WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR BRZ TODAY? - Page 1409 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

weederr33 · 01-25-2023, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Stephen W.

The wife liked her new Crosstrek. She got rear ended on her way into work this morning.

Haha don’t throw that karma at me!

Capt Spaulding · 01-25-2023, 03:21 PM

If I bought something else right now it would be an EV or an Outback Wilderness.

Stephen W. · 01-25-2023, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Capt Spaulding

If I bought something else right now it would be an EV or an Outback Wilderness.

Love the Outback Wilderness in that metallic green.

Capt Spaulding · 01-25-2023, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Stephen W.

Love the Outback Wilderness in that metallic green.

My son has one in silver. He recently drove it home to Seattle from Brownsville, TX through the Great Basin snow event a couple of weeks ago. Didn’t miss a beat unless you count him high centering it in a snow bank. Even with that, with a little manual snow rearrangement and X-Mode deep snow and mud, it drove itself out.

I love the thing. If I lived where he does I’d own one.

weederr33 · 01-26-2023, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Capt Spaulding

If I bought something else right now it would be an EV or an Outback Wilderness.

A part of me wants to wait and see what comes of this supposed EV STI.

I was going to say I want something more mundane so I don't get shit in traffic, but... that still happens

Capt Spaulding · 01-26-2023, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by weederr33

A part of me wants to wait and see what comes of this supposed EV STI.

I was going to say I want something more mundane so I don't get shit in traffic, but... that still happens

Good luck.

TurboLag23 · 01-27-2023, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by weederr33

I'm thinking something more like a Crosstrek. I'm not going to play the dealership inflation games anymore and low production-high cost nonsense. It's not worth it.

We got a '23 Integra and we love it!

-6-speed manual - and a really really good one, at that!
-handles phenomenally. Shockingly light for its size, very competent vehicle dynamics, limited-slip diff, etc.
-liftback with folding rear seats, so can hold a ton of things
-so far about 32 MPG combined, and 42 MPG personal best (150-mile freeway-only drive)
-very comfortable seats
-understated but very eye-catching in person
-bought at MSRP

The Civic SI/Integra and the Mazda3 Hatch were the only internal-combustion cars we were considering for this role (the do-everything daily), since they were they only new five-seat cars that came in manual and could average over 30 MPG combined. Everything else we were looking at was electric - and if we lived in a house with solar instead of an apartment without, we almost certainly would have gone EV (2-3x horsepower/torque gain, eliminated fuel costs, reduced maintenance/complexity, AWD without the high drivetrain losses, etc).

grumpysnapper · 02-11-2023, 04:43 AM

Discovered my rear radiator, and the diff cooler were both completely clogged with bull dust after a recent rally day (and I mean solid).
No way to clean them in situ... so had to drop them both.
Not fun...but very satisfying hitting them with the preasure washer and seeing a sea of filthy dark bown water slowly turn clear.

Grady · 02-14-2023, 03:13 PM

Well while it is clean and stored for now. Touched up most of the rock dings in the front. Sanded down and correction polished the front. The rest of the car got a general light polish. Now to Ceramic then wax. Thinking it may be time to upgrade the polisher to an orbital? That one is over 30 years old.

soundman98 · 02-14-2023, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Grady

Well while it is clean and stored for now. Touched up most of the rock dings in the front. Sanded down and correction polished the front. The rest of the car got a general light polish. Now to Ceramic then wax. Thinking it may be time to upgrade the polisher to an orbital? That one is over 30 years old.

nah. the magic is in the pads and compounds used, not the tool. as long as it keeps working, there's no reason to change it.

Grady · 02-15-2023, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by soundman98

nah. the magic is in the pads and compounds used, not the tool. as long as it keeps working, there's no reason to change it.

You just have better control for the final polish with the new orbitals. Or I could use the roll buffer I just bough my guys for polishing aluminum. It came with paint pads also.

dpfarr · 02-20-2023, 09:59 PM

Bought her new shoes, Super Sports. The stock ps4 have 4 track days and 23k in them. Pretty impressive!

Dirty Harry · 02-21-2023, 06:22 PM

Finally added a TRD style spoiler. I think I’m finally done, although I’ve said that before.

Dirty Harry · 02-22-2023, 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by dpfarr

Bought her new shoes, Super Sports. The stock ps4 have 4 track days and 23k in them. Pretty impressive!

Good choice, I have them on my car and I’ll likely get them again.

01-25-2023, 03:21 PM	#19714
Capt Spaulding Persona Non Grata Join Date: Nov 2015 Drives: '15 BRZ (WRB) Location: On the Border Posts: 1,881 Thanks: 2,016 Thanked 2,782 Times in 1,201 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s)	If I bought something else right now it would be an EV or an Outback Wilderness. __________________ Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast

02-11-2023, 04:43 AM	#19720
grumpysnapper Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2020 Drives: BRZ Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 352 Thanks: 309 Thanked 608 Times in 209 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s)	Discovered my rear radiator, and the diff cooler were both completely clogged with bull dust after a recent rally day (and I mean solid). No way to clean them in situ... so had to drop them both. Not fun...but very satisfying hitting them with the preasure washer and seeing a sea of filthy dark bown water slowly turn clear. Attached Images Last edited by grumpysnapper; 02-11-2023 at 07:03 AM.

02-14-2023, 03:13 PM	#19721
Grady Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Drives: BRZ Yellow, Ranger, Evora, WCM S2K Location: Dallas Posts: 1,712 Thanks: 354 Thanked 1,500 Times in 786 Posts Mentioned: 14 Post(s)	Well while it is clean and stored for now. Touched up most of the rock dings in the front. Sanded down and correction polished the front. The rest of the car got a general light polish. Now to Ceramic then wax. Thinking it may be time to upgrade the polisher to an orbital? That one is over 30 years old. Attached Images

02-21-2023, 06:22 PM	#19725
Dirty Harry Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2019 Drives: 2013 BRZ Satin White Pearl Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 649 Thanks: 599 Thanked 681 Times in 337 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s)	Finally added a TRD style spoiler. I think I’m finally done, although I’ve said that before. Attached Images

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