[Takumi788]

Track day instructor and 2013 FRS track car owner here. I will try to keep my thoughts in bullet format so this post stays relatively short and on point. Here is what I thought of quickly.

The twins can make for a great track/daily.

I own a 2013 with 50k miles, at least 20k are track miles with no issues. However I do recommend a 2015+ just so you dont have to deal with first production year issues.

The STX autocross class allows for a lot of fun modifications that don't impede daily drive-ability. The twins are very competitive in this class and there is an enormous thread on STX in this forum. Stock class will also be fun.

Overall the twins are a very safe car in case the worse happens.

In stock form they do tend to get a little tail happy but nothing that isn't to be expected from a rwd platform and nothing the traction control can't handle. Highly recommend keeping the traction control on for beginners. If it starts getting annoying, turn the VSC off for to make it more tolerable.

Look for leaking seals near the back passenger side and the front cover of the engine. The rear leak is an easy fix, use it to talk down the price, the front is a pain, avoid purchase or have it fixed by a Subaru tech.

It would be good to know what coil packs the perspective car has. Triangular plug style are good. flat plugs are 2013-2014ish spec and tend to over heat easily with continued track use. More info in other threads here if I am not clear.

If you do get a 2012-2013 make sure the valve spring recall has been successfully completed. Recall +3000 miles is a safe indicator that it was done correctly.

As for bringing him to the track. Just make sure he doesn't get to cocky and you should be good.