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After driving a 135 for 3 years, I am not sure I would agree with your assessment entirely.

Turbo lag was something I never really noticed on this car. I did have the N54 engine with twin turbos, vs the N55 you drove with the single twin scroll turbo. In either case these engines produced full 300ft lbs of torque at 1500 rpms, and carried this to 5200ish rpms. Most of the complaints people had on this engine was the drop off of torque at the end if the power band, vs lag at the beginning.

I thought the seats, at least the ones I had were one of the best. I did have the manual sport seats that had multiple points of adjustment. I am not sure if all of the 135s come with these seats in 2013. I do like the FRS/BRZ seats. The only thing missing is the leg support adjustment in the seat.

The manual transmission in the 135 was one of the best I have had. If the DCT was available when I got mine, I may have gone that route. These had a slight edge of over the manual.

I do like the steering feel better on the FRS/BRZ. It does have a faster steering ratio than the 135.

I am glad I got my BRZ. The only thing I miss is the power of the N54.