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Originally Posted by DarkSunrise
I met up for lunch with a friend who got excited when I told him I bought an FR-S. He asked me for a ride, so naturally I obliged. He and I are both used to faster cars (he used to have a G35 coupe and I used to have an STI), so I was trying to explain that the FR-S wasn't that fast, but as soon as I took it full throttle in 1-4, his eyes lit up and he told me he LOVED the engine sound and that it seemed fast enough to him. He also loved how flat it cornered and how small/light it was.
These cars just seem to sell themselves. He seems pretty intent on getting one now.  |
You know I've found the same thing. Could it be faster? Hell yeah it could. But is it too slow? No, not at all. Even pulling from 2000 rpm in 4th gear this car has plenty of balls and feels like it pulls well. People have been spoiled by 300+ hp family sedans and 400+ hp cheap muscle cars. But you can't have everything and this car has a ton of direct feel and balance for 25k.
It's funny, after talking to me one of the sales guys at the Toyota dealership where I bought the car is now thinking about getting one. Perhaps I should have gone into sales.
