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switchlanez 10-29-2011 05:21 AM
Keiichi Tsuchiya's brief comment according to Tada-san and Moto-P
 
Saw this on my facebook feed from Moto and Tetsuya Tada... :D

Quote:
Originally Posted by Moto via facebook (Post 67772)

Chief Engineer, Mr.Tada of TOYOTA wrote to me today.
I'll roughly translate the message:
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We had a chance to have Mr.Keiichi Tsuchiya test drive our production car today, and he commented as follows...

"The car (FT86) is not only FUN to drive, but in terms of quality and precision of handling, the car has very much surpassed any expectations I had. More easily put, if you had blind folded me and told me this was a new creation by BMW's M department, I would not even hesitate to believe you. It's that good."

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Happy now? :D I'm thrilled because I just sold my own BMW M3 a few months ago in preparation to buy an FRS. :D

Buggy51 10-29-2011 05:26 AM
... >_> I can't compare! Never drove either cars...

Rainmaker86 10-29-2011 05:46 AM
Handling
 
The only thing im worried about is if it will handle well in nebraska winters... :iono:

switchlanez 10-29-2011 05:57 AM
RWD is the least stable layout in the snow. Spray your underbody w/ rubber undercoating so your baby doesn't rust! (no to rattle cans, yes to industrial-grade spray guns shot by a professional)

Rainmaker86 10-29-2011 06:01 AM
Underbody
 
I was for sure going to do that with this car as i plan on keeping it for awhile but with some good winter tires and a careful driver it will be alright?

switchlanez 10-29-2011 06:06 AM
Definitely on those last 2 points. Also give it a good polymer sealant job (stronger than wax) before snowy season to preserve the finish. I'm moving to Kansas so I'll be in a similar situation.

SUB-FT86 10-29-2011 07:20 AM
Good thing I live in the south. RWD was designed for these states...lol

Rainmaker86 10-29-2011 07:43 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by SUB-FT86 (Post 67802)
Good thing I live in the south. RWD was designed for these states...lol
JERK! :paddle: lol i wish there wasnt winter...

enc0re 10-29-2011 09:13 AM
It's all in the tires and electronic nannies. My 3-series with winter tires outperforms my previous Impreza with all-season tires to a ridiculous degree.

Low ground clearance will get you stuck though. And if the CoG on this thing is 1" lower than Cayman, it'll have low ground clearance.

serialk11r 10-29-2011 09:16 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by enc0re (Post 67832)
It's all in the tires and electronic nannies. My 3-series with winter tires outperforms my previous Impreza with all-season tires to a ridiculous degree.

Low ground clearance will get you stuck though. And if the CoG on this thing is 1" lower than Cayman, it'll have low ground clearance.
The camouflaged cars actually all have a pretty high ground clearance. I think the reason for the low CoG is that they tucked everything as low as possible relative to the chassis.

blur 10-29-2011 10:20 AM
Quote:
"The car (FT86) is not only FUN to drive, but in terms of quality and precision of handling, the car has very much surpassed any expectations I had. More easily put, if you had blind folded me and told me this was a new creation by BMW's M department, I would not even hesitate to believe you. It's that good."
Racing God has spoken...

Giccin 10-29-2011 02:01 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by blur (Post 67850)
Racing God has spoken...
That he has.:fighting0040:

ichitaka05 10-29-2011 02:29 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by blur (Post 67850)
Racing God has spoken...
Not saying he isn't... but Senna beat him in the term "Racing God" IMO :bow: :bow: :bow:

Anyways, when I read that quote last night, I was really happy. I hope, they give this car to right/left man of DK, Manabu Orido & Manabu Nobuteru too

nubbster927 10-29-2011 02:39 PM
It would be great to see a best motoring test and track battle with the FT86! Although I heard the show is being canceled?


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