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x808drifter · 05-18-2021, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Jordanwolf

Some Japanese stuff they do on mountains.

It is definitely pixelated though.

revaholic · 05-18-2021, 04:17 PM

Wow, plopping down cash on a car without knowing anything about it - that's boss behaviour.

I got a supercharger on mine, and it drove and sounded really great (even though the shop had trouble tuning it). But fuel economy and that sense that something might go wrong is a bit of a ding. When I took it off again it felt like a different car, not a cruiser anymore and back to its high strung self. I still think the supercharger kicked ass but either way the car is interesting

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

When I bought my 14 FRS I didn't even know the car existed. I saw it in the dealership while getting my car serviced next door. I bought the very first one I ever set eyes on in print, online or real life.
AFTER I bought it I came home and started research. I read article after article about how slow it was and how it was impossible to even merge onto traffic because the torque dip was so bad. I then found this forum and went through the whole (much smaller then) FI section and planned out the upgrades I was going to have to get to make it even basically drivable. It was almost 50% of what I paid for the car.
Then I took delivery and actually got some time behind the wheel. It didn't take long to figure out that most of the whiners (for a DDcar) obviously just didn't have a clue on how to drive it or were somehow tricked into buying it when what they really wanted was a Mustang or Camaro.
I saved a pile of money and drove it for 150,000 trouble free miles.

Tcoat · 05-18-2021, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by revaholic

Wow, plopping down cash on a car without knowing anything about it - that's boss behaviour.

I got a supercharger on mine, and it drove and sounded really great (even though the shop had trouble tuning it). But fuel economy and that sense that something might go wrong is a bit of a ding. When I took it off again it felt like a different car, not a cruiser anymore and back to its high strung self. I still think the supercharger kicked ass but either way the car is interesting

That isn't what my wife called it!

Jordanwolf · 05-18-2021, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by x808drifter

It is definitely pixelated though.

Legend has it, they are still using a Sony Camcorders from 2001.

Sapphireho · 05-18-2021, 06:21 PM

No, I don't regret boosting. It did cost a lot to do right, but I am at an age I didn't care, and it is not my only car.

My car is very nice.

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