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If this is your daughter's first car I'm not sure this is the car you should be buying her... Granted if she's a gearhead like yourself, she may be fine it's just that...
- Driving this car in inclement weather is possible but it takes discipline / control which most people don't really have until after driving for a few years (despite the fact that they probably think they do).
- The blindspots take some getting used to (not much of an issue for an experienced driver, but looking back to when I first started driving I can see how something like this could have gotten me into trouble)
- The car is noisy... Even if you've test drove the car 2-3 times you won't realize how noisy it is until you've actually owned and daily drove the car for a good month. LONG TERM is your daughter going to be fine with how loud the car is / the fact you feel every bump?
- The car brings a lot of attention. Like most on here I've lost track of the number of times I've had:
1) A random douche want to race.
2) Someone (generally an older male) approach me just to talk about the car.
^If I had a daughter #2 above would worry me a bit - though to be fair every encounter I've had where someone has stopped to ask me about the car has been pleasant / an enjoyable conversation.^
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Anyway - if you haven't already get your daughter to test drive the car / spend some time in it yourself.
From a reliability standpoint I think the car will do just fine there's just some quirks to it and it does require a little more effort to maintain...
edit: Hope I didn't come off trying to make owning a FR-S sound like owning a rocket ship... If you do go ahead and buy the FR-S just be sure to ease your daughter into it.
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