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Originally Posted by churchx
1)Weird do hear that fun wise twins seemed even better then miata (maybe very old miata then, if you mentioned no side bolstering at all)? When i test drove 2016 miata it seemed even more fun purely driving fun-wise .. not by much and it went alongside fitment issues (even w/o helmet too little headroom and couldn't get seat for ideal steering wheel/hands/legs position) and practicality compromises that made it below minimum acceptable treshold for daily driven only car, but just fun factor wise imho it was slightly ahead.
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It was a super different ride. My Miata was a 2000, so significantly softer ride than the FR-S, and way down on power. It was a different animal- you really had to carry speed in corners, or it would dog horribly on the exit. The FR-S is more like a motorcycle- hit the brakes as much as you want, then punch it on the exit and try to keep the rear in line. Total gigglefest.
I'll say this, though- no way I'm driving the FR-S even 6/10s on the roads around here. The Miata I could push pretty hard, though.
Good points all around about buying a stock seat and modding that- hadn't thought about that. I'm new to vehicles with pretty much any electronics at all- are they plug-and-play for things like seat sensors, airbags, etc, or does the car recognize the "right" seat and freak out if it's a different one? Hand me an engine to rebuild, and I don't blink. Screw an ECU to it, and my eyes glaze over. Help me out here. :P