Fun because drift car?

[bcj]

It's a real lightweight sports car by my definition (60's and 70's) with a hard top.
Don't have to worry about anybody with a pocket knife slicing a rag top to rifle through the interior.
Miata (do not want) and S2000 (more than I wanted to spend) had/have hardtop options, but they were too small for my intended use (interior / trunk storage).

Most of the new cars in the US over the last 20 years have been too damn big / heavy / 4 door only.
This has been the first car that even got close to what I really wanted for that long.

[strat61caster]

Originally Posted by bcj

and S2000 (more than I wanted to spend)

What? Most expensive S2000 in my area is $24k and that's an outlier, the rest are between $10k-$22k, cheaper than any 86 in North America that I know of.

[quickfrs]

it's like driving a large go-kart! ;0)

[bcj]

Originally Posted by strat61caster

What? Most expensive S2000 in my area is $24k and that's an outlier, the rest are between $10k-$22k, cheaper than any 86 in North America that I know of.

That's used prices. All of them are used now.
Was implying that I didn't want to spend that much on a new one when they were new.
(and the limited space for all that dosh)

[NGNG]

Love everything I'm hearing about the FR-S and I did have the opportunity to test drive one... kinda. Was only able to ride along. So all I can really say right now is that it's faster than what I thought it would be, and pulls pretty hard for the amount of torque it has. I definitely don't think I'll ever feel the car is "too slow" especially after some mods.

I'm pretty much sold on it just from the comments, but I think I'll probably wait till the end of the month to make a bigger down payment.

Appreciate all the feedback.

[radroach]

The car is fun because for some key things that it does well that other cars cant, or wouldn't do because they're too expensive to maintain (porsche), such as the tires, clutch, brakes, or another car that is too powerful for the asking task(camaro mustang vette), such as drifting down a togue run and getting from the car as much as you are giving while feeling confident with the car's balanced power to weight ratio.

[TylerLieberman]

Cheap. Lightweight. Balanced. RWD. Blank canvas.

First of it's kind since the 90s.

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[Bristecom]

Originally Posted by Soclose09

I learned that the first day I had the car, I was more on the careless side during the test drive so getting it sideways is extremely fun

LOL, me too. I am used to driving AWD cars so I about floored it out of some corners and got the tail out and had to countersteer on my test drive. So I would say that is actually the most entertaining thing about the car. You can get the rear to come around and slide out easily.

A lot of people tout the feedback and such, which is probably decent for a new car, but it's not nearly as good as older sports cars like my Eclipse GSX, so that's not something that really stood out to me as fun.

But yeah, the driftability and the feel of the seating position, shifter, and seats and everything adds up to make it a pretty fun car. I need to do another extensive test drive though before I buy one.