Will you stay with the 86 brand for the future ?

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by soundman98

I learned that after the second 'forever' car. The first fell apart, and i sold it like a game of hot potato. The second, i just got bored with, and realized forever is way to long to be bored.

Are we talking about cars or marriages?

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Are we talking about cars or marriages?

Cars, silly!

It costs you to get rid of a marriage -


humfrz

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Are we talking about cars or marriages?

how about a little from column A and a little from column B!

[NorthernDriver]

Imagine a curve ball:

Next gen 86 with a BMW B48

[Koa]

Originally Posted by Packofcrows

Passing on my FRS to lil sister in 2 years. Looking to buy the Supra as soon as they release a 6spd manual. If not wrx.

I love Supra. Ugly face though.

Best sister award?

[Leonardo]

When I bought my car in 2012 my plan was to drive it 100,000 miles at a minimum. I'm currently @ 77K. At this point I'm not planning on selling it in 23,000 miles. But no one really knows what the future holds.

[AngelGT86Racer]

I can see myself keeping mine for at least 3-5 years. I don't change cars that often. I had Miatas for five years before coming to this platform. The two main reasons I switched were:
Miatas started being stolen and burglarized left and right. My personal car was hit twice the last year I owned it. I became too paranoid owning an easy theft car that isn't being garaged.

They just don't make very good daily drivers if you're 5'10"+ and on the heavy side like me.


The FR-S does everything I need it to do.
It is reliable, simple, easy to service in my own garage. It's cheap, too. I got mine for less than $10,000 with 54k miles. It's salvage title, but straight where it matters. I'm also more than equipped to deal with small cosmetic imperfections on such a car.


For someone in my mid-twenties who enjoys frequenting driving events and hitting the local canyons on the weekends while only owning one car, this one is perfect for me.



And it just puts a smile on my face each time I drive it.
I wasn't interested in Subarus much for many years as a car enthusiast in California. The twins changed that.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Koa

Best sister award?

they've all but come out and said that the supra will never get a manual, so i'd say he's just taunting her.

[soulreapersteve]

Keeping mine until the engine blows up. After that, who knows. Get a new engine or say goodbye.



I haven't gone to autox in 2 years, don't even do weekend drives anymore. Might get something boring and compliant like a Lexus IS350 Fsport or something similar. Though I've had my eye on a GSF.



While I'm glad to have picked the FRS as my first sports car, I'm pretty much over it now.

[Teseo]

Originally Posted by soulreapersteve

Keeping mine until the engine blows up. After that, who knows. Get a new engine or say goodbye.



I haven't gone to autox in 2 years, don't even do weekend drives anymore. Might get something boring and compliant like a Lexus IS350 Fsport or something similar. Though I've had my eye on a GSF.



While I'm glad to have picked the FRS as my first sports car, I'm pretty much over it now.

And what change your mind? Got more money?

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by soulreapersteve

Keeping mine until the engine blows up. After that, who knows. Get a new engine or say goodbye.



I haven't gone to autox in 2 years, don't even do weekend drives anymore. Might get something boring and compliant like a Lexus IS350 Fsport or something similar. Though I've had my eye on a GSF.



While I'm glad to have picked the FRS as my first sports car, I'm pretty much over it now.

Well, you never know, the sports car bug may come back to bite you again later in life -


humfrz

[evoto86]

Interesting reading some comments its almost a split between people who say they have no plans to ever get rid of their 86/BRZ and those who want to buy something completely different, not a lot of people saying they are keen on the second generation.

I know we don't know what the second generation is gonna be like, but I'm confident if Toyota/Subaru manage to recreate the same magic and ingredients as the first generation only much better it would change a lot of the minds of people saying they are sticking to the first generation.

[alan.chalkley]

Here down under we have a lot of auto/suv/fwd drivers with their face stuck in their mobile(cell) phones and exploring new real estate.
So cars regularly get totalled and driving a decent car is not fun anymore.
Lately i enjoy driving where the road is not, in my old zooki and the future might be for a new jimny

[wbradley]

Originally Posted by NorthernDriver

Imagine a curve ball:

Next gen 86 with a BMW B48

Make that a turbo inline 4, pass on the BMW part though, mainly due to economics. This will likely necessitate the addition of pyrotechnic lifters for the hood due to safety which might push the price up a bit which would be an issue. This was likely the primary reason for the partnership with Subaru, cheapest way to get the COG down as well as a enable a low-sculpted hood line. Plus, Subaru had the production capacity.

My wife wanted to name our son Lucas and for some reason I didn't like the name. Now I know why. LOL

The twins are probably the last mass produced economically priced gas-only sports car. The trend will be toward hybrid, electric and eventually fuel cell vehicles. Think of every Japanese manufacturer, who else will make a true sports car for well under $30K? In 2012, the FR-S was $26K CD$, the next gen base will probably be $29.9K. The only other possible viable gas sports econo model I could envision would be like the Toyota S-FR provided it meets safety and they'd probably still be pushing the high $20's.

German manufacturers are definitely out on this one as are American. Koreans will not build a true sports car.

There are good sport sedan options though CUVs are consuming that market.