Goodbye to everyone! Going down the SI route

[fika84]

I think the SI is a far better car than the GT86.. that's why I didn't buy one!

[LucidMomentum]

Originally Posted by fika84

I think the SI is a far better car than the GT86.. that's why I didn't buy one!

Well that doesn't make much sense. I mean, I know the WRX STi is better than the FR-S performance wise, but it wasn't in my budget.

[lantsalot]

Originally Posted by 86_PWR

I say congrats on your choice. The si is a great value and nice all around car. While it is not as track specific as the 86, that doesnt really matter if u dont track/push the car. The vast majority of people buy cars like the 86 but never ever push it in a circuit environment to use the car the way it was meant to be used; they are just talkers.

I love this logic. "It's made to be a race car, you should drive it like a race car or you dont know anything", by that logic, since I own a firearm for defense I should be consistently shooting it at people...

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by lantsalot

I love this logic. "It's made to be a race car, you should drive it like a race car or you dont know anything", by that logic, since I own a firearm for defense I should be consistently shooting it at people...

AHHHHH see this is what catches so many! It is not made to be a race car. It is made to be a street car that can easily be turned into a race car.
This also may explain why some buy it and then don't like it. They expect an off the shelf race car and then find out it is an econo package that you are supposed to use as a blank canvas to make what you want out of.
The car was designed for, priced for, built for and marketed for that very purpose. Toyota/Subaru were very clear on this all along right from concept. It was never ever presented as a ready to go race car and if that is what people thought they were buying they will be disappointed.

[strat61caster]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

LOL Are we gonna do this again?
I don't want to track, I feel no need to track, I am done my tracking days. I just want a fun daily driver that I know will work when I need it to.
I tracked my old Talon TSI AWD for several years and it took more of a toll on it than I wish to do to my FRS.

lol I don't remember you being so defensive about it last time, if I did I wouldn't have said anything.

I think this car will take abuse much better than your Mitsubishi's did (yes, I mean the Talon too), you constantly post about how impressed you are with the civility and readiness this car performs at. Maybe don't be so quick to toss this thing in the garbage at 3 years? Maybe go out and drive it at 10/10ths and get a couple powerslides in at an HPDE before selling it? Just a suggestion.

Edit: I won't bring it up for another 3-4 months now, I promise.



Your post about it not being an 'off the shelf racecar' and the various responses to it is a good basis for viewing this car because it also explains why so many are turned off by it (like the OP moving to an Si).

Originally Posted by lantsalot

I love this logic. "It's made to be a race car, you should drive it like a race car or you dont know anything", by that logic, since I own a firearm for defense I should be consistently shooting it at people...

Well owning a firearm and never firing it is kind of the opposite end of the same spectrum and most people would agree just as much missing the point.

[Tectoniic]

Originally Posted by 86_PWR

I say congrats on your choice. The si is a great value and nice all around car. While it is not as track specific as the 86, that doesnt really matter if u dont track/push the car. The vast majority of people buy cars like the 86 but never ever push it in a circuit environment to use the car the way it was meant to be used; they are just talkers.

Lol, he's already back.
Vague location: 3rd rock from the sun
Drives: 2013 FR-S
Join Date: 2015
Owned the car for 2 years but just decided to join the forums....not suspicious at all.

Can't wait to see how many people bite on it this time around

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by strat61caster

lol I don't remember you being so defensive about it last time, if I did I wouldn't have said anything.

I think this car will take abuse much better than your Mitsubishi's did (yes, I mean the Talon too), you constantly post about how impressed you are with the civility and readiness this car performs at. Maybe don't be so quick to toss this thing in the garbage at 3 years? Maybe go out and drive it at 10/10ths and get a couple powerslides in at an HPDE before selling it? Just a suggestion.

Edit: I won't bring it up for another 3-4 months now, I promise.

Your post about it not being an 'off the shelf racecar' and the various responses to it is a good basis for viewing this car because it also explains why so many are turned off by it (like the OP moving to an Si).



Well owning a firearm and never firing it is kind of the opposite end of the same spectrum and most people would agree just as much missing the point.

Ya reading it back it sounds much more defensive than what I intended when I wrote it.
And who says there haven't been any power slides? Unfortunately my playground now has houses going up so my many miles of beautifully paved, completely deserted streets is no longer available. I will find someplace else to play though (may hit the track if I become desperate enough)

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Shhhhh don't scare him away just yet

Originally Posted by Tectoniic

Lol, he's already back.
Vague location: 3rd rock from the sun
Drives: 2013 FR-S
Join Date: 2015
Owned the car for 2 years but just decided to join the forums....not suspicious at all.

Can't wait to see how many people bite on it this time around

Now let's not jump to conclusions. Let's see what else they have to say before we condemn them.

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by Tectoniic

Lol, he's already back.
Vague location: 3rd rock from the sun
Drives: 2013 FR-S
Join Date: 2015
Owned the car for 2 years but just decided to join the forums....not suspicious at all.

Can't wait to see how many people bite on it this time around

His email address relates to someone many many many states away almost all the way across the country.

[Packofcrows]

What ever happened to letting the thread die?

[The_Understated]

This thread of lolz keeps me smiling everyday. You guys are the best ;P hahahaha

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by The_Understated

This thread of lolz keeps me smiling everyday. You guys are the best ;P hahahaha

We do our best...

[ImBatman]

Originally Posted by Tectoniic

Drives: 2013 FR-S
Join Date: 2015
Owned the car for 2 years but just decided to join the forums....not suspicious at all.

You can still buy a 2013 FR-S in 2015... That doesn't mean he's had the car 2 years.

What's suspicious is that he picked a very weird topic and made a polarizing comment with his first post.

[STV3]

That is all...