So the FRS is gone now! I sold it and ended up picking up something with a couple more cylinders... 2 more to be exact...Oh, and they are all inline! And mmmmhmmmm is it smooth!
And Now.... The 335is w/ DCT!!!
First thing that must be done on all my cars is the lights! Got a full LED interior kit ready to rock. Cant stand halogen bulbs. I'll also be figuring out a way to do away with the halogen driving lights that come on only when the car is moving. Those have got to be changed to LED as well. With factory LED rings and Xenon headlights, how could BMW leave those stupid driving lights to be halogen?!
And here is a preview of the full LED conversion!
Aside from implementing lighting bliss, on the agenda for this summer is:
19" wheels/tires
Coilovers
JB4 (or Cobb)
Intake
I really dont think this car needs anything else! BMW did a great job with this car, I am quite impressed and have no complaints thus far. Scoots pretty good for being stock, haven't ripped around any corners yet but we'll see how she does on the factory RFTs.
335is vs FR-S?
Obviously these cars are NOT in the same class. The FRS being a 25k car and this one being a 60k msrp car. But we'll ignore everything but the driving experience.
The FR-S was actually quite a fun car to drive despite its lack of power. I do miss the 6 speed manual a little bit. Its much easier to be a hooligan with a manual than it is with a Dual Clutch Transmission. Also, the weight. WOW if I miss anything the most, its how light and nimble the FRS was. And how you could just throw it into corners and it did not care one bit. You feel very connected to the car and to the road.
The 335is is a very pleasant place to be. Its MUCH more comfortable, the seats are amazingly supportive, the ride is more bearable given our pot-hole infested Minnesota Roads. The engine...oh yes. It has something called TORQUE!!! and I do enjoy it. The Twin turbo I6 is suuupper smooth and it sounds quite nice as well. When pared with the DCT full throttle or on boost shifts give a nasty growl, the rev counter almost instantly drops into the next gear. I'd call it mildly addicting. The straight line fun and the noise is by far much more of an exciting experience than the FRS. But corning is a different story. Not being a full on M3 it doesn't deal with its weight nearly as well as I'd hoped. Its much more of an event taking corners in the 335is than the FRS. It says "hey your going to take 3600lbs of metal and go around that corner? I'll do it but your going to have to work for it!"
Overall i must say I'd rather be driving the 335is everyday as I do than the FRS. The roads here are so bad now its hard to find a place that you can have some fun in the corners anyways. That said, maybe some day I'll build a proper 350whp street monster FRS.