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Originally Posted by JR

The 86/BRZ buyer USUALLY falls into two categories. The first is a young individual who is looking to purchase their first new RWD sports car. Once they have the car for awhile, they realize that it is not fast enough to impress their friends and/or win stop light drag races and they end up trading it in for another car around its price range (WRX, Muscle Car, GTI, etc) . The others are enthusiast who appreciate the handling, low center of gravity, low curb weight, throttle response and NA engine where you have to work for your power. They also realize that there are not many vehicles at that price point that offers these things besides the Miata.

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

...or buy it cuz you're having mid-life crisis... like me

Joke a side, I agree the most of the ppl fit into those 2 categories, (i'm in the 2nd one) but even in 1st category, there are other equal or cheaper, faster, roomier options that fits better. (Mustang & etc) But somehow ppl still buy 86. Miata is another good example of this unique mystery lol

I disagree with those two categories. The biggest category are those that like a nice economical coupe that is somewhat practical but fun to drive. This is probably 80% of the owners. It is also the group with almost zero representation on forums so gets ignored. The Miata is even more representative of the category. So much so that it is actually a meme.