JUST TRADED '15 STI for '17 BRZ

[JSube]

After reading/viewing everything I could find published about the '17 performance pkg BRZs and getting a huge amount of help & direction from a post I made here about 6 weeks ago, I picked up an Ice Silver PP BRZ yesterday!
Drove from KY to Charlotte NC to get it. I'd worked out a deal I cd live with via email and a couple phone calls with Williams Subaru, took a deep breath and made the trip. All the numbers were the same once I got there and I was out and driving in just over 2 hrs, maybe a personal best for me at a dealership.
Put about 150 miles on it yesterday with a big, stupid grin on my face. Even topping out at around 4K rpm, the car is just a pleasure to drive. Such great steering, gearbox, brakes, interior, seats, driving position. The big surprise was how quiet it is on the road. Not that the STI was a bad driving experience at all, but I'm bonding with this thing hard!
My calculation was that I'd be trading exceptional power and an adequate chassis for an exceptional chassis with adequate power. So far, it feels like that's what I've done
Thanks to everyone that chimed in on my original posts, you're a good group!

[Wondark]

Originally Posted by JSube

After reading/viewing everything I could find published about the '17 performance pkg BRZs and getting a huge amount of help & direction from a post I made here about 6 weeks ago, I picked up an Ice Silver PP BRZ yesterday!
Drove from KY to Charlotte NC to get it. I'd worked out a deal I cd live with via email and a couple phone calls with Williams Subaru, took a deep breath and made the trip. All the numbers were the same once I got there and I was out and driving in just over 2 hrs, maybe a personal best for me at a dealership.
Put about 150 miles on it yesterday with a big, stupid grin on my face. Even topping out at around 4K rpm, the car is just a pleasure to drive. Such great steering, gearbox, brakes, interior, seats, driving position. The big surprise was how quiet it is on the road. Not that the STI was a bad driving experience at all, but I'm bonding with this thing hard!
My calculation was that I'd be trading exceptional power and an adequate chassis for an exceptional chassis with adequate power. So far, it feels like that's what I've done
Thanks to everyone that chimed in on my original posts, you're a good group!

I live in KY also (just south of Louisville), there has been very little choices if any locally to purchase one of these cars and was tempted to drive a few hours to look for one myself. I'm glad you found one you liked! The local dealerships care very little about these cars and it's sad when you pull up on the lot and a salesperson automatically assumes you want anything else. The rare occasion you see one on the lot they are confused why you would want it. "But it only has 200hp" was something I've heard twice from some salesmen.

I hope to see your silver BRZ around!

[jmark]

Originally Posted by jmark

Our local dealer Vic Bailey in Upstate SC has 1 Series Yellow inbound first week of Feb. Price is MSRP plus a $225 doc fee, tax and tag. Car is currently unspoken for. Ask for Steven.

I found a Silver Performance Package with Popular package 2 inbound to Williams Subaru in Charlotte NC. It was unspoken for and due 1/30. I was able to get the price down using USAA Truecar to $600 under invoice with a $349 doc fee. They normally charge $649 but he dropped the price of the car an additional $300. I decided to wait till spring and ordered a car from Vic Bailey. The sales manager at Williams is named Jim Gamble.

Congrats on the ISM PP BRZ! I mentioned that car in the thread above. They seemed pretty easy to deal with. I ordered the same car from my local dealer. Should be here in March.

[subaruMike]

very nice, the car looks slick in silver. I did the same thing I'm not looking back; I am so happy with the BRZ.

[~el~jefe~]

Wow. That's a big change. Nice car!

[DarkSunrise]

Nice congrats and welcome!

[Psilox]

Nice choice, great color! I'm surprised to hear you say how quiet it is on the road--a number of reviewers had mentioned that the performance package adds much better ride quality, but I wasn't expecting it to make someone say that it's quiet, haha.

[g e]

These cars look great in silver, it's the color of my 2013 BRZ

[bee-jay]

Quiet on the road?? hardly. this is one of the noisiest cars I've owned. My Tundra Pick Up is far quieter than this. Forget about using the hands free at highway speeds, most people will hang up....
But a great car and I enjoy it. Congrats on your purchase!

[justinco]

Nice! Congrats on the new PP BRZ, looks great.

[JSube]

Originally Posted by Wondark

I live in KY also (just south of Louisville), there has been very little choices if any locally to purchase one of these cars and was tempted to drive a few hours to look for one myself. I'm glad you found one you liked! The local dealerships care very little about these cars and it's sad when you pull up on the lot and a salesperson automatically assumes you want anything else. The rare occasion you see one on the lot they are confused why you would want it. "But it only has 200hp" was something I've heard twice from some salesmen.

I hope to see your silver BRZ around!

Thanks man!
The 2 local dealers get no real allocation on BRZs, maybe 3-5 a year if that. The local "B" dealership sells for MSRP (their sales mgr told me so) and the local "H" dealer, where I bought my STI new, lied to me about his invoice price (like that's a huge mystery anymore and no one knows but the dealer?) and then lowballed my trade- Williams' price was $2300 better than his. And I guess $4300 less than Mr. MSRP?

[JSube]

Originally Posted by bee-jay

Quiet on the road?? hardly. this is one of the noisiest cars I've owned. My Tundra Pick Up is far quieter than this. Forget about using the hands free at highway speeds, most people will hang up....
But a great car and I enjoy it. Congrats on your purchase!

Honestly, that was the big surprise for me! I don't know about Tundra pick-ups or other MY BRZs, but after 2.5 years in the STI, the BRZ ride quality on the new dampers and noise level over railroad crossings, 2-lanes and interstate was dramatically better. Have put 500+ miles on the car in the past 36 hours.

[osidak]

JSube - was your STi red? I think I saw you there Saturday. I was there to talk about an incoming car and looked at a silver one that was there. My wife said someone was buying it and pointed at someone.

Find it kind of funny to see this thread. Beautiful car enjoy it

[Wondark]

Originally Posted by JSube

Thanks man!
The 2 local dealers get no real allocation on BRZs, maybe 3-5 a year if that. The local "B" dealership sells for MSRP (their sales mgr told me so) and the local "H" dealer, where I bought my STI new, lied to me about his invoice price (like that's a huge mystery anymore and no one knows but the dealer?) and then lowballed my trade- Williams' price was $2300 better than his. And I guess $4300 less than Mr. MSRP?

I knew all the names and places you were talking about. When asking questions at the "H" dealership that nearly redirected me out the door. I even got in touch with someone there when I was ready to purchase and only had a question about when I could expect to see a PP BRZ and was told they would get back with me. Guess what, they never did. I got tired of looking around and got impatient and went with the local B dealership. Not quite as high as MSRP but close enough.

I'm getting nothing for my trade in though because it's got some miles and no one wants it other than a few private buyers. I think a laughable $400 or so was what I've been told from trade in, pretty sure the metal goes for about that much and the car still runs fine.