01-10-2015, 12:13 AM | #113 |
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Or moving further south to Salem for more bang for the buck
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01-10-2015, 12:33 AM | #114 |
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I'm thinking about selling because I have 3 cars. The FRS has been fun but it also has sat for over a year of the ownership. I've owned it since June of 2012 and only put 20k miles on it. Seems like it's time to sell it before it depreciates more then it has. At this point id rather part out the car and sell it. Prob go stage 2 on our WRX and get more offroad mods for the XV we just got. The FRS was fun but in the end it's a childs wet dream of a car. That and it pulls way to much attention from the cops in my area. Been given 3 warnings on hardly going fast around corners. Prob have more fun taking my XV offroad camping then babying my FRS. And smashing in the WRX that is way quicker in a straight line. I built my FRS for corners and it's a thrill to smash around them. But it is a love hate relationship. Though we have not sold it yet. We will put it up for sale here soon and see if anyone purchase it. If not we will keep it as a summer car. I don't see the FRS as a year round car. I've been a subaru nut for to long. Id rather drive my WRX in the rain and snow. Rather use my XV for DD and bad weather. It's more of a summer play car to me. Which I feel it needs to be. Doesn't seem suitable for a DD in my neck of the woods.
After owning it for 2+ years I give it a 6.5/10. It still was funner then my STi when it was fully modified to my preferable taste. But then again the STi was a better all around car when the FRS lacks winter capabilities of my taste.
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01-21-2015, 01:35 AM | #116 |
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Time has not been in my hands! Though, the car only has 24,000 miles! She is back to stock now. Fully stripped and you will see it on CL next month for $19,000-20,000
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01-22-2015, 01:25 AM | #117 |
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I bought a TRD strut tower bar a few months back, but I hadn't gotten around to installing it, until today when I changed my oil. I must say it's quite refreshing as the car feels better. The steering has gotten a smidge heavier, but has increased feel. I took a daily route today and the car was definitely much more planted through a corner I roll through on my daily commute (Burnside going west turning right onto SE 242nd). I think the redundancy of driving my car daily with the same mods for so long has allowed me to notice the change in driving feel by adding a strut bar.
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Same with tuning. If I get one part, tune, one part, tune, very inefficient. So I ended up getting a turbo kit, rather than nickle'n and diming here and there for 2 ~ 3 whp gains. I think since I have the resources now to mod quickly, that made things difficult to "hold off". And having a group to compete with each other with mods to be in the "top modder" of the group. I sold my car for other reasons, not because I was "bored with it and move on to another project", but not enough space. Here are some shitty pics of my new ride, getting some stuff done this week and next week. Bone stock other than a complete debadge so far.. 2007 B7 RS4 Avus Silver
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My car is my daily driver, so I'm always thinking about how it rides. After lowering on eibach springs, the handling did improve but at the cost of having the ride be a bit more bouncy. Now with this strut tower bar, I can feel the rigidity and added stability through corners, but now entering a driveway with one wheel first definitely shows how i'm giving up a softer suspension for a more rigid performance oriented one. And from that I think I'm already at a crossroads, where I question myself if I want to do any bracing and bushing modifications, as this will directly affect how it rides on a daily basis. For the future, I may just entertain some streetable coilovers like the RSR Black-i and definitely some rear LCAs to adjust camber for the new wheel setup I will have soon.
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