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Originally Posted by nyc
I'm not sure after putting all the money and upgrades into the brz that it's going to maintain its reliability. Forced induction problems are expensive to fix as well. Plus the fact the Cayman is on another level everywhere. A CPO cayman has a longer and better warranty as well. I wasn't aware of subarus being known for reliability and their is already issues with this car. I'm not saying the cayman would be cheaper but after following the car for 6 years I've realized it's not something I couldn't afford. I think if you factor in your upgrades and especially if you had to pay for install the Cayman is a cheaper price tag with a much better resale. When owning a car you have to factor everything regarding cost to own. Buying the pcar used is gonna save you on the resale. I wouldn't want to try to sell a modded brz, it's hard and you usually spend time and money removing the upgrade parts because you'll get no value if they aren't parted out. It comes down to preference and I just couldn't see myself spending $12k on parts for a $23k car ( grand total $35k plus install) when you can get a lightly used cayman s with 20k miles. Just my opinion
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Sure, if you're not mechanically inclined and have to pay for people to build your car for you, you obviously go for the car that is done right off the showroom floor.
Cayman has a 50K mile warranty and there's people nearing that on FI on the twins already.
You're also missing the point that after all those mods you'd actually be faster than the Cayman...
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Originally Posted by stonenewt
If we're comparing like with like we need a known good Cayman, that basically means new, at the spec of a BRZ SE a Cayman is £22k more than a BRZ. A Cayman S is £28K more. I'm not convinced it's going to take £22k to build a BRZ into something of the same performance & handling ability.
A complete 280bhp supercharger kit - £5k fitted
Ohlins suspension - £3k fitted
Big brake kit - 3.25k fitted
At £34.25k that's 5k shy of a base Cayman without decent headlights or rear parking sensors (lets face it both of these cars need them due to rear visibility).
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I would think you could get a Cayman cheaper over there than we can get them here, so the numbers don't exactly apply outside of the US for what people are saying (as a general rule).
Headlights on the BRZ are HID and excellent. Rear visibility is fine and if needed, a back up camera is cheap...