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Originally Posted by Frost
You mean the one where they used an auto BRZ and compared it against another manual FWD (can't remember the name but it was a Euro only car) which had better tires and said the BRZ was bleh?
I don't mind honest reviews as long as they have facts to back it up with.
They can't say "It SUCKS!" without explaining "It SUCKS! The suspension is vague and has a dual personality deciding sometimes to be harsh on rough roads but vague and overdamped on smooth tarmac" as an example (I know what I just said as an example makes no sense technically). I never did understand why EVO didn't like it.
I now know personally people who have the car and they love it to bits and do agree the hype was right. Heck, one guy traded in his M5 for the FR-S which I found rather overextreme.
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Tires. Lightweight Wheels. Driving for an hour home from dealer on the interstate brought one thing home. Tires. Dunlop Direzzas and lightweight wheels 48 hours later..... Living the dream. Please don't judge this car otherwise. There is a reason for their choice. I don't know what the real reason is. Put it this way.... I would not trust my life with the tires that the 86 has stock. I went 90 on the interstate and felt unsafe. Peroid.
Put the dunlop direzzas and wheels that were 32lbs lighter..... that's what I have been driving, risking my life being a race car driver (what no racetrack!!!). The stock tires on the 86 are not safe. With the tire change..... wait for the rain.... to drift.....weeeee!!!!
If you want to really drive and get your heartbeat up...... get the better tires, and buy an 86. I have explored new worlds with this car. Can't really tell you more than this.... there is no roller coaster than can come close to the 86 with an experienced driver. Don't need the heat on me. But there are some days that I am just in a place that I don't think any other car could come and produce such results. Enough said. Big D
