First 3 Days of the FR-S (Deer On Road)
 

So

Picked up my Fr-S Friday morning June 1st.
I have had it for 36 Hours, the car now has 300 Miles on it and has gone thru the 1st tank of Gas.

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A Few things.

Gas Light Comes on at around when there is about 2 gallons left (Tank capacity is 13.2).

The Stick Shift Vibrates a lot (Normal?)
The motor sounds very clicky at idle (Normal?)
Backseats are 100% useless and cargo capacity cannot fit a party sized cooler full of beer(haha).

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Seats are excellent how ever it sucks it looses memory every time I move it to access the rear.

I am a portly fellow so I do have to make sure I do not smack my head every time I get in. Sound system is adequate but def distorts when you crank it all the way up.

On my way home from the dealership in the evening after work we had massive downpour and flooding in our area and the car handled it like a champ with water almost coming up to the front end!

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Autocrossing: Autocrossed it less than 24 hours after I got the vehicle (while still staying under 4k Rpms, setup the shift light to light up at 4k rpms) and I am still keeping up with Subaru STI's very easily timing wise. When this thing goes full throttle I am sure there will be no contest.


Deer Incident: I did a relay walk for cancer from 6pm to about 3am( went until 6am but was too tired) and on my way home from leesburg, VA to Columbia, MD on 267 of VA a deer jumped in front of me. Keep in mind I had a whole cooler full of beer behind my seat and so I took super evasive actions at around 75mph.

Literally going from 1 lane to 2 lanes over (no cars were beside me) I know the general rule of thumb is to not turn because thats how crashes occur but I was not going to even come close to that deer with my car less than 48 hours old!

So evasive action at 75mph the car was violently shocked and it felt very sudden and the chassis was definitely upset but it handled it all like a champ, the electronic systems kept me in a straight general direction and MAN I was impressed. Dodged the deer and pulled over 1/2 mile later after I stopped shaking from the sudden shock and went out to check my car.

Not a scratch! This car is definitely champ and as I hoe you do not encounter these situations, in the event you do the car will have your back for sure.

Glad you got through that okay! The deer around here have reached utter nuisance levels.

300 miles on a 13 gallon tank is a average of 23 mpg.

That's about to be expected for the DC area. Lots of stoplights and stop-and-go traffic. You won't see the 30+ MPG unless you get outside the beltway on the Interstates.

He still had 2 gallons of fuel.

So roughly 27 miles per gallon, and that is being to autocrossed. Quite impressive I think

Deer are attracted to these cars. I had my encounter 48 hours after picking mine up. Luckily I was only going about 50 and the FR-S has grippy brakes.

Didn't Ken Gushi encounter one while filming the commercial?

I am at about 20 mpg, basically all lights and city miles

How do you adjust the shift light?

The clicking noise you hear is most likely the sound of the timing chain in addition to the sound of direct injection. Both those things add to the noise of an engine at idle significantly.

Standard practice. Basically means that you have 60 miles to find a gas station when the light comes on. My 4Runner is the same way and it works out well. I don't find myself constantly watching the gas gage and I know I have adequate time to find a pump when the light comes on.

Not sure.

This is a normal thing for direct injection.

It'll just have to ride shotgun.

That stinks. Our MINI with manual seats keeps the slide position when you roll the seat forward. I guess this just means you put everything through the passenger side.

Congrats on the car. Looks fantastic!

As far as the audio is concerned, all of the stock FR-S radios are set up for the TC. You are gonna have to change it over to the FR-S setting.

Press the DISP (I think that's what it says. Too lazy to check. It's under the ODO button on the left.) button until you get to the selection that says Rev or something and either ---- or 0000. Then press and hold the same button until it starts flashing. Press and hold it to adjust the first digit. Press 1 time to go to the second digit. Press and hold again to adjust the second one. after that it'll say b-off. If you want the buzzer to sound as well you can press and hold it again to turn it off and on (b-on or b-off). Should be all set after that. Car as to be stationary too.