How satisfied are you with your FR-S/BRZ?

[Champster]

Hi. I don't race anybody just use this car to drive around town for fun. It looks really cool, fun to drive I'm really enjoying it.

[ET86]

About a 7.5

[Trackrat86]

Originally Posted by Weasel Soup

Good:
The seats are amazing, close to Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Recaros.
The way the car loves to turn into corners, it does what you ask when you ask.
The way it feels in the big end of the tachometer when you're stringing corners together and maintaining momentum.
Only about 2000 miles on mine in 8 weeks of ownership, but averaging over 31 mpg.
I want to be driving it on fun roads all the time, enough to take an hour jaunt just because I have the free time.

Bad:
The transmission can be balky when not at operating temperature.
Over the shoulder visibility for reversing and lane changes.
Stock 'summer' tires aren't very good in a competition environment, and they will need to be swapped out in the winter.

There is no reason to be looking over your shoulder if you have your mirrors set correctly. In fact this car is the best car I have ever owned with respect to elimating blind spots. Another big misconception pasted around on this board. I learned how to correctly set my mirrors on my very first track day many, many years ago.

[Quentin]

Originally Posted by Trackrat86

There is no reason to be looking over your shoulder if you have your mirrors set correctly. In fact this car is the best car I have ever owned with respect to elimating blind spots. Another big misconception pasted around on this board. I learned how to correctly set my mirrors on my very first track day many, many years ago.

Agreed. The big mirrors and short distance from the mirror to the tail means that there isn't much space for someone to hide. Our MINI, on the other hand, has such tiny mirrors with an oval shape. That makes it hard to use the mirror alone.


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[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Quentin

Agreed. The big mirrors and short distance from the mirror to the tail means that there isn't much space for someone to hide. Our MINI, on the other hand, has such tiny mirrors with an oval shape. That makes it hard to use the mirror alone.


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Anybody that ever tried (yes, tried) to use this set up knows for a fact that our mirrors are light years ahead of some!

[Quentin]

Fender mounted mirrors are so sexy, though.


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[P86RAVES]

Originally Posted by Trackrat86

There is no reason to be looking over your shoulder if you have your mirrors set correctly. In fact this car is the best car I have ever owned with respect to elimating blind spots. Another big misconception pasted around on this board. I learned how to correctly set my mirrors on my very first track day many, many years ago.

Ok, let's say you're backing out of an angled parking spot and trying to see what's coming? You can't because of that thick c-pillar blocking your view.

[Weasel Soup]

Originally Posted by P86RAVES

Ok, let's say you're backing out of an angled parking spot and trying to see what's coming? You can't because of that thick c-pillar blocking your view.

Originally Posted by Trackrat86

There is no reason to be looking over your shoulder if you have your mirrors set correctly. In fact this car is the best car I have ever owned with respect to elimating blind spots. Another big misconception pasted around on this board. I learned how to correctly set my mirrors on my very first track day many, many years ago.

With what is now 16 months of ownership I have much more confidence in my mirrors. They are indeed set correctly, with zero overlap, but I can still lose a small car as it moves from my driver's door mirror up to my peripheral vision. It only happens for a split second, but it happens.


And as mentioned by @P86RAVES, looking over the shoulder while backing out of a parking spot requires patience to ensure safety. When not on track I often get told I drive like an old man.

[Packofcrows]

8/10 overall on car

[industrial]

3 years and some change into the ownership experience. 9/10


When I wake up at 5:30am to go to work, I still get an extra pep in my step knowing I'll be driving the BRZ. I still look back at it after I park it. It's still a beautiful car. It's still a car I can't even drive at 8/10ths on the track because my skills aren't there but it's still so much fun.


I still plan on keeping it forever. The wife has other plans (accord, yuck). We'll see.

[SUB-FT86]

I have owned 2.0L I4's and I can't understand how anyone thinks it is a better engine than the FA20 unless they want something with higher revs than it.

3 major problems with I4's for me.

1. No torque whatsoever until about 5-6k
2. Since the engine is taller I can actually feel the front heavy bias more
3. Not as smooth as some thinks

With the FA20 I can't tell that the engine sits over the suspension from enthusiastic driving(the low CoG is not a gimmick) and the torque it makes in the lower rpms feel more solid than any Honda engine I have driven at or under 2.0L

[soulreapersteve]

Every morning when I get in the car, it greets me with a hug (the seats). Then I become intoxicated with the new car smell that it permeates inside.

I don't think I'll ever get bored of the car. If I do, a simple run through backroad twisties shall rectify that feeling.

[raven1231]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Anybody that ever tried (yes, tried) to use this set up knows for a fact that our mirrors are light years ahead of some!

But those cars are so damn sexy! Mirrors become secondary ha ha, after all who needs to see other cars/people/objects ect...

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by soulreapersteve

Every morning when I get in the car, it greets me with a hug (the seats). Then I become intoxicated with the new car smell that it permeates inside.

I don't think I'll ever get bored of the car. If I do, a simple run through backroad twisties shall rectify that feeling.

Every time I put something in the back seat my car gives me a pat on the butt by slowly closing the door. It really is a big flirt.