To those who keep comparing the FRS to another car on specs...

[Capt Canuck]

Originally Posted by Pistol Pete

Oh come on and get real.....just look at the title, "To those who keep COMPARING the FRS to ANOTHER CAR on spec".

Surely you could tell this thread was going to be a serious example of overdosing on the company koolaid. Sometimes it's just best to leave a thread that is going to wind you up alone.

Folks are going to be ridiculously up themselves about this car for quite sometime. Regardless of how silly it is, it's harmless enough.

[luxmn]

Originally Posted by thill

I love what the FR-S and stands for, but there are tons of cars out there that invoke passion.. I love that people on these boards are passionate and love these cars. You should. But to pretend that no other car invokes this same passion from drivers and owners is rather ridiculous and comes across as arrogant.

sure im totally biased but im biased toward this car not against other cars if that make any sense.

[Grateful Dave]

Thank you Moto-P for your thoughts.
It was you at the Wekfest. I rode my road bike down to the Queen Mary on Saturday and saw all the cars. It was too early to get in @10 am. I asked the guy at the back gate, where the cars were coming in, if there were any FRSs'. He said one and it was you, cool.

[Bristecom]

But you know, this car is bringing in passionate drivers from all over. The people on this board really know their stuff and love driving in its purest form. For example, a guy just posted a video of himself in an FR-S racing a 350Z on here and said he needed to either boost it or sell it now because it lost a drag race on the highway. That was the typical poster on the Mitsubishi DSM forums. But on here everyone was like, "Who cares?" Loosing to a car in a race doesn't hurt our egos. The numbers/power comparison game is pretty silly when you think about it. At the end of the day, it's still a road car so it should be designed to give you as much fun on the road as possible rather than being able to lap the Nurbergring as fast as some supercars or to out-drag everything you come across.

[Moto-P]

Originally Posted by thill

I love what the FR-S and stands for, but there are tons of cars out there that invoke passion.. I love that people on these boards are passionate and love these cars. You should. But to pretend that no other car invokes this same passion from drivers and owners is rather ridiculous and comes across as arrogant.

exactly, I have owned 23 cars in my life, ranging from Alfas, VW, Dodge Ram trucks to Chevy duallies, to Porsches, and many Toyota, Honda and Nissan...

FRS is just one of them...

[Moto-P]

Originally Posted by Exhaust

Another astounding post brought to you by one of the FT86clubs finest, but the real question is... where did you get those wheels eh?

It's SSR Type C-RS, 17x7.5 +42. (OOOPS edited: They are 18x7.5 +42 with 5mm spacers, and 225/40-18 Falken Azenis RT615K)

It's actually a set made for Prius by VIP AUTO Salon in Orange,CA, who happened to be retiring the Mio Prius project car, and his set was available for me to use for a few months. I bought some Falken RT615 since I have a track day coming up in June and wanted to just decorate it up a bit for the two shows it will be attending this month as well.

The offset isn't ideal so I slipped a 5mm spacer in the rear, and waiting on 10mm adapter spacer before the track event. Eventually I will work out a good fitment and get my other set sometime in August when all scheduled suspension settings and alignment are complete and I can actually get the true and accurate measure of where my wheels will sit against the fenders (as well as dynamic point of ideal load on hubs.)

[Moto-P]

Originally Posted by Grateful Dave

Thank you Moto-P for your thoughts.
It was you at the Wekfest. I rode my road bike down to the Queen Mary on Saturday and saw all the cars. It was too early to get in @10 am. I asked the guy at the back gate, where the cars were coming in, if there were any FRSs'. He said one and it was you, cool.

Nice to meet you too!!!

[Moto-P]

Originally Posted by Capt Canuck

Surely you could tell this thread was going to be a serious example of overdosing on the company koolaid. Sometimes it's just best to leave a thread that is going to wind you up alone.

Folks are going to be ridiculously up themselves about this car for quite sometime. Regardless of how silly it is, it's harmless enough.

Actually it was me dosing Kool Aide to Toyota staff in Japan since 2007 when I came on board with this project, before it was ever a concept car.

Never said the FT86 siblings were better than another car, and that's what I am getting at...
I doesn't have to be. It fits my wishes and it was a result of collaborating with a car company, which was an experience I covet as much as the result...
Probabaly something that happens once in my life, and have never expected... I only had a passion for many different cars and adhered to that love of cars all my life.

[thill]

Originally Posted by Moto-P

exactly, I have owned 23 cars in my life, ranging from Alfas, VW, Dodge Ram trucks to Chevy duallies, to Porsches, and many Toyota, Honda and Nissan...

FRS is just one of them...

Exactly! Like you I have owned many cars. Some of them I was very passionate about. Others? Not so much and only kept them a year or two. I still think of my 1990 RX-7 Turbo II I owned when I was much younger and all the blood sweat and tears I put into that car and wished I still owned it today.

[Moto-P]

Originally Posted by thill

Exactly! Like you I have owned many cars. Some of them I was very passionate about. Others? Not so much and only kept them a year or two. I still think of my 1990 RX-7 Turbo II I owned when I was much younger and all the blood sweat and tears I put into that car and wished I still owned it today.

DUde, the FC3S RX7's were totally awesome in it's days. It still is. Some blame Mazda for its likeness to a Porsche 944 but I don't think that is something to be upset with.

Turbo II's and Japanese Enfini RX7 in various trim were the fun cars of the early 90s!!! Too bad they all fell apart a bit early, and despite the high initial sales, the car just couldn't stay together without some passionate upkeep in later years after 10 years. Still love those things.

[Moto-P]

Originally Posted by luxmn

sure im totally biased but im biased toward this car not against other cars if that make any sense.

Yes, it makes total sense. Just work on the English language articulation, as you have automotive passion fine and down! haha!

[Fish]

Well said Moto. I had to literally stand up and applaud.

The FR-S was the only car that made me willing to give up my Evo 8 since I got it 5 years ago. Sure I can feel the power difference, but I feel the car as a whole makes up for it. The way it handles, the hum of the engine, the sleek body lines on the car. To me it's everything they claimed it would be and what it would represent - passion. I will miss my old car, but I don't regret giving it up.

[Moto-P]

Originally Posted by Fish

Well said Moto. I had to literally stand up and applaud.

The FR-S was the only car that made me willing to give up my Evo 8 since I got it 5 years ago. Sure I can feel the power difference, but I feel the car as a whole makes up for it. The way it handles, the hum of the engine, the sleek body lines on the car. To me it's everything they claimed it would be and what it would represent - passion. I will miss my old car, but I don't regret giving it up.

Sure and there will be another EVO or anything you desire, as long as there are more resources in the finance side of life. I've been fortunate to have had many cars in my 26 years after getting my license, and countless hours on the road, dirt, snow, race way, competitions, and even driving big rigs, and race transporters...all fun on four wheels and whatever passion takes you at the moment in life, jump in and enjoy it. We only live once right?

[Prava]

Get this guy an award!! Thanks, again, to Moto-P for saying it like it is, and setting an example for everyone as car enthusiasts.