Gravel Roads

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Gforce

It's basically Subaru Impreza under there. .

No no it is not. All new platform not a cut down Impreza. Sure it looks sillier because all the basics look similar in most cars now but that does not make it an Impreza platform.

[angadam]

Originally Posted by Gforce

It's basically Subaru Impreza under there. Could care less. Makes a horrendous noise because of very little sound insulation. The underside is heavily undercoated. The outer sills and bottoms of the wheel arches are just plastic so stone chipping is irrelevant to that part of the bodywork.

Canadian cars got shorty mudflaps only on the FRS. I bought a set for my BRZ from my local Toyota dealer. Subaru dealers weren't even given access to the part numbers.

Very true I tried to get them from my Subaru dealer and they said it wasn't an option even though what else are those holes for behind the rear tires?

[navanodd]

Will vouch, car is compatible with gravel. Its fun like driving on snow but louder and less cold.

My only comment from past experience with other cars is that if you live on a gravel road or drive on them regularly, expect suspension bushings to wear out much more quickly and rattles to show up.

[NMBRzer]

Ah yeah, I don't think driving slowly on a gravel road will hurt it.
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[Scrappydoo]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Since Canadian cars all get them stock (as well as heated mirrors like we drive in the winter or something) and whenever I see one without them it looks weird to me.

I think they look unfinished at the rear because of that empty fixing hole. Catches the eye and looks unfinished.

Heated mirrors seem to be stock on the BRZ over here too.

[Willie Swoopes]

In Pennsylvania it's mostly squirrels.

The sound breaks my heart.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Willie Swoopes

In Pennsylvania it's mostly squirrels.

The sound breaks my heart.

[Gforce]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

No no it is not. All new platform not a cut down Impreza. Sure it looks sillier because all the basics look similar in most cars now but that does not make it an Impreza platform.

Your source for that would be?

[Gforce]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Since Canadian cars all get them stock (as well as heated mirrors like we drive in the winter or something) and whenever I see one without them it looks weird to me.

Not in 2013 they didn't. Only on the FRS.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Gforce

Your source for that would be?

The development documentation of the car.
The concept was done on a Legacy chassis. The production is a dedicated platform.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Gforce

Not in 2013 they didn't. Only on the FRS.

True. I forgot I was in the BRZ neighborhood of the forum. I guess they figured nobody in Canada would drive the BRZ in the winter but that all The FRS crowd would.

[Gforce]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

True. I forgot I was in the BRZ neighborhood of the forum. I guess they figured nobody in Canada would drive the BRZ in the winter but that all The FRS crowd would.

I thought that was odd also, so did my local dealership. Lost revenue for them.

[Gforce]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

The development documentation of the car.
The concept was done on a Legacy chassis. The production is a dedicated platform.

Some useful links might have been a good idea.

[WRBrzRX]

Originally Posted by Gforce

Some useful links might have been a good idea.

google any of the development videos from 2 years before the cars came out to see the grey Legacy that was the first mule

stop already with the horrendous misinformation