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Originally Posted by StanBo
Hello @ Pilot1226 from another local.
I am in the same boat but with older kids. Mine are teenagers.
When our kids were in your age group my wife and I got WRXs. This opened the door for either of us to get the kids in a pinch if we needed.
If you have a four seater then you should be fine. As a parent it sounds like you truly have to figure out where is the furthest the kids will be from home where they might have to be in the back of the BRZ.
Right now my kids are pretty close to home.
I daily a 2010 tacoma crew cab. My wife has a civic sedan.
So I could take the miata or brz to work and rush home to get the kids if needed.
If you could live with the fast dip home and get to the kids then the car could be made to work. It is all about the discomfort vs fun (and oh it is fun).
There must be BRZ/86 meets in NJ that you could head out to, to see what is going on with the cars.
If you want to check out mine give me a PM.
I will tell you that after a 10min drive we were sold on the car. Dealerships let you test drive without a salesman so you can put the car thru a slight pace. I bought the car we test drove as it was still in plastic wrap and had 8 miles on the clock.
Also food for thought. I walked into my local subaru dealer and got a price for a car on their lot 4 years ago. Adulting kept me from purchasing one for all that time. I am glad I waited. |
Thanks. That sounds good. In ideal circumstances, I should wait until at least August of 2020 when my wife's Honda Pilot is paid off. We bought hers in the summer of 2016. Two years might as well be an eternity, so I'm wrestling with that. I could make it work earlier, I was talking about ideal circumstances.
The reason I was looking for opinions now is because it's very likely if I didn't jump on the Outback 3.6 soon (before MY2020's redesign), I would miss out on the option to get the 3.6 and be forced into either another base 2.5i (FB series this time) or maybe some turbo variant that is not available presently (rumors suggest either the de-tuned FA24DIT in the Ascent or a variant of the FA20... I wouldn't want a DI engine whether NA or Turbo unless it had some anti-carbon tech.
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Originally Posted by Xxyion
Hey @ Pilot1226
I know a lot of people have put in their opinions but i figured i'd add mine as well. My BRZ is my second car. It's not my daily. In the past 6 months i've only put on maybe 500 miles in it
The BRZ is surprisingly a lot more practical than i thought when i first got the car. |
Awesome. Thanks.
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Originally Posted by OfficeWorker
My overall feeling is that if you buy the car, you will probably love it, and you will probably find yourself driving it more than you expect because of how enjoyable the experience is.
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Excellent responses. Thank you. My concern is primarily that of the need for utility and cargo which makes getting rid of the Outback and replacing with a WRX not a viable option. I would want a fun car and a cargo car, basically. The BRZ seems to fill that niche. The WRX is an option, but the BRZ seems more along what I'm looking for (and see above reference my concern over DI)
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Originally Posted by ShansBRZ
I was in the market for a new truck and while I was looking I saw a video for the BRZ. I then decided I would keep my current truck for winter and Home Depot type runs and get a sporty car to curb my mid life crisis. Lol. I looked at a lot of 40k and below cars and kept coming back to the BRZ.
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Right on, smiles per gallon.
All, love the community here. Thanks for your two cents.