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Originally Posted by Kunzite
There are only 2 kinds of people on this forum:
- those who like the car, and of course are hired by either Toyota/Subaru to promote it
- those who dislike the car, and of course they are hired by the competition
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Woops, you got me. I'm a plant from an evil car company trying to dissuade you guys from buying this car. Plz don't buy this car guys... OK?
If this car was designed for grip than why did they fit it with small/low grip tires and purposely keep the weight balance further forward? In the interviews with Tada, he very clearly said this car was NOT designed for grip like other modern sports cars.
So basically, it's not really great at anything BUT I still want this car. Why? Because it's a modern, good looking (I only like the 86/FR-S styling), and simple/reliable design. I like the size it is and the convenience of a trunk and fold down back seats. I can get navigation, phone, SiriusXM, and HomeLink all integrated (for $2250) as well. The handling should be very good and the Boxer engine should be smooth.
But there are things that certainly disappoint me. For example, if I want the Toyota style HID/LED headlamps... well, too bad, I'll probably have to import them from Germany for tons of money and carefully replace the stock ones. If I want leather/Alcantara seats, well, too bad, I'll likely have to buy the BRZ Limited seats for a ton of money and try to sell my original cloth seats. By which point I'm up over 31k in price. I don't want a BRZ Limited though because I don't like the styling and I don't want a spoiler, dual zone climate control, heated seats, or push start.
Of course, all of this is subject to a test drive. If I feel like there's a lack of power than I'm probably not going to be too excited to put down 28k+ dollars. To put it plainly, I want this car to be an upgrade from my current daily driver. I don't want to go backwards in any regard other than the obvious fact that it won't have all wheel drive. And I particularly don't want to end up having less fun driving it.
So again, I think it would have done Toyota/Subaru wonders to include a slightly bigger engine with more torque. And no, we're not talking huge engines with tons of power; another 30 lb ft of torque would have done the trick. Remember, the success of this car is very important (not that it's doing badly at all now). We should all want this car to be as good as it can be!