Scion Canada FR-S Track Day Videos!

[roddy]

Way back when the "crickets" issue first popped up, I commented that one of the cars at that event had this pretty bad... In video #3 (slalom) it can clearly be heard over the guy speaking at :09-:13. I should have asked the multitude of reps/execs there what they thought of that. Hindsight is 20/20.

[dawsonj]

:09 - :13 in what video?

[roddy]

In video #3, (as in the third one down from the top). The slalom portion, as I stated above. Ok maybe :09 - :12, not :13.

[colHolm]

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

This event was hosted by Scion Canada. Of course they will only show the positive comments. It's called marketing.

Thanks for clearing that up for me.

They must have provided a list of acceptable comments to make about the car to all the participants ahead of time.

[Captain Snooze]

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No, I am suggesting that it was very easy to edit the comments so that only positive comments were shown. I am NOT saying the people driving the car weren't having fun. I am saying this was not a balanced review, it was a marketing event.

[no_name]

Wow, I didn't realize the 'cricket' noise was that loud. Is it from the HVAC system?

The Shannonville track is awesome. I did a race school there this year and I'd love to drive around it in the FR-S (it would be way more fun than my Accent).

[DjDATZ]

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

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No, I am suggesting that it was very easy to edit the comments so that only positive comments were shown. I am NOT saying the people driving the car weren't having fun. I am saying this was not a balanced review, it was a marketing event.

Nah, but they had us on camera giving positives of each car and which one we preferred; natch, clip the ones that are positive about the car.

Originally Posted by Enemies

Uh oh, the woman at :47 who said she had to compensate with her movement. Reminds me of my Mom when she used to play things like the Super Nintendo. She'd move and twist her arms as if it would somehow help out.

Lina is her name, met her and another guy when Scion had us at the Toronto Autoshow to show us the FR-S. We walked around the whole Autoshow together, and have remained quite close since then. Go Scion!

What she was saying and I'll echo it because you really feel it when you switch between the two cars, is that while in the FR-S you feel like you're almost glued to your seat, in the GC your body moves around quite a bit, especially during the slalom. It's that body movement that you have to compensate for. Completely agree with her and when you're going between the FR-S and the GC back-to-back you can really feel the difference; also, the huge difference in weight and how nimble the FR-S is compared to the GC.

Originally Posted by project.sth

Hey ! I was there too! In the french version tho ! I'm the guy with the DC cap and the PROJECT.STH shirt :P

W00t!

Originally Posted by Jehuty77

LOL im in this video, dude with the spider-man t-shirt

Which one? The English or the French one?

Originally Posted by roddy

Cool! I was at that event. I was afraid I was going to see myself in the video, but thankfully, I did not. DjDATZ and trish07 were also there.

Ha, I'm sure you would have been a natural!

[roddy]

Originally Posted by DjDATZ

Nah, but they had us on camera giving positives of each car and which one we preferred; natch, clip the ones that are positive about the car.

What she was saying and I'll echo it because you really feel it when you switch between the two cars, is that while in the FR-S you feel like you're almost glued to your seat, in the GC your body moves around quite a bit, especially during the slalom. It's that body movement that you have to compensate for. Completely agree with her and when you're going between the FR-S and the GC back-to-back you can really feel the difference; also, the huge difference in weight and how nimble the FR-S is compared to the GC.

They also "coached" us a bit on what to say (or more precisely HOW to say it), presumably to make editing easier.

I'll second (or is it third) your feelings on the GC seats, and add that the whole car felt lardy and sloppy compared to the FR-S. I didn't care at all for the sound (wooosh) coming from the back of the GC, either. I know it has a turbo, but that is no excuse for sounding like the business end of a shop vac. Lots of turbo cars sound good.

The seats in the GTI, on the other hand, were my favorite ones there, and it sounded sooo much better than the GC. There was a nice little pop when pulling a shift, or getting off the gas.

[Enemies]

Originally Posted by DjDATZ

Lina is her name, met her and another guy when Scion had us at the Toronto Autoshow to show us the FR-S. We walked around the whole Autoshow together, and have remained quite close since then. Go Scion!

What she was saying and I'll echo it because you really feel it when you switch between the two cars, is that while in the FR-S you feel like you're almost glued to your seat, in the GC your body moves around quite a bit, especially during the slalom. It's that body movement that you have to compensate for. Completely agree with her and when you're going between the FR-S and the GC back-to-back you can really feel the difference; also, the huge difference in weight and how nimble the FR-S is compared to the GC.

Gotcha, thanks for clearing that up.