Michigan BRZ/FRS Random Chat and spotted thread.

[normanb21]

Auto tint city is a good tint shop. Congrats on the focus st

[Sccabrz192]

Originally Posted by Mac1235

So some sad news today. I no longer own the FR-S!!! Some things that caused me to sell the car. For a daily driver it is very spartan, even the BRZ in my opinion, and the ride was tolerable but the wife did not enjoy riding in it. For practical purposes like taking my nephews in my car and we are in the process of getting a medium sized dog, which wouldn't fit very well I decided to make a change. I really feel the car's driving experience is un matched for fun and pure driving feel, but for a day to day driver that I put a lot of miles on it was starting to wear on me. I will admit maybe it was my tranny but it feels better designed for the track then everyday driving.

So when looking for a new car I threw around the Porsche Cayman because it is a more refined version of the FR-S, but it suffers from expensive repair costs and no back seats. I ended up going with a 2013 Ford Focus ST. For the top end package it was the same price as the BRZ but comes with more amentities. Better ride, REAL Recaro leather seats, a better touch screen navigation unit, better brakes, upgraded speakers, and my wife doesn't complain when riding in it! The nice thing about the ST is it is probably one of the most neutrally balanced front wheel drive cars out there because of the way Ford programmed the electronic drivetrain control system. You can still slide the back end and the variable electronic steering allows for a very agressive turn in. It has more power then the BRZ/FR-S and still provides me with the fun drive but with REAL back seats and a hatchback that is perfect for putting a dog in. Sad to sell the car, but at this point in my life and with kids possibly on the horizon in a few years I wanted to pick up something a little bit more practical for daily driving.

I think the BRZ/FR-S will blossom into an even better car with better interiors in the next few years. I understand why they did what they did on this model, making it cheap to get in to stir up demand for the car. I think they will have more top end models of this car in 2015 and who knows I may be back when it comes out.

I know I don't own this car but I still like it and will continue to be an active member on this forum. Hopefully you guys don't slash my tires or forget my name now that I am no longer apart of the hive mind. It is cold on the outside!



Also on a side note if you made it this far on the message, congrats you hung in there. I know I have asked this before but I can't seem to find the post and I am traveling so limited access to a real computer (doing this on my phone) but what is a good tint shop around the SE MI area? Sorry for repeat question, if I was home I would search it up.

Congrats on the Focus ST. As you pointed out, they definitely provide a lot of car for the money. They have a slightly different target audience than the BRZ/FR-S and focus (haha, pun) more on the street friendly/family oriented check boxes than the twins do, while still providing good power and decent handling prowess. Good choice I think :happy0180:


If you don't mind me asking, did you trade the FR-S in? Sell it local? How much did you get for it?

I realize you may not want to answer that last one, but ball park figure would also be fine, or I understand if you don't want to answer at all.

[Mac1235]

Originally Posted by Sccabrz192

Congrats on the Focus ST. As you pointed out, they definitely provide a lot of car for the money. They have a slightly different target audience than the BRZ/FR-S and focus (haha, pun) more on the street friendly/family oriented check boxes than the twins do, while still providing good power and decent handling prowess. Good choice I think :happy0180:


If you don't mind me asking, did you trade the FR-S in? Sell it local? How much did you get for it?

I realize you may not want to answer that last one, but ball park figure would also be fine, or I understand if you don't want to answer at all.

I traded it into the dealership and I got 23k out of it. Not too shabby for the FR-S from a dealership. You really have to work them over. If you sold privately you could get more for sure, but I was in a time crunch and doing the trade in is a lot less headache and for me, I took the hit to prevent the headache.

[Mac1235]

I am going to bring the Focus to some of our meet ups. I will be the ugly duckling in the group.

[ramiel]

Originally Posted by Mac1235

I am going to bring the Focus to some of our meet ups. I will be the ugly duckling in the group.

Haha, just rebadge it as a BRZ and no one will be the wiser (please tell me you didn't get it in bright yellow)!

[dsgerbc]

Congrats on the Focus ST, it's a solid car with a very refined feel to it.

[Accurate Race Shop]

Congrats on the new focus!

Sent from my Q10

[Sevs753]

I need something to put on a BRZ that frequently parks in the same garage I do. Something to direct the owner here..

[Mac1235]

Originally Posted by ramiel

Haha, just rebadge it as a BRZ and no one will be the wiser (please tell me you didn't get it in bright yellow)!

Originally Posted by dsgerbc

Congrats on the Focus ST, it's a solid car with a very refined feel to it.

Originally Posted by jasper

Congrats on the new focus!

Sent from my Q10

Thanks all! It isn't yellow, its TANGERINE SCREAM. And no way. I went with their "Ingot Silver"

[Accurate Race Shop]

Originally Posted by Sevs753

I need something to put on a BRZ that frequently parks in the same garage I do. Something to direct the owner here..

Here in arizona we have business cards. We just leave them on the Window of any fr-s or BRZ that we see

Sent from my Q10

[Mac1235]

Originally Posted by jasper

Here in arizona we have business cards. We just leave them on the Window of any fr-s or BRZ that we see

Sent from my Q10

I usually write a note and leave it.

[Accurate Race Shop]

Originally Posted by Mac1235

I usually write a note and leave it.

Yeah I might take charge on getting us some cards and some dealership swag and cupons for race shops and throw a super charger party when I get ready to do my first start with the innovate kit on the car. I know it is not the most hp kit but for my style of driving on the track and at autoX it is the best for me.

Sent from my Q10

[Mac1235]

Originally Posted by jasper

Yeah I might take charge on getting us some cards and some dealership swag and cupons for race shops and throw a super charger party when I get ready to do my first start with the innovate kit on the car. I know it is not the most hp kit but for my style of driving on the track and at autoX it is the best for me.

Sent from my Q10

Sounds good to me. Let me know when the party is

[Sevs753]

Who's planning on coming out to the JD Racing Cars & Coffee next saturday? I hear SRT is going to be having a party of sorts there from 8am-11am and will have some cars on display there.