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Originally Posted by alex87f
parasitic noises, vibrations, leaks or out-of-spec panel gaps, that may be annoying in a street car, but do not matter whatsoever in a race car.
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Well tbh if I cared about vibrations, rust, perfect panel fitment and noises I would go buy some Audi (especially considering my father works here and I could get like 40% worker discount) but I didn't. Let's be real - nobody buys such car with comfortable daily ride in mind. I don't even worship how it looks I mean it's okay but it's not like I'm dying for how it looks. The only thing that worries me atm is how will it perform on track after repairs since I already tracked it like literally first day after it crossed burn-in period (maybe it's one of factors that translated to my too high confidence on street) and I'm gonna continue tracking it at very least twice a month. I bought it because it's fun af and handles exceptionally well and
as secondary putpose can be somewhat used to carry people and grocery around unlike MX5 Miata. It also means that if required - I don't rule out necessity to install additional strut bars and braces to fill in rigidity loss due to repairs - I've seen there are even strut bars installed under rear bash bar support for BRZ so I guess that's something to consider in worst case. If there was a cage that doesn't erase back seats I would maybe even consider installing one
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Originally Posted by alex87f
As far as your car, well it sucks to see a WRB PP car in that condition [...] then the only thing worth worrying about is resale value, which is nullified by the fact your car is leased.
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Haha it's actually even a bit worse - It's Final Edition in top spec - price I got at dealership was like 48 grands (bc VAT tax in EU, translates to 39k usd without tax) so it really sucks to see it that way - it could become collectors car in few years... But oh well it probably won't then. It is leased but my leasing was calculated for 0$ residual value so it makes absolutely no sense for me to not buy it after lease (since it'll be like 1k to buy it at the end of lease). I did it that way because I never really planned to not buy it.
Truth to be told this crash kinda solved dilemma I had before regarding putting any aftermarket mods on it. It was limited run edition, brand new, 5 yr. warranty, clean history I felt some moral barrier that discouraged me from doing any mods in fear of loosing value of such car with potential collectors value. But now it's not in pristine condition anyways, carries battle scars and won't hold resale value anyways so whatever I can just make it my track machine like I always wanted without any regrets c: