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This is the End
Most(all) reading this post wont know me but by join date, I may be considered somehwat of an OG here. Like many of us, I found this car a few months before its release and as a 19 year old who just got his first full time job, I set my sights on an 86.
I was about the 3rd person in Delaware to have one. My purchase date was June 14, 2012. A local dealership had exactly what I wanted, an auto Asphalt FRS. For the last 5.5 years, the car has been nothing but great to me and I enjoyed driving it daily.
A few weeks ago, the day after my 25th birthday, a 17 year old kid was speeding on the shoulder of a busy road and smashed into my FRS. Airbags came out and the front end was damaged badly, so I thought it would probably be totaled. I just got the call today that it would be a total loss and the estimate for repairs was over $13k. They offered me a settlement of $15.5k which will pay my loan off and leave me with a few grand. Dealerships were only going to give me about $10k.
So this is my farewell to the 86 community as an owner, but of course I still will be checking in every once in a while and keeping up with the car from year to year. One day down the road I may even get a cheap one because the car was nothing but good to me for over 50k miles. I will leave you with a few pictures and a question...
Any suggestions on whats next? I am looking for a sedan with an aggressive look and some solid performance to match. For me, this entails solid handling and faster than my FRS (not hard to do). I would also like something AWD after 5 winters with the FRS. My budget for financing would be about 30k, but I could lease a new car under 50k.
Some cars that I’m considering
‘14+ Lexus IS 350
Kia Stinger
Genisis G70
WRX
Also considering getting a super cheap beater for a year or two
Cant figure out how to embed pics from my phone the link to my thread(which hasnt been updated for a few years) is in my signature.
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