[jvincent]

Originally Posted by FRS Dad

I just picked up a 2015 FRS for my 20 yr old son. Sadly he's not much of a gear head and went to Toyota looking at a friggin' Camry or something but I talked him into the FRS (with a 6 speed no less.) I grew up loving Asian built NA small displacement RWD coupes.

My first new car was an 82 Celica ST with a stick. I've owned a series of Z cars, including an 83 280ZX, a couple of 300ZX, an RX7, and later a BMW Z3, an 05 GTO, a 2012 Audi A5, and my current DD, a 2010 Mercedes S550. All nice cars but hard to recapture the fun of those 80's era Toyotas and Datsuns.

Here's my impression of the FRS/BRZ. Anyone who loves cars should hunt down the people responsible for this thing and kiss their ass(es) repeatedly. I've driven the crap out of that little thing the past couple of days and it's a terrific car that performs exactly as intended... as a lightweight small displacement RWD sports coupe. It's primitive as far as amenities go but that plays to its charm. It's all business.

In terms of power, having owned the 05 GTO (actually an imported Australian built Holden Commodore with a 400hp/400fp 'Vette LS2 V8) will spoil a guy, not so much for the horsepower but for the torque. The FRS obviously needs to be wound up quite a bit and kept there to perform well, and the run from first to second creates a lot of sound and fury but not much pull, but it's a blast to drive. You guys who are young enough and unencumbered enough to have a two seat coupe as a DD are some lucky mo' fo's.

Nominated for the post hall of fame.

Your son is lucky. You will probably be flooded with adoption requests shortly.