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A little about my background. I don't really know a ton about cars. My last manual was a shitbox '91 Acura Integra, that I bought for 3K with purple bubbly tint, a leaky as fuck trunk, a front wheel drive monstrosity that I loved dearly, even when the brakes were so bad that I had to downshift just to slow down.
After that was a 2004 Ford F150, which was primarily bought to haul around my dirt bike. 2008 YZ450F. She's my baby. Hell they both are. I still love my truck to pieces. I have been tainted by 6+ years of driving an automatic and I am relatively struggling with this new car in manual transmission. I am not really struggling, more like I am terrified the asshat behind me is going to line up on my bumper on a hill start and I am going to crash into them before I even make my first payment kind of terrified.
In all my years of motocross riding, there is a constant. 90% rider, 10% bike. I have seen people do things on clapped out bikes with no crazy expensive tunes or upgrades that make my head spin. The point I am getting at is that no mods are going to magically make a person a better driver. Seat time and experience will get a person there.
My BRZ is stock. This is my first ever new car purchase and I am not going to do any mods. First off, I don't know what the hell I am doing. Secondly, I need that warranty. These cars are still in their infancy and I am hesitant to make changes or even really trust cars that are so young. (Think Windows Vista/Windows 8.)
If you guys have all this extra cash to burn, why are you not just buying a Porsche Cayman and calling it a day? I get the bonding with a new car and knowing how it gets taken apart, but this all seems like you, having known what you were walking into, (lower power, whatever else gripes with the car, etc. which is the reason for modifying in the first place) did you not go a different direction and be done with it?
This is not directed at anyone in particular, and I have not seen a modded out FR-S/BRZ in my neck of the woods yet, but it will come. I do not like to see my style car bastardized with a riced out body modification or ironing board spoiler. This is not Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. Fuck!
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