[soundman98]

originally, i was only looking at used cars.. i came from a '01 eclipse, which i was mostly happy with, and wanted many of the same features, but didn't realise it 'till later.. my original requirements was that anything i got had to be stick, and rwd/awd..

i started by looking at a '05 350z, but was almost immediately turned off by the fact there was zero back seat(i used the back seat for just about everything but people)..

then i test drove a '12 genesis 2.0t r-spec, and was horrifically disappointed, slow to rev, no BOV sound at all, and it felt exactly like the eclipse-- large, heavy and looked fast, but didn't feel it at all..

i briefly looked at a few subaru imprezza wrx sti's, but was mostly turned off by the boy-racer look and image those cars have...

so riding past a toyota dealer, i figured what the hell, i'll give that new fr-s thingie a try.. drove it, and it's perfect-- it's got a backseat for junk, stick, rwd, and double din-ish radio(yes seriously, one of my main points in car shopping is how swappable the radio is, that was the sole reason for the old eclipse)..

so now i just gotta get my order in, in the next few months(waiting until jan/feb so i can take delivery in mar/apr, and have fun with it right away instead of letting the snow torture my new wheels before i get to...)