Luv my FRS

[chrisl]

Originally Posted by humfrz

On ramps like that scare me .... not so much because of the short merge distance ..... but having some AHole in front of me, panicking and slamming on the brakes ....

humfrz

That happens too, and heaven help you if there's much traffic, you're in anything with less than about 400hp, and you're stopped at that yield sign...

[R.S-HawK]

Originally Posted by suaveflooder

You will be wanting of more power the second you have to merge onto the freeway when you are going 15 and the traffic is going 65+ (I found that out yesterday).

Please.

I live in highway-land, it's called shift effectively and keep the car in high RPM ranges.

[racecat]

Originally Posted by Frstorm

5k miles and no cricket in a 2013 made in may in the plant. I think they fixed it.

The description of mine matches yours almost exactly and I haven't heard any crickets.

[xbiker]

More power? When I want to drive fast I have a turbo charged MR2 Spyder. The FRS does just fine as a daily driver, and if driven well the FRS has plenty of power (once it's rolling) to merge onto the highway. If I ever sell the Spyder... Who knows I might add FI to the FRS. I'd be more likely to get a Cayman S. The cool thing about this car and the point of the original post is that I have no regrets about buying the FRS. Many people buy a car without any doing any research and have buyer's remorse. Some people get stuck with one of those cars that had annoying defects. I'm keeping my fingers crossed... So far so good for me.

[twag4]

Originally Posted by Frstorm

5k miles and no cricket in a 2013 made in may in the plant. I think they fixed it.

Mine was also made in May of 2013. It had unbelievably loud crickets on the original high pressure fuel pump, plus the newest revised pump has them too. Not fixed because of date of manufacture. I think luck.

[raytrix]

Crickets coming in 3....2....1. Here.

[Frstorm]

Another theory, I never use ethanol gas. 91 or 93 non ethanol gas only. Do people with crickets use ethanol gas?

[Dezoris]

Cricket issue overblown, way overblown. If you dont care about straightline speed FRS/BRZ makes a fun sporty daily driver. enjoy.

[AznBRZer]

Originally Posted by humfrz

On ramps like that scare me .... not so much because of the short merge distance ..... but having some AHole in front of me, panicking and slamming on the brakes ....

humfrz

LOLZ...never come to Massachusetts then.

[suaveflooder]

Originally Posted by R.S-HawK

Please.

I live in highway-land, it's called shift effectively and keep the car in high RPM ranges.

Lol, "please." I shift just fine, and "it's called" 0-60 in 6.2 seconds isn't exactly impressive.

You think San Diego doesn't have any highways?

So much hate for mentioning the "elephant in the room" so to speak with this car….. keeping the car in the optimal rpm range only does so much with 200 horse.

The car's power is GREAT for a DD and I really don't have any complaints most of the time, but there have been a handful of times that getting up to speed quickly has been an issue.

[DarkSunrise]

For me, the bigger issue is when you're caught out of gear. It's not always possible to predict when you'll want to accelerate in the real world, and downshifting can take an extra 1-2 s, which can be the difference.

You can keep the engine at 4500+ rpm all the time, which would solve the problem, but people will think you're a douche driving like that. I admit I do this time to time when I'm in a rush, but I don't really care what other people think of me, so it doesn't bother me.

Other than those situations though, I agree, 200 hp is plenty for DD in a sub-2800 lbs. car.