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I know the title says "BRZ," but they are basically the same car to me, so I figured I'd post this anyway. I don't see a thread like this in the FR-S section (and if there is one, it's not active). Anyways,
I was actually in the market for a 4th Gen Celica GT-S (2000-2006), but I just couldn't find anything anywhere for even remotely close to blue book value after months and months of looking.
Then I found the FR-S when I did a search for fuel efficient lightweight sporty coupes. I had seen it last winter at an auto show in Cleveland, and I loved the styling when I originally saw it. After reading the specs on it, it pretty much hit the nail on the head (and exceeded) in every category that I wanted the Celica for, except it was RWD instead of FWD, which was a major upside to me.
It took me about a week to decide if I wanted to continue shopping around for a Celica with ~80k miles for ~$6,000 or if I wanted to pull the trigger and buy a brand new car. Ultimately, I decided that I would go to the dealership and take an FR-S for a test drive. I told myself that the test drive would be the deciding factor. Needless to say, I fell in love with the FR-S.
The dealership had a 10 Series, and a couple of base models. I really wanted the Firestorm, but they didn't have it on site (it was at a festival about an hour away, on display). At the same time, I liked the interior features of the 10 Series so much more. I went home that night and mulled it over, decided that a 10 Series would hold its value much better in the long run, and went to the dealership and bought the 10 Series the next day. From what I've read, there were only 700 MT 10 Series released, so I feel like I lucked out. I've had the car since late August (2013), I'm at around 1,500 miles already, all I've done to her is install a K&N Air Filter and have all of the fluids swapped, and I couldn't be happier.
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