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Originally Posted by tahdizzle
I'll be that guy.
If you bought a twin because you needed something to take your kid around in. You bought the wrong car period.
If you are a soccer dad, be a soccer dad. Don't turn your nose up at a sports car because you can't fit your kid in it.
You are absolutely right. People looking to spend 50k on a car, probably didn't cross shop with a 25-30k car. Definitely not for a family car.
The ONLY reason the twins have a back seat is for insurance purposes. Because of the target market, insurance costs needed to be low.
However; people shopping for a sports car. Did cross shop the twin with many other sports car. Potentially ones that were beyond the 50k price tag.
Those guys wanted a track car, a weekend toy. Granted a twin doesn't have the performance #s of those more expensive cars, but the driving feel is there w/o the 50K+ price tag.
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The kid is in the car two days a week. We also have a specific family car for family outings. I only have one kid and that is all that we are planning to have. The FR-S is just big enough for my occasional use.
My basic point is that some of the compromises I'm willing to deal with in a $25k car are not something I'd be willing to deal with in a $40k car. I'm not turning my nose up at them. Those cars just don't have a place in my personal situation at that price.
I don't buy into the back seat helping for insurance purposes by an appreciable amount. As soon as people start crashing them, they will have sky high rates like the WRX. Maybe the first year, rates were low, but I bet it is considered a higher risk car like the WRX now.
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