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Originally Posted by Quentin

I'd be one that wouldn't be in a twin at that price regardless of power. At $25k, I tolerate stuffing my kid in the back when it is just the two of us. At $40k, I'm looking at 328i, IS350, etc. I can't justify the impracticable nature of the car at that high of price tag when there are so many quality sedans in that range. Heck, that is used V8 M3 money. More realistically, I'd find myself in a GTI or WRX.

(To the person that would say that the twins would still be offered in base FA20, until Subaru gets more capacity, the twins are supply constrained with the hot selling Forester, WRX, and XV coming down the same line.)

Same boat here. I bought my FRS 12/12 with the intention( like many of us I'm guessing) of DDing it for a couple years, then having it as a dedicated summer/track toy. We'll be shopping around for a WRX for the Mrs. come spring, and then I'll drive her old XRS in the winters and keep the FRS out of the snow.

The old adage is don't track your car if you can't afford to roll it off a cliff and walk away. Its a lot easier to justify spending 25k on a car with a three year loan, doing the bolt on stuff, paying it up and then really going wild on mods (built engine and supercharger for me!) than buying a 35-40k car on a five year loan and stuffing it while you're still two years deep in payments.