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Originally Posted by dsgerbc
I have both. 08 w/56k. At the moment my spec.b is listed for sale, cause I've almost stopped driving it. I do take it out once a week just to make sure it's not neglected completely. It feels totally alien driving it after the BRZ.
Do not bother modifying the spec, it's a band-aid. I had pretty extensive suspension mods and used most of the regular tricks to make it turn and it never handled anywhere close to BRZ out of the box.
I'm fat, ~6ft tall, and I fit perfectly fine in a BRZ. The longest I've driven it non-stop is probably ~1-1.5hr, and I have zero comfort issues. I'm gonna drive it to Chicago (from Detroit metro) next month, I can report back if you like. If you need a strong lumbar support to be comfortable - you'll need to modify OEM seats/add something.
If your 3-4 hours per day are mostly highway - frequent need to make small corrections might get annoying, then again stock spec.b isn't too good in this department either. On the plus side, it does not get blown off the highway by the wind/oncoming semis on 2-lane roads, like 4th gen Legacys do.
I do miss the perforation in the Alcantara in the spec.
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Thanks.. it's mostly stop and go traffic. I guess once I get a chance to actually drive a BRZ I'll probably realize all this concern is for nothing.
Did the seats hurt your back at first and have they worn in a little or was it completely comfortable from the beginning?