Odd compliments you've received about your FR-S/BRZ - Page 7 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Tcoat · 03-11-2016, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by MTpockets

Is the photo location St. Marys?

<<<----Ontario Fan

Yes, yes it is. Right down town. They shut down the main street for a car show every year. There were over 400 cars at the last one. Everything from model Ts to mine.

Teseo · 03-11-2016, 01:43 PM

Your car put down panties, right?

MuseChaser · 03-11-2016, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by golfyankee2121

The confusion is even more real if you mention "86" or "FT86" or the origins of how our cars came to be.

-J.B.

I try to explain a little bit, partly because I like to inform people, and partly because I get a real kick outta seeing how confused some people get hearing that my Scion FR-S with Toyota badges is actually a Subaru

-J.B.

I always give the entire explanation. Plus, my license plate is a nod towards Don Adam's Maxwell Smart Agent 86 character, so I have to start by explaining the 86 reference part. The best part is watching everyone's eyes glaze over by the time I've said Toyota, Subaru, and Scion in the same sentence. Their unstated message? "Dude, I was just making conversation. I didn't REALLY want to know anything about your car..."

sigh.

fumanchu1 · 03-11-2016, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

It is actually sort of funny because just yesterday when Go was going on his typed emoji rampage I was wondering how some of you guys would actually be in real life. I know loads of people that have a pile to say here would be silent and huddled in a corner if we were all in person.
I am pretty much the same in real life and will talk your ear off even if I don't know you but will also shut up and listen if you have something to say.
I have a very clear mental picture of Go with a bunch of people around though!

I for one tend to keep to myself when I'm around people I am not familiar with (but that's just the filter I've developed over the years). If I know the people, I'm loud and never stop talking.

Tcoat · 03-11-2016, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by fumanchu1

I for one tend to keep to myself when I'm around people I am not familiar with (but that's just the filter I've developed over the years). If I know the people, I'm loud and never stop talking.

I am usually "not familiar with" people for about 3 minutes.

fumanchu1 · 03-11-2016, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

I am usually "not familiar with" people for about 3 minutes.

It'll depend for me, if it's a small group of laid back people, I'll get talkative real fast but if large groups(or contains some stuck up people I'd rathe keep to myself for a while until I've properly gauged them and know what topics to stay away from.

One thing that doesn't change is that I always love arguing/debating on a variety of subjects.

tjrt59 · 03-13-2016, 04:57 AM

"Dude, is that the new Porsche?"

Seriously like a week or so after I got the BRZ.

saj · 03-29-2016, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by tjrt59

"Dude, is that the new Porsche?"

Seriously like a week or so after I got the BRZ.

LOL. Three guys who were totally hammered walked up to me when I was parking and one asked if it was a Porsche. His friend told him to look at the badges.

mizzta21 · 03-30-2016, 02:28 AM

everyone thinks the 86 pistons badge is aftermarket...

MacNH · 03-31-2016, 11:29 PM

Got th3 car registered and brought it home. Usually get vanity plates but this time refrained. Got home and my wife was relieved. All her coworkers told hetlr vanity plates equal mid life crisis.

Took it to work and my Co worker complimented me on picking out a nice car for my wife. It was nice of her to let you take it.

I just shook my head.

Hotrodheart · 03-31-2016, 11:39 PM

1. Izzat the new Porsche?

2. I am no longer invisible to younger women (I'm 60, so that's a pretty large group).

Every time I think about getting something else, someone compliments the car, so I have to keep it a while longer.

dvasqu01 · 03-31-2016, 11:45 PM

Idk how a bunch of you guys get is that a Porsche. Lol I have yet to get that compliment 😒

Yes I'll give you the rice noodle😘

NP86GT · 04-01-2016, 12:10 AM

Don't know how I feel about it but I quite regularly get,

"looks like a bat mobile"

Also people don't seem to believe me when I say its a Toyota;
If the do, they let out an almost disappointed 'oh'.

ssyed · 04-01-2016, 01:10 AM

Person: Hey is that your "See-on"?
Me: yeah
Person: Nice
End of conversation

I gave up in explaining and correcting people.

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03-11-2016, 01:43 PM	#86
Teseo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Drives: frs Location: Gunsai Posts: 4,951 Thanks: 7,463 Thanked 2,978 Times in 1,801 Posts Mentioned: 23 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Your car put down panties, right?

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mizzta21 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: 2014 whiteout, scion fr-s Location: San Jose Posts: 282 Thanks: 504 Thanked 127 Times in 72 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	everyone thinks the 86 pistons badge is aftermarket...

03-31-2016, 11:29 PM	#94
MacNH Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Drives: Scion FR-s Location: New Hampshire Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Got th3 car registered and brought it home. Usually get vanity plates but this time refrained. Got home and my wife was relieved. All her coworkers told hetlr vanity plates equal mid life crisis. Took it to work and my Co worker complimented me on picking out a nice car for my wife. It was nice of her to let you take it. I just shook my head.

03-31-2016, 11:39 PM	#95
Hotrodheart Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S Location: Kailua-Kona HI Posts: 401 Thanks: 46 Thanked 428 Times in 181 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	1. Izzat the new Porsche? 2. I am no longer invisible to younger women (I'm 60, so that's a pretty large group). Every time I think about getting something else, someone compliments the car, so I have to keep it a while longer.

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dvasqu01 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Drives: Scion FRS Whiteout Location: Gardena,Ca Posts: 949 Thanks: 272 Thanked 546 Times in 368 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Idk how a bunch of you guys get is that a Porsche. Lol I have yet to get that compliment 😒 Yes I'll give you the rice noodle😘

04-01-2016, 12:10 AM	#97
NP86GT Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Drives: 2012 Toyota 86 Location: Australia Posts: 14 Thanks: 12 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Don't know how I feel about it but I quite regularly get, "looks like a bat mobile" Also people don't seem to believe me when I say its a Toyota; If the do, they let out an almost disappointed 'oh'.

04-01-2016, 01:10 AM	#98
ssyed Senior Member Join Date: May 2014 Drives: 2013 Frs Location: Toronto Posts: 166 Thanks: 77 Thanked 65 Times in 36 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Person: Hey is that your "See-on"? Me: yeah Person: Nice End of conversation I gave up in explaining and correcting people.

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