has the love affair ended?

[m.box.design]

I'd consider a ft1, but that's gonna be out of my budget.

[Tcoat]

When pushing 160000 miles in 4 more years I will get a new one. Though mine will have all those miles on it I am sure it will make some young guy that can't afford new or low mileage really happy!

[jblmr2]

Of course the "bloom is off the rose". To expect anything else would be naïve. It's a niche car. No true sports car was ever designed for anything other driving down a curvy road at excessive rates of speed. The 86 is loud inside (even without a modded exhaust), the ride is harsh on all but the smoothest of roads, you can't put much in it. In short it's a sports car.


Most car purchases are emotional and especially so when it's a sports car. We try to justify it to ourselves in any way we can, it's got a back seat(however useless it may be), it gets great gas mileage, etc, etc. Then a year or two down the road we start to recognize it's not a great grocery getter, or even a good freeway cruiser, it doesn't have much in terms of bells and whistles, and the only time I really enjoy driving it is on the back roads or carving a canyon. Problem is that represents 1% of time behind the wheel.


All that being said, my FRS is my daily driver. But I have the luxury of being retired, and my wife has a Cadillac which is our grocery getter/freeway cruiser. I can afford to be in love with mine, but that's probably not the case with a lot of other folks.

[Reaper]

Yeah with the 3rd transmission.

[torqdork]

Only reason I'm selling is to downsize. I love the car, it's everything I thought it would be and more partly due to it being a part-time fair weather mountain road cruiser.

However, I like the idea of becoming an Oregon/Arizona snowbird better and it makes no financial sense storing a depreciating asset for half the year. Plus another hobby, flying sport aircraft, has a ferocious cash burn rate but is something I'd like to continue enjoying awhile longer.

No question I'll have another, possibly a Gen 2 due in April 2016, should a house I'm selling on a lease/option close then.

Meanwhile, I'm pretending to be sporty flipping the gearshift lever in a '15 Camry V-6 and enjoying the torque.

[RobertPaulson]

i contemplated selling the twin not to long ago for the same reason most do. When i bought the car nearly 2 years ago i wanted a impractical sports car. As time went by part of me wanted something i could haul people around, or go to the hardware store with. but if i did end up buying a wagon or hatch, i'd still find it lacking so I decided to keep the twin and plan to buy a used pick up next year.

[rixter145]

Hanging on to my babe for a while. I guess I am a true twin lover

[OkieSnuffBox]

Originally Posted by kiichiro

I'm not married to my cars
The chassis is exceptional. The power plant has its issues. All the work and money added up to make mine what it is, a bone stock vette or cayman can out accelerate and match our handling, even with my koni race setup, sc and full exh tune, ebcs etc.
Would I sell out and get rid of my prized brz?
I drove the new stingray and yeah, I would consider it, money aside
The new 981 and the old 987 are both serious engineering and more hp without turbo or sc
There aren't any cars that I can consider for the same money as my build, tho the new golf r is high up on my list and starts low 30s
Used c6 and 911s are easy reasons to sell

This.


I think I counted the other day this is my 12th different car in just over 5 years. That's part of the reason my wife and I don't have kids, live in a small house, etc. That way we can spend on stuff we like, like cars, good food/booze, vacations, etc.


I was tempted to wait for the new Mustang (I had a '13 GT Track Pack car), but didn't want to go back to the high consumable cost since I do plan to occasionally track the BRZ since I got rid of my dedicated track car.

[quality_sound]

Originally Posted by kiichiro

I'm not married to my cars
The chassis is exceptional. The power plant has its issues. All the work and money added up to make mine what it is, a bone stock vette or cayman can out accelerate and match our handling, even with my koni race setup, sc and full exh tune, ebcs etc.
Would I sell out and get rid of my prized brz?
I drove the new stingray and yeah, I would consider it, money aside
The new 981 and the old 987 are both serious engineering and more hp without turbo or sc
There aren't any cars that I can consider for the same money as my build, tho the new golf r is high up on my list and starts low 30s
Used c6 and 911s are easy reasons to sell

The new Golf R STARTS at $39k. http://www.vw.com/models/golf-r/

To keep the conversation on topic: I love the car and if I need space my wife's Xterra works great. It's not a perfect car by any stretch but I really bought it to hold me over until there was a new VW that I wanted. To be fair, if I'd known my shoulder surgery was going to help eith my lower back issues I'd still be in my STI.

[chaoskaze]

The new Golf R looks temping, basically comfortable version of a German STI. Too bad there is no Scirocco R for the us market or I might consider.

[paiceyfan]

Just coming up to my one year anniversary and I still love it.


I tend to work my way into driving the car, like breaking in a new relationship. I still have not taken traction control off yet. We are just building the trust...especially in the corners, but that makes the journey sweeter.


Definitely keeping it for another 3 or 4 years and maybe then I will not be able to let it go. I sold my SI a year ago and I still hurt over it. We buy these cars because we LOVE them. As someone on this forum said...if you cannot walk away from it, without looking back then you have the right car. I look back every time...sometimes twice.

[Koa]

Originally Posted by stockysnail

Reason for me thinking about selling is more depression from things with my my girlfriend ending. I've only sold the Perrin crank pulley so far. The BRZ isn't a perfect car, but the perfect car in my mind doesn't exist and won't for a long time. It is the closest thing to perfect so far though. In my mind something that handles just a little better, not having any power steering similar to my old Lotus Elise, yet still being as comfortable or more comfortable like a 4 series BMW, but also being completely electric and having a range of 200+ miles is what I'd like. Removable hard top like the Elise. I'm basically describing a Tesla Roadster with a little more comfortable seats. Maybe I should go test drive a couple to see if what I'm describing is what I truly think is perfect.

With the lengthy car sale list in your sig, would you say you are an impulse seller/buyer? Not trying to have a laugh, genuinely interested. Such a varied, albeit classy list, got good taste

[Scenic Driver]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

When pushing 160000 miles in 4 more years I will get a new one.

Perfect timing, I hear the supercharged version is coming in 2019 :-)

Mine will have about the same mileage by then (30k a year or so), I wonder how they will hold up.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Scenic Driver

Perfect timing, I hear the supercharged version is coming in 2019 :-)

Mine will have about the same mileage by then (30k a year or so), I wonder how they will hold up.

There will never be a supercharged version.
I am optimistic on the durability! All my Lancers held up well and this should be at least as good.
I can honestly say though that after 5 months of owning it, I still turn my head and look back while walking away.
My 4 other new cars were all "just cars" by this point.