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Originally Posted by Rai-zero
No closer to a decision, I went to drive BRZ again today, was a 2017 premium trim so no PP or Limited specific features, I wanted to test drive it agin to see if the power dip was going to bother me or not. I didn't notice the power dip too much, bu the total power was not as great as I'd hoped for.
Got to take it out 15-20 minutes without salesman, I brought my wife along, I suspected that that was best way to get an un escorted drive, but unfortunately my wife does't like the way I drive MT max acceleration, I was able to drive a bit, but didn't get any backroads at all. This was mainly just surface roads with stop lights about the worse type of test drive. I'm on vacation in Florida where it's just flat and I don't know any driving roads. Basically I just drove it around a few miles of roads with stop lights (fairly straight).
So this was my worst test drive of the three.
I do like the car but it's not perfect. No car is prefect, anything as lightweight with more power costs lots more like Cayman. Other cars with lots more power at similar price are a lot heavier such as Mustang.
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I just bought a 2018 Limited auto. While I like the MT better, my wife felt it was just to "jerky" for her (given the way I drive), so I ended up with the auto. The Cayman has the same size engine in displacement. If you added a turbo to the BRZ, you'd have the exact same power as the base Cayman. Of course, if you want to spend the same as 3 BRZ's, you could have the fastest Cayman.
I actually didn't want a car with brute power, as that is what I had driving Porsches for 27 years or so. My last Porsche had over 500 horses. For me, that takes some of the fun out of the car. The BRZ is well balanced, and that works fine for me. It will do almost as well on the track as some higher hp cars because it handles so well. In a year or so, I may well add the turbo, but I'll give it some time before I make that decision. Good luck...