Odd compliments you've received about your FR-S/BRZ - Page 9 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

shiumai · 04-08-2016, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by NP86GT

Don't know how I feel about it but I quite regularly get,

"looks like a bat mobile"

huh - i've gotten that a couple of times too from friends. is yours black or grey?

Where i live, twins are pretty common, with FR-S's being 2-3 times more common than BRZs. In the 3 years i've owned the car, i don't think i've had more than a couple of comments, as there are a LOT of really nice cars in the area and a BRZ would be at the cheaper end of the 'nice car' list. they drive through my area (north redondo beach) to get to the richer/nicer area (manhattan beach) LOL. BMW's, teslas, audi's, a ton of porsches, the occasional ferrari and quite a few maserati's. if anyone else lives in the south bay, they can corroborate my story. a twin barely turns heads unless it's a fellow enthusiast and it's modified.

Tcoat · 04-08-2016, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Nevermore

A lot of people liked the stock wheels a lot. I got asked, "Did those come on the car?" a lot. They always said the wheels where nice.

I have also had a pile of people say "Nice wheels. They must have cost a lot eh?". It is mostly just guys here that hate them.

Nevermore · 04-08-2016, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

I have also had a pile of people say "Nice wheels. They must have cost a lot eh?". It is mostly just guys here that hate them.

I don't think any of mine were haters. They were mostly family members that liked the car.

Tcoat · 04-08-2016, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Nevermore

I don't think any of mine were haters. They were mostly family members that liked the car.

I meant guys on the forum hate them. No stranger or family member has ever disliked the wheels. They meant it when they said "Nice wheel" they were not being sarcastic.

Nevermore · 04-08-2016, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

I meant guys on the forum hate them. No stranger or family member has ever disliked the wheels. They meant it when they said "Nice wheel" they were not being sarcastic.

Oh! Okay, I see what you meant by here. The forums. Yes. I was shocked the first time someone told me they liked the wheels because I had seen nothing but hate for them here from day one.

Tcoat · 04-08-2016, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Nevermore

Oh! Okay, I see what you meant by here. The forums. Yes. I was shocked the first time someone told me they liked the wheels because I had seen nothing but hate for them here from day one.

I keep seeing ones I like but know perfectly well that since I do like the stock ones I will never actually change. Makes me unique at meets!

MarcFr-s · 04-09-2016, 12:11 PM

Not really "Odd", more like " Great" A guy at a gas station asked if my firestorm Fr-s was the new smaller Ferrari, lol. Put a smile on my face and kinda made me want to de-bage, lol.

MG86 · 04-09-2016, 06:50 PM

thats a sweet car..never would have guessed it was a scion :p
thanks guy

NARFALICIOUS · 04-10-2016, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by metalmoses

Just a few weeks ago, I was waiting for my bank to open. It was nice outside so I had the windows down. Some older fellow in a beat up Chrysler van kept looking my direction. He eventually yells out at me. "Hey man, that's a nice car, I bet it's fast." I said thanks, but it isn't as fast as it looks. He then proceeds to tell me he bets my car can take on a GT-R. (We have them all over here as the Nissan plant leases them to their employees) I laughed and said not without dumping some serious cash into this car would it even keep up with a GT-R. He then asked me if he could buy it with his tax return, I laughed and promptly rolled up my windows to end the conversation.

There's a ton in Franklin too, the employee leases on GTRs are only 550/mo and its for 6 months. I got tired of seeing them.

NP86GT · 04-10-2016, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by shiumai

huh - i've gotten that a couple of times too from friends. is yours black or grey?

Where i live, twins are pretty common, with FR-S's being 2-3 times more common than BRZs. In the 3 years i've owned the car, i don't think i've had more than a couple of comments, as there are a LOT of really nice cars in the area and a BRZ would be at the cheaper end of the 'nice car' list. they drive through my area (north redondo beach) to get to the richer/nicer area (manhattan beach) LOL. BMW's, teslas, audi's, a ton of porsches, the occasional ferrari and quite a few maserati's. if anyone else lives in the south bay, they can corroborate my story. a twin barely turns heads unless it's a fellow enthusiast and it's modified.

Mine is grey with everything blacked out..

Yeah I love to casual nod of the head from one owner to another.

86geek · 04-10-2016, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by NP86GT

Yeah I love to casual nod of the head from one owner to another.

In Hawaii we do the shaka sign from one owner to another.

Packofcrows · 04-10-2016, 11:22 PM

I wave and get flipped off...

pushrod · 04-10-2016, 11:47 PM

I was walking toward my car in a parking lot when one of two females, both about 19ish, said "you've got a MINT car. It's MINT". It was nice but they are out of my "half age plus seven" formula so I just said "thanks" and left it at that.

NP86GT · 04-11-2016, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by 86geek

In Hawaii we do the shaka sign from one owner to another.

Roger that, much cooler than us down under

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MG86 Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Drives: 2016 Asphalt FR-S Location: WA Posts: 11 Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	thats a sweet car..never would have guessed it was a scion :p thanks guy

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