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Originally Posted by StE92ve
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I read that when someone posted it to my thread a few months back. It doesn't answer the specific question of the glass transition temperature on those tires. There's a difference between the temperature where they start losing a lot of traction (but you can still drive the car home if you're careful) and the temperature at which you're literally damaging the tires just rolling along.
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Originally Posted by alex87f
If it's anything like US vs. EU GT86s, I'd definitely get the highest trim. There's a host of small bits & pieces that are better on the premium cars, which don't seem like much but cost a ton to retrofit (knee pads would be one, heated seats, auto AC, keyless, power folding mirrors, etc.).
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This is exactly it. I'm not ever going to walk out to this car and get in and think "wow, I'm sure glad I saved $X not getting push button start" or any of the other Premium features. My wife's Honda Fit is one trim level from max, it was literally just heated seats, mirrors, and navigation for about $3k. There are days when I wish we'd sprung for it, though I'm overall still happy with that choice. I know better than to think that'd be the case with the GR86.
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Originally Posted by alex87f
I'd get the premium car, and but a set of used FRS wheels to put winter tyres on. They'll fit, and cost absolutely nothing on the used market. Pretty sure you could score a set for a hundred bucks, and have full winter wheels with new winter tyres for $500.
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I hadn't thought of that. Got any for sale?
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Originally Posted by alex87f
Have to say the duckbill spoiler is a bit of a surprise.. I'm no big fan of it either, but I'm sure you'll be able to find someone with a base car that you can swap trunk lids with (on the GT86, all it takes is four bolts to remove it)
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I'm with you on that. I've read some people saying that the car looks better in person than in pictures, so I'm going to reserve judgement until I actually see it, but I like that solution as well. Find someone with the same color base model who wants the OG spoiler and swap. Or wait a few months until someone cracks their car up and buy the trunk lid off the carcass.
We'll see. Hopefully it's not "trying too hard". I'd own a Civic Type R already if I weren't a grown-ass adult. The new model for '22 looks reasonably refined, but it doesn't come out until Spring at the earliest.
The GR86 is just nicer, even if the spoiler is as weird IRL as it looks in pictures.