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Originally Posted by SlowButFun
Nearly everyone DESPISES me here because I'm honest to a fault, but I refuse to lie and not call a spade a spade:
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Don't despise you in particular, I'm sure you are a swell guy. However I don't particularly care for broad sweeping statements such as
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Originally Posted by SlowButFun
The FR-S is an AWFUL daily driver, and that punishment doesn't yield enough power & reward even on the very few track days the car will see (by the very few who will track it)....
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particularly given I have almost 60,000 miles on the car as a daily driver and have had no particular issue with it as such, even with my mid-50's pudgy frame getting in and out of it every day. So, I would say my experience as a DD out-trumps yours, but hey if its not a good DD for you, that's OK.
I think what you and others forget is that it is a sports car, not a race car, and not a luxury sports sedan. I personally couldn't care less if it can out perform these other cars, because I have no need to outrun them or even out-corner them. If I had wanted a car that performed like the others, well I would have bought the others.
Yes, I'm probably in the minority on here, but I would say I represent the pretty average buyer of any sports car (as opposed to the average member of a forum). I drove the car, I liked it, I bought it, I drive it, I'm happy with it. If I wasn't I'd sell it, and buy something else.
As far as track days, only a very small percentage of ANY sports car ever see a track day. If anything that only becomes common after the 2nd or 3rd owner.
It is a niche car and I'm actually surprised they've sold it in the numbers they have.