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Originally Posted by Tcoat (Post 2977701)

That's not skates...

These are skates

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That's not skates...

These are skates
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Originally Posted by Darth Khan (Post 2977126)

Hi All Fellow Twin Owners.

I have been reading a lot of the posts of various subjects. I have found a lot of them interesting and informative. There is a lot of knowledge being shared which is always a good thing. There are a couple of particular items that keep coming up that that I find interesting but there is one that keeps rearing its ugly head “The twins are slow”. We all know that speed is a relative term and stating the twins are slow can be proved and disproved based on the yard stick being used.

There are lots of reasons to buy a car/van/truck most of them are personal so I decided to ask the question and see what results we get. I have gave 5 categories that are more specific to sports cars. I have not included stuff like mpg and safety ratings as these tend to be secondary in when talking about sports cars.

(I know someone will state that sports cars are safer than saloon cars because of the better stopping distances etc. but my focus is why you decided to buy a twin as opposed to another sports car so the point is moot)

Price: Because I refuse to pay more than 30k for a car regardless of how much I like it.
Looks: Because I don’t race my car. Performance is important but if I don’t like the look of the car I will not buy it.
Handling: Because I hate driving a mattress on wheels.
Performance: Ok 0-60 in about 7s is ok for me. If I had wanted faster I would have purchased a Mustang/Camero.
Aftermarket enhancements: Last because it’s the least important aspect to me

There are probably a number of other factors I could have included but decided to keep it simple.

So all you fellow twin owners. Why did you buy it?

I bought my twin to take it to school drop-off locations and drift around children pylons, just like ken block.

Remind me of a Corvair(I dont know why) which I already own. It was also the second car I’ve ever seen that I knew I had to have when I saw it. First was the Corvair. Oh and it was cheap lol

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Originally Posted by N8RH8R (Post 2978167)

OH OH OH OH
Pics?
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115939

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Originally Posted by Tcoat (Post 2978180)

OH OH OH OH

Pics?

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115939

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e8a0221bfa.jpg my first baby “Black Betty”

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I bought it because I had driven my friend's Series 1.0 edition that had a ton of mods on it already and I fell in love with it. Having come from a Genesis 2.0t R-Spec (rip) it felt quite a bit less torquey, however not much slower at all. For me it came down to the AP1 S2000 or the twins, but both my stepbrothers have S2000s, so I chose to take another path I guess... As I've come to own the car for a year now, I've slowly started driving more and more spiritedly and I noticed that while some extra power would be nice, the car is an AMAZING driver's car and I intend to keep it NA until I'm done paying it off. Not much R&D seems to be done on people wanting to take the NA route yet, but I'm sure in 5 years that'll be a bit different. Sooo there ya have it... plus it was cheap

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$1000 recent college grad scion/toyota rebate on a car that had no markup from the dealer. Was a no brainer.

To get girls.

But the trunk doesn't really hold too many. :/

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Originally Posted by 8RZ (Post 2978537)

To get girls.

But the trunk doesn't really hold too many. :/

that's what asians are for. ;)

I bought my BRZ cause I wasn't ready to throw down $40k for a Focus RS. But ask me again next spring ;)

Because i love coupes and the hyper blue color is amazing.

was in the price range for my first car. looked super aggressive and once i drove it i fell in love