[ToySub1946]

>Those are two different shades of blue.<

>If the two years of maintenance is same as I got on my FRS...that means two years and 24,000 miles divided by 7500 miles for each oil and filter change. So the bottom line is that a customer gets three oil and filter changes for free. Not any kind of big deal. Paying cash, an oil and filter at dealership is about $80. P&L.<

Forget about any warranty, this vehicle does not need one. My car, bought new, has 68,000 miles on it. That's past the 5 year 60,000 mile warranty. Nothing has gone wrong with my car so far. This is not a German or American pos. This is a carefully manufactured/assembled vehicle, Made In Japan.

Let's complicate it more. There are options on how the car is going to handle, depending on model. The Hakone does not have some suspension pieces same as models with Brembo brakes and Sachs dampers, which are on or available on other models of 86 and BRZ. Some models have different tire/wheel sizes. Takes some research to sort out exactly what an individual wants. There's even a model with different type of Michelin tires. Subaru also has the tS model with it's specific options.

Personally, I drove a used FRS off a Toyota used car lot, before a months later purchase. Once I sat in the driver's seat I was hooked, even before driving it off the lot on a test drive. No other car in my lifetime fit as well. So, seems that was not the case for you. Maybe this is not the best fit for you. I'm 5'7" tall. The cabin of this car fits me like a glove as they say. I've never experienced that in any other car.

I'm certainly the oddball one here as to equipment. My car has manual climate controls and that's what I prefer. I'm thinking about what may be coming in the second generation of this car...I don't want anymore 'safety' stuff on a car than I already have on my current 2015 FRS. Surely the next generation will have more safety stuff as standard equipment. American driver's are getting lazy, they want a car to do things for them, so they don't have to pay strict attention.

I've thought about a new Mazda CX30 but hate that it does not have a touch screen for what I'd need to do operating some things. Instead, a round knob requiring quite a learning curve. Not for me. I'm 73yo. Hate learning new stuff.