe to a dual exit catback.

Nice! You still have your tC? I bought a new tC too, back in '09. Definitely not in the same class as my BRZ, but it had a TON of backseat legroom for a hatchback coupe.. great for a night out with friends. The reclining back seats were a nice feature too. But not nice enough to keep it.

No I had to give up the tC to get the BRZ. But I definitely miss the hatch space with the seats down and the leg room with the seats up! Definitely a lot of fun with company!