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Originally Posted by bfrank1972
100% agree. My frs with header is plenty fast for what I need in 95% of my driving situations. Heck most of the time I'm no more than 60% throttle or I'm easily in ticket territory. I even like the way my car sounds  also agree on the older 911. Plenty fast, about the same speed as my frs now (Maybe a bit quicker, it was a 73 2.4S). But even more visceral, and the sound of an aircooled flat 6 at 7300 rpms... 15 years ago they were reasonable. Now it's just stupidity.
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Yeah, it's a real shame what's happened with the aircooled market. It seems to be correcting, though-- I think the bubble is coming to an end. You still see cars moving now in the $40-80k range, but increasingly it's looking like the idiots who bought average-condition cars with hopes of tripling their money are watching their listings stagnate forever. It's still funny how you see people listing rusted hulks that used to be late-seventies Targas for $25k, though. It ain't quite over yet.
Totally agree about the BRZ. Really the only time I wish it had more power is for overtaking on back-roads. For boring driving it's adequate, and for fun driving it's about as much as you can have and still use it on the road without feeling unreasonable. I haven't done any engine stuff to mine at all... just suspension bits, kept the small wheels, and threw a cat-back on so it makes some noise. In retrospect, I doubt I even needed coilovers-- swaybars and bushings alone would probably have done the trick. It's nice to have a car that'll move around a bit without going more than double the speed limit.