[spcmafia]

When I see a 2nd gen on the road, and I do my courtesy light flash/hand wave to them and the do it back, it brings me joy, means there's someone who used to own a 1st gen, or someone who just joined the family, as I do it for every car on the road that looks like it belongs to a car enthusiast.



I for one, am a person that unless I see a gigantic gap on the product that I own, to what new product is out there, I don't bother. Kind of like owning an iPhone and upgrading every year. Plus Im perfectly content, if anything, my next step up would be a car with a significant power upgrade, plus AWD.



I got yelled at, on another thread when I said that I love the look of the GR86, rather than the BRZ. Coming from owning a 1st gen BRZ, which I got instead of the 1st gen 86, because I thought the 86 looked like an angry catfish. Some folks were saying how they look the same, and is the same car. I like to look at my car as I walk away, and if I don't like at what I'm seeing, is not for me.



Well yes, the 2nd gens are, about 3 steps forward compared to a 13, and like a step and half to 17+. Not enough for me to make the move. I certainly could've because Carvana was, and still is, offering quite a bit of cash, because of their algorithm, the same one that has them on the verge of bankruptcy.



Some folks don't need to have the latest and greatest, now do they need to get it now because is novelty. Saying "You're just mad because you can't afford it" is just childish.



Now, if I was bashing the GR Corolla, you could certainly blame me of bashing it, because I can't afford it, and it would be true, because I could not afford, seeing how impossible it would be to do so. The way I see this thread is more of a confirmation that a 1st gen, for the mean time, is not completely obsolete, because you could have as much fun on either generation. So there's no rush to upgrade. But if you really, REALLY, want to have the latest and greatest, get ready to pay, wait, and this is what you'll get (Insert pros of a 2nd gen).