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dizzario · 07-15-2013, 02:06 AM

Hey guys,

Like a few others I made the change from the 'S13 life' to the FRS platform not too long ago. I'm a big fan of RWD cars so this was the only logical next step. I'm from CA but I'm in Pensacola, FL with the Navy. I've owned about 4 S13s and one S14 before I decided to leave my wife with a grandma-stock S13 coupe in CA. I picked up another S13 hatch as a project for FL and my time here in training with the Navy. It ended up being too much of a hassle and now I'm here in an FRS, lol.

I'm a big supporter of true 90's-era Japanese cars...so I'm out of my element a bit here. I hope to have this thing on suspension and a respectable set of wheels before the New Year.

Spirit7 · 07-15-2013, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by .GENO.

Hola.. name is Josh from florida
currently drive a '97 240sx

Welcome Josh, I just sold my 97 240. Seems like a natural jump from 240s to the FRS.

**edit** Just realized I quoted from the first page of this thread, oops.

Conn · 07-15-2013, 01:27 PM

New here! Just wanted to say hi

Currently driving a g37 and looking to get into a brz or frs (still don't know which I would want) after graduating from nursing school in December. I love how this platform has taken off and can't wait to get one. Until then, I'll sit back and enjoy all the nice cars

Conn

Bigedb · 07-15-2013, 01:41 PM

Hey everyone. I just bought a new 2013 asphalt 6spd manual out here in gilbert az! Anyone out this way? I'm interested in meeting others and talking cars and grabbing a bite to eat. I can't wait for the mods to start I already have my list. I used to own a performance shop in Illinois so I know a thing or two about tuning and suspensions and turbos

Kegani Racing · 07-15-2013, 08:15 PM

Hi,
i'm from Malaysia.
glad to join this enthusiastic forum of 86.

just to share what i've done with the 86 with a Time attack video @ Sepang F1 Circuit Malaysia.
enjoy the vids :
http://www.keganiracing.com/page/news-events.aspx
(scroll down to 8 June 2013 for the video.)

The engine was remain untouch, modification mainly on suspension and brakes, exhaust systems...

xsuperbeex · 07-15-2013, 11:03 PM

New here.. Bought the 86 on november finally arrived on febuary since I ordered a different color than the dealers are importing.. so might be the only color in my country..

humfrz · 07-16-2013, 12:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dizzario

Hey guys,

I'm in Pensacola, FL with the Navy.....

Hi ya, dizzario ...... welcome & thanks for serving our country ..

humfrz

Krhys · 07-16-2013, 03:31 AM

Greetings from Calgary!
Long time viewer, decided to finally join up.
Made an album with some pics I was lucky enough to take before I took delivery.
Was thinking of getting Raven, but when I saw that sweet ass glistening in the sun, well.... Sold!!!
Super happy with Argento, super happy with the car, super happy to be here.
Cheers all.

K

Boblhead · 07-16-2013, 03:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bigedb

Hey everyone. I just bought a new 2013 asphalt 6spd manual out here in gilbert az! Anyone out this way? I'm interested in meeting others and talking cars and grabbing a bite to eat. I can't wait for the mods to start I already have my list. I used to own a performance shop in Illinois so I know a thing or two about tuning and suspensions and turbos

We have an active scene in Arizona! just make sure to keep up with the thread!

Sent from my XT907

Forgetful · 07-16-2013, 01:21 PM

Hello everyone, my name is Steve, better known on the internet as Forgetful.

10 days ago I bought a '13 FR-S in Ultramarine, from Sun Country Toyota in Kamloops, B.C. I'm thrilled to bits about it.

I have to admit that I almost bought a car without giving the FR-S a chance. I started my car search looking to get in to a used BMW or VW, but between the interest rate and the age of the cars I was looking at, it just didn't make sense. Being that I was working through a local Ford dealer, because I had bought my last few cars there, they lent me a Focus ST. I had it overnight on a Friday and was pretty impressed with it.

Luckily I have some good friends and they made sure to nitpick every car I mentioned, so I wasn't 100% sold on the Focus, and that night I properly shopped everything new that piqued my interest. That was a pretty short list, consisting of the Focus ST, 500 Abarth and the FR-S.

So, Saturday morning my plan was to drop of the Focus and tell them I had some shopping to do, hit the local Toyota dealers, drive the FR-S, then shoot down to Kelowna where they had almost the exact Fiat 500 I had built on the web to see how it drove. I made it as far as the Toyota dealer, drove the FR-S and that was it. Got back to the dealership and started the paperwork. By mid-day she was mine.

I've already had a chance to run it from Kamloops to Whistler across the Duffey Lake road, as well as to Vancouver via the Fraser Canyon. Both trips were a blast, and really reinforced the fact that I made the right decision to buy the Scion.

I love cars of all kinds, but I honestly have a pretty bland car history. I've owned some great vehicles, but nothing all that interesting or fun. Boy has that changed with my Scion. I usually satisfy my autophilia with sim racing. I helped grow a Gran Turismo racing league from the very limited GT5Prologue in to an organization that has been home to 6 people who've gone on to compete at GT Academy finals at Silverstone. I've since moved on to iRacing, founding my own group at www.DriverSports.org We're a little stagnant ATM but we've got some good people and a really cool logo.

Back when we were still running GT5 and the GT86 was being launched we ran a little race series for the triplets and had a blast running stock 86es. Enjoy!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX3tHyI_TtE"]DriverSports.org DLC Test | FR-S/86 GT | Motegi | Highlights - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csF9TraTRiw"]DriverSports.org DLC Test | FR-S/86 GT | Motegi | Full Race - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ak2oIe4UFU"]DriverSports DLC Test | Scion FR-S/ Toyota 86 GT | Motegi East - YouTube[/ame]

Bigedb · 07-16-2013, 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boblhead

We have an active scene in Arizona! just make sure to keep up with the thread!

Sent from my XT907

I see that! I can't wait to start meeting some of you guys and do some car club stuff. I'm starting a new job Monday as a store manager at Best Buy so I don't know my schedule yet but I'd like to get some people together for a little meet maybe next weekend at the SanTan mall say maybe at the Johnny rockets near Harkins. Anyone else have any thoughts on this?

no_1murph · 07-16-2013, 04:06 PM

Hi all, finally got around to posting on here... Got my FR-S back in February and used the site a lot before then when making up my mind. Definitely a great community and a big help in choosing my car.

Loving my FR-S, even if most miles are on the freeway for my lengthy commute. I've found it to be a perfectly comfortable cruiser though and I obviously don't need to say anything about its handling attributes down the windier stuff.

Hopefully will make it to a meet at some point, cheers,

Simon

Bigedb · 07-16-2013, 06:11 PM

Who was that I just saw at pecos and market street? Nice driving lights I want those!

ogredave · 07-16-2013, 10:44 PM

Forgot to post here .. been around for a while but was mainly looking for a BRZ b/c I hated the FRS's original radio & lack of HID. Then I got the 10 series.

Previous decent car (not my current Honda Fit beater) was a supercharged Maxima.

07-15-2013, 02:06 AM	#3207
dizzario Banned Join Date: Jul 2013 Drives: FRS Location: San Diego Posts: 568 Thanks: 121 Thanked 181 Times in 112 Posts Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	New to Toyota Hey guys, Like a few others I made the change from the 'S13 life' to the FRS platform not too long ago. I'm a big fan of RWD cars so this was the only logical next step. I'm from CA but I'm in Pensacola, FL with the Navy. I've owned about 4 S13s and one S14 before I decided to leave my wife with a grandma-stock S13 coupe in CA. I picked up another S13 hatch as a project for FL and my time here in training with the Navy. It ended up being too much of a hassle and now I'm here in an FRS, lol. I'm a big supporter of true 90's-era Japanese cars...so I'm out of my element a bit here. I hope to have this thing on suspension and a respectable set of wheels before the New Year.

07-15-2013, 01:41 PM	#3210
Bigedb Banned Join Date: Jul 2013 Drives: 2013 frs 6spd asphalt Location: Gilbert az Posts: 135 Thanks: 1 Thanked 34 Times in 25 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	New fr-s owner Hey everyone. I just bought a new 2013 asphalt 6spd manual out here in gilbert az! Anyone out this way? I'm interested in meeting others and talking cars and grabbing a bite to eat. I can't wait for the mods to start I already have my list. I used to own a performance shop in Illinois so I know a thing or two about tuning and suspensions and turbos

07-15-2013, 08:15 PM	#3211
Kegani Racing Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Drives: TRD 86 Location: Malaysia Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	hi guys Hi, i'm from Malaysia. glad to join this enthusiastic forum of 86. just to share what i've done with the 86 with a Time attack video @ Sepang F1 Circuit Malaysia. enjoy the vids : http://www.keganiracing.com/page/news-events.aspx (scroll down to 8 June 2013 for the video.) The engine was remain untouch, modification mainly on suspension and brakes, exhaust systems...

07-15-2013, 11:03 PM	#3212
xsuperbeex Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Drives: Toyota Galaxy Blue Silica 86 Location: Indonesia Posts: 76 Thanks: 5 Thanked 20 Times in 18 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	New here.. Bought the 86 on november finally arrived on febuary since I ordered a different color than the dealers are importing.. so might be the only color in my country.. Last edited by xsuperbeex; 07-16-2013 at 12:07 AM.

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07-15-2013, 01:27 PM	#3209
Conn Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Drives: g37 Location: OKC,OK Posts: 47 Thanks: 21 Thanked 15 Times in 12 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	New here! Just wanted to say hi Currently driving a g37 and looking to get into a brz or frs (still don't know which I would want) after graduating from nursing school in December. I love how this platform has taken off and can't wait to get one. Until then, I'll sit back and enjoy all the nice cars Conn

07-16-2013, 03:31 AM	#3214
Krhys Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Drives: 2013 FR-S Location: Canada Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Greetings from Calgary! Long time viewer, decided to finally join up. Made an album with some pics I was lucky enough to take before I took delivery. Was thinking of getting Raven, but when I saw that sweet ass glistening in the sun, well.... Sold!!! Super happy with Argento, super happy with the car, super happy to be here. Cheers all. K

07-16-2013, 01:21 PM	#3216
Forgetful Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Drives: 2013 Ultramarine FR-S Location: Kamloops, B.C. Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 3 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Hello everyone, my name is Steve, better known on the internet as Forgetful. 10 days ago I bought a '13 FR-S in Ultramarine, from Sun Country Toyota in Kamloops, B.C. I'm thrilled to bits about it. I have to admit that I almost bought a car without giving the FR-S a chance. I started my car search looking to get in to a used BMW or VW, but between the interest rate and the age of the cars I was looking at, it just didn't make sense. Being that I was working through a local Ford dealer, because I had bought my last few cars there, they lent me a Focus ST. I had it overnight on a Friday and was pretty impressed with it. Luckily I have some good friends and they made sure to nitpick every car I mentioned, so I wasn't 100% sold on the Focus, and that night I properly shopped everything new that piqued my interest. That was a pretty short list, consisting of the Focus ST, 500 Abarth and the FR-S. So, Saturday morning my plan was to drop of the Focus and tell them I had some shopping to do, hit the local Toyota dealers, drive the FR-S, then shoot down to Kelowna where they had almost the exact Fiat 500 I had built on the web to see how it drove. I made it as far as the Toyota dealer, drove the FR-S and that was it. Got back to the dealership and started the paperwork. By mid-day she was mine. I've already had a chance to run it from Kamloops to Whistler across the Duffey Lake road, as well as to Vancouver via the Fraser Canyon. Both trips were a blast, and really reinforced the fact that I made the right decision to buy the Scion. I love cars of all kinds, but I honestly have a pretty bland car history. I've owned some great vehicles, but nothing all that interesting or fun. Boy has that changed with my Scion. I usually satisfy my autophilia with sim racing. I helped grow a Gran Turismo racing league from the very limited GT5Prologue in to an organization that has been home to 6 people who've gone on to compete at GT Academy finals at Silverstone. I've since moved on to iRacing, founding my own group at www.DriverSports.org We're a little stagnant ATM but we've got some good people and a really cool logo. Back when we were still running GT5 and the GT86 was being launched we ran a little race series for the triplets and had a blast running stock 86es. Enjoy! [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX3tHyI_TtE"]DriverSports.org DLC Test \| FR-S/86 GT \| Motegi \| Highlights - YouTube[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csF9TraTRiw"]DriverSports.org DLC Test \| FR-S/86 GT \| Motegi \| Full Race - YouTube[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ak2oIe4UFU"]DriverSports DLC Test \| Scion FR-S/ Toyota 86 GT \| Motegi East - YouTube[/ame]

07-16-2013, 04:06 PM	#3218
no_1murph Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Drives: 2013 FR-S Firestorm MT Location: NorCal Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Hi all, finally got around to posting on here... Got my FR-S back in February and used the site a lot before then when making up my mind. Definitely a great community and a big help in choosing my car. Loving my FR-S, even if most miles are on the freeway for my lengthy commute. I've found it to be a perfectly comfortable cruiser though and I obviously don't need to say anything about its handling attributes down the windier stuff. Hopefully will make it to a meet at some point, cheers, Simon

07-16-2013, 06:11 PM	#3219
Bigedb Banned Join Date: Jul 2013 Drives: 2013 frs 6spd asphalt Location: Gilbert az Posts: 135 Thanks: 1 Thanked 34 Times in 25 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Who was that I just saw at pecos and market street? Nice driving lights I want those!

07-16-2013, 10:44 PM	#3220
ogredave Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Drives: Sc10n FR-S #0086 Location: SoCal Posts: 46 Thanks: 29 Thanked 33 Times in 7 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Forgot to post here .. been around for a while but was mainly looking for a BRZ b/c I hated the FRS's original radio & lack of HID. Then I got the 10 series. Previous decent car (not my current Honda Fit beater) was a supercharged Maxima.

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