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Originally Posted by Mag
That guys post is also all over the place.
I am reading of bad depreciation? I could barely find any on Ebay for sale at all. They seem to be pretty popular.
Saw a thread about a slight oil leak some of them develop but imagine that would be covered under warranty?
Also is the car mostly sheet steel? Or is there some aluminum on it? I am amazed its so light.
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He tried to make a BRZ fast as a Porsche, bought a Porsche and regretted time and money spent on modding a BRZ to be what he wanted.
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=69
Stock FR-S/BRZ with reasonable miles on it (10k-30k) would be lucky to get $20k, that's a $5k loss over ~2 years, dealerships are offering around $16k for trade in, nearly a $10k loss with the car not even out for 3 years. It's better than most European automakers but nothing like your typical Toyota.
Yes warranty, even so, it's a leak, crack it open and seal it up, not rocket science. It's been really reliable.
Aluminum hood (pop the hood it's incredibly light, carbon fiber would be for show only, most aftermarket is heavier than oem) the rest of the car is steel, which imo is good the chassis is very well sorted, stiff, and economical. Aluminum is still tricky as a chassis material due to the harsh stress cycle that a consumer vehicle must endure and aluminum has a fatigue limit whereas steel can be designed to theoretically last forever, an aluminum chassis would have driven up the price a lot for maybe a handful of lbs. saved, the weight savings is in the lack of sound deadening, bare essential cabin ammenities and designing for a single purpose instead of sharing a platform with family sedans and hybrids and station wagons *cough cough GM*
http://www.media.subaru.com/newsrele...id=190&mid=127