Good comparison
 

A good shake down with the twins holding there own.

https://youtu.be/cLPxgW71k4c

Interesting, thanks for posting.

I just wonder how he got 38 MPG from the FR-S ...... ??


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He said it was based on highway cruising. I've gotten close to 36 mpg in steady driving (averaged over 3 tankfuls). Also he used the onboard mpg display which in my experience adds about 1.5 mpg.

Yea if you go all highways and run it at 1500 rpm's in 6th I bet you will get sensational gas mileage.

Pretty cool they were able to hold their own.




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He dissed the automatic FR-S for less fun to drive but the interior shots showed that the one he was in was an auto. Maybe that is where his mileage numbers came from.

"If you get the automatic FRS, the gearing is changed to be less aggressive and adds a little bit of weight, and pretty much ruins the experience"

Ouch lol. I'm a long time fan of Engineering Explained. He really does his homework on the cars he reviews, and he has great videos about automotive engineering. You can tell he really knows what he's talking about.

I'm a little baffled at how he equated steering feel to vehicle weight...

He explicitly said he did the 38mpg in a MT BRZ and had a few shots of him shifting it sprinkled through there.

Wow, he's so incredibly hyperactive...fortunately he doesn't live under my roof.

Please, oh please loan me that BRZ which gets 38.1 mpg. Mine has never, ever gotten anything close to that.
Oh, I've figured it out now. His BRZ must have been a different color than my car...thus way better mpg.

I do agree with him, it's the car for me, being as though I don't give a shit what others think...never have for that matter.

I need a nap now, after listening to him...maybe I'll get great mileage whilst my FRS is garaged during that nap.

And yet he came up with that baloney. Somehow sounds like he never even tried manual mode on the AT at all. Which is really odd, as it is really hard to miss that if you do any research on the AT 86.

And I really really hate the whole, "watch me blab while I drive thing." It is so stupid and someday I know one of these people will get into an accident while they are recording. Honestly I thought the video was rather bad, and mentioning all that crap about usefulness when the video was suppose to be about fun to drive is dumb. At least he admits it is stupid at the end.

I hate to break it to you. But my girlfriend has an auto FRS and i have a manual BRZ. There is a very noticeable difference between the gearing. If im in 2nd going around a turn it is waaaaay easier to bring the back end out then when im in the auto FRS. Paddles help, but when they are both in the same gear there is still a big difference. I drive them both almost every day and its definitly there and definitly makes the auto way less peppy. Still fun, but there is way different gearing. 6th gear in the manual going 70 is like 3kish rpms and 2kish in the auto. Its a significantly different gearing ratio.

True. Eg 5th gear manual is the same as 4th auto (1:1)

The automatic is geared differently, which is why it gets better mpg than the manual. I've also felt the difference in acceleration between the automatic and manual. One advantage of working at a dealership. Haha

so what you are saying is the automatic is more useful in the real world for daily driving.