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Tcoat 05-30-2017 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Gforce (Post 2919282)
It's basically Subaru Impreza under there. .
No no it is not. All new platform not a cut down Impreza. Sure it looks sillier because all the basics look similar in most cars now but that does not make it an Impreza platform.

angadam 05-30-2017 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Gforce (Post 2919282)
It's basically Subaru Impreza under there. Could care less. Makes a horrendous noise because of very little sound insulation. The underside is heavily undercoated. The outer sills and bottoms of the wheel arches are just plastic so stone chipping is irrelevant to that part of the bodywork.

Canadian cars got shorty mudflaps only on the FRS. I bought a set for my BRZ from my local Toyota dealer. Subaru dealers weren't even given access to the part numbers.
Very true I tried to get them from my Subaru dealer and they said it wasn't an option even though what else are those holes for behind the rear tires?:bonk:

navanodd 05-30-2017 09:40 PM
Will vouch, car is compatible with gravel. Its fun like driving on snow but louder and less cold.

My only comment from past experience with other cars is that if you live on a gravel road or drive on them regularly, expect suspension bushings to wear out much more quickly and rattles to show up.

NMBRzer 05-31-2017 12:24 AM
Ah yeah, I don't think driving slowly on a gravel road will hurt it.
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Scrappydoo 05-31-2017 04:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Tcoat (Post 2919340)
Since Canadian cars all get them stock (as well as heated mirrors like we drive in the winter or something) and whenever I see one without them it looks weird to me.
I think they look unfinished at the rear because of that empty fixing hole. Catches the eye and looks unfinished.

Heated mirrors seem to be stock on the BRZ over here too.

Willie Swoopes 05-31-2017 06:55 AM
In Pennsylvania it's mostly squirrels.

The sound breaks my heart.

Tcoat 05-31-2017 07:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Willie Swoopes (Post 2919575)
In Pennsylvania it's mostly squirrels.

The sound breaks my heart.
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Gforce 05-31-2017 09:44 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tcoat (Post 2919348)
No no it is not. All new platform not a cut down Impreza. Sure it looks sillier because all the basics look similar in most cars now but that does not make it an Impreza platform.
Your source for that would be?

Gforce 05-31-2017 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Tcoat (Post 2919340)
Since Canadian cars all get them stock (as well as heated mirrors like we drive in the winter or something) and whenever I see one without them it looks weird to me.
Not in 2013 they didn't. Only on the FRS.

Tcoat 05-31-2017 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Gforce (Post 2919604)
Your source for that would be?
The development documentation of the car.
The concept was done on a Legacy chassis. The production is a dedicated platform.

Tcoat 05-31-2017 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Gforce (Post 2919605)
Not in 2013 they didn't. Only on the FRS.
True. I forgot I was in the BRZ neighborhood of the forum. I guess they figured nobody in Canada would drive the BRZ in the winter but that all The FRS crowd would.

Gforce 05-31-2017 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Tcoat (Post 2919639)
True. I forgot I was in the BRZ neighborhood of the forum. I guess they figured nobody in Canada would drive the BRZ in the winter but that all The FRS crowd would.
I thought that was odd also, so did my local dealership. Lost revenue for them.

Gforce 05-31-2017 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Tcoat (Post 2919612)
The development documentation of the car.
The concept was done on a Legacy chassis. The production is a dedicated platform.
Some useful links might have been a good idea.

WRBrzRX 06-01-2017 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Gforce (Post 2919853)
Some useful links might have been a good idea.
google any of the development videos from 2 years before the cars came out to see the grey Legacy that was the first mule

stop already with the horrendous misinformation


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