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Originally Posted by rowen0fpts
How do you like the Supra compared to the BRZ?
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The Supra is the second favorite car I have owned (and I have owned too many) aside from my FD RX-7's.
It's my first non-manual sports car I have ever owned (after 35 years of owning nothing but manual sports cars). For the 2021's Toyota modified the engine and suspension/handling which improved the car from the 2020 model. I really was not sure if I was going to like not having a manual but so far I rarely miss rowing a manual (I do paddle shift about 99% of the time) and I hope to have a fun project car with my son and it will be a manual.
The Supra is really, really fast. I don't think people realize what even something like a JB4 can do to these cars, but if you do down the route of a tune and downpipe, it's really all you need for about 500whp/tq which is really addicting.
I only get to the track 5-6 times a year on a good year so I have more focused on making the car fast and have worked on some suspension upgrades to improve driving feel, and handling. The the FT86 platform there are so many mods available for the Supra and I have started adding some SPL parts to the suspension which really transforms the handling and feel. So many cars are muted due to rubber bushings which SPL addresses. But I don't want to go too overboard so I am slowing modding things to keep a nice balance of comfort and sport.
I really enjoyed my BRZ, it was a great handling car with a terrific platform to build off. But I knew I had certain power goals and the platform didn't make sense to me at that point and went in another direction entirely. The GR series is really a nice improvement IMHO in terms of improving what they already had without ruining the point of the car.