Hannah - '14 SWP BRZ - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

leicaboss · 03-06-2014, 02:25 PM

My name is David and I’m based out of San Francisco, CA.

The last car I owned was my 2013 Argento FR-S. Sadly, on 2/28/14 – I was involved in a solo accident. Long story short, I was too fatigued from work and driving 7 hours back to Los Angeles, CA to be safely operating my vehicle; not to mention in heavy rain and slick conditions. The FR-S has since been officially totaled and although I was far from speeding, the experience definitely shook me up.

After the accident, I understandably began to fear RWD – however, I realized after having gone through a couple RWD cars (350Z, C350 Coupe) and safely managed many absurd winters in the East Coast, that my fear shouldn’t be of the car itself, but of understanding my own limits. Growing pains, for sure – as it was a big first “ding” to my otherwise spotless driving record (no tickets, accidents, etc).

Yesterday, by the grace of God – insurance totaled the FR-S and would help me back into another car. This time around, I decided to go for the twin I wanted in the first place – a Limited BRZ and was offered a brand new, fresh-off-the-truck-still-wrapped 2014 SWP. That's with a ton of goodies, and phenomenal service - definitely hit up Tommy Quach over there! I was pleasantly surprised that they are a "hush-hush" mod-friendly dealership. The guys there are super stoked about cars, and very knowledgeable. Not to bash on other dealerships, but they usually don't have very passionate salespeople who are into the technical or historical aspects of these cars. Their tech is also a guy who built a certain SpeedElement EVO X...

I’m a religious man and I truly believe that everything happens in accordance to His will; I’ve never named any of my cars, but I am naming my new BRZ “Hannah” – as it means grace. A reminder of having hope in situations that look down, and that things will work out, even if they don’t seem that way.

TL;DR – After a traumatic car accident with my lovely FR-S, I decided to stick with the 86 platform, and go with a ’14 SWP BRZ that I named “Hannah” as a reminder of God’s grace.

leicaboss · 03-06-2014, 02:27 PM

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leicaboss · 03-06-2014, 02:31 PM

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leicaboss · 03-06-2014, 07:50 PM

First update, will be adding this to my car shortly once I get home to an SD card:

Made this for my BRZ's startup screen... feel free to use it!

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Thornley · 03-06-2014, 08:13 PM

Goodluck with this one man! Looking forward to it!

FUN BRZ · 03-07-2014, 12:08 AM

Did you get it at Capitol Subaru down here in San Jose?

leicaboss · 03-07-2014, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Thornley

Goodluck with this one man! Looking forward to it!

Thanks man, I can't wait to put my FR-S parts on, but realllly resisting the urge and trying to enjoy her as is for once

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Originally Posted by FUN BRZ

Did you get it at Capitol Subaru down here in San Jose?

Yes sir, you bet!

subiestyle · 03-07-2014, 01:19 PM

holy moly!

I did not realize there were dealers in the bay area letting go of white brz limited below invoice. did the 25.6K include $795 destination fee?

PoorMansRacing · 03-07-2014, 01:22 PM

I love your Hannah reference

very cool. Glad to see you bounced back (in a BRZ no less)!

leicaboss · 03-07-2014, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by subiestyle

holy moly!

I did not realize there were dealers in the bay area letting go of white brz limited below invoice. did the 25.6K include $795 destination fee?

Yup! Mine had coincidentally rolled onto their lot that same day, I saw it before it even got checked in at the dealer - I have some of the original documents from the factory (in Japanese lol) that I snatched before they were going to take it away.

The price included options too like wheel locks, rubber OEM trunk mat, bumper applique, chrome fender trim, etc. No gaudy options thank goodness.

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I love your Hannah reference

very cool. Glad to see you bounced back (in a BRZ no less)!

Thanks! You know it! BRZ was the one I wanted all along, but ironically ended up not saving much money going the FR-S route, should've stuck with my gut feeling, it would've been practical too!

subiestyle · 03-07-2014, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by leicaboss

Yup! Mine had coincidentally rolled onto their lot that same day, I saw it before it even got checked in at the dealer - I have some of the original documents from the factory (in Japanese lol) that I snatched before they were going to take it away.

The price included options too like wheel locks, rubber OEM trunk mat, bumper applique, chrome fender trim, etc. No gaudy options thank goodness.

any finagling on your part, or does capital subaru have so much volume that they let go for so cheap.

i would've definitely reconsidered the brz limited at that price vs the monogram.

leicaboss · 03-07-2014, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by subiestyle

any finagling on your part, or does capital subaru have so much volume that they let go for so cheap.

i would've definitely reconsidered the brz limited at that price vs the monogram.

Well, I can't explain why but Tommy hooked it up! They're a huge dealer group with 10+ marques and the largest Subie dealer in CA. Looks like the CO days are over for us lol

I posted this above "I was pleasantly surprised that they are a "hush-hush" mod-friendly dealership. The guys there are super stoked about cars, and very knowledgeable. Not to bash on other dealerships, but they usually don't have very passionate salespeople who are into the technical or historical aspects of these cars. Their tech is also a guy who built a certain SpeedElement EVO X..."

cactus · 03-07-2014, 03:35 PM

I was just at Capitol today and they have quite a few BRZs on the lot.

leicaboss · 03-07-2014, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by cactus

I was just at Capitol today and they have quite a few BRZs on the lot.

Yeah, they brought in a ton the day I bought mine!

03-06-2014, 02:25 PM	#1
leicaboss Coffee Snob Join Date: Dec 2013 Drives: '14 SWP BRZ Limited Location: SF (Mission) Posts: 992 Thanks: 536 Thanked 395 Times in 250 Posts Mentioned: 31 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Hannah - '14 SWP BRZ My name is David and I’m based out of San Francisco, CA. The last car I owned was my 2013 Argento FR-S. Sadly, on 2/28/14 – I was involved in a solo accident. Long story short, I was too fatigued from work and driving 7 hours back to Los Angeles, CA to be safely operating my vehicle; not to mention in heavy rain and slick conditions. The FR-S has since been officially totaled and although I was far from speeding, the experience definitely shook me up. After the accident, I understandably began to fear RWD – however, I realized after having gone through a couple RWD cars (350Z, C350 Coupe) and safely managed many absurd winters in the East Coast, that my fear shouldn’t be of the car itself, but of understanding my own limits. Growing pains, for sure – as it was a big first “ding” to my otherwise spotless driving record (no tickets, accidents, etc). Yesterday, by the grace of God – insurance totaled the FR-S and would help me back into another car. This time around, I decided to go for the twin I wanted in the first place – a Limited BRZ and was offered a brand new, fresh-off-the-truck-still-wrapped 2014 SWP. That's with a ton of goodies, and phenomenal service - *definitely hit up Tommy Quach over there!* I was pleasantly surprised that they are a "hush-hush" mod-friendly dealership. The guys there are super stoked about cars, and very knowledgeable. Not to bash on other dealerships, but they usually don't have very passionate salespeople who are into the technical or historical aspects of these cars. Their tech is also a guy who built a certain SpeedElement EVO X... I’m a religious man and I truly believe that everything happens in accordance to His will; I’ve never named any of my cars, but I am naming my new BRZ “Hannah” – as it means grace. A reminder of having hope in situations that look down, and that things will work out, even if they don’t seem that way. TL;DR – After a traumatic car accident with my lovely FR-S, I decided to stick with the 86 platform, and go with a ’14 SWP BRZ that I named “Hannah” as a reminder of God’s grace. __________________ My Build Thread: Hannah, my '14 SWP BRZ Weekly SF/Daly City Meet: Tuesdays @ 7pm Last edited by leicaboss; 03-27-2014 at 05:47 PM.

03-06-2014, 02:27 PM	#2
leicaboss Coffee Snob Join Date: Dec 2013 Drives: '14 SWP BRZ Limited Location: SF (Mission) Posts: 992 Thanks: 536 Thanked 395 Times in 250 Posts Mentioned: 31 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Mod List/Updates Reserved for Mod List + Updates Google Spreadsheet Log __________________ My Build Thread: Hannah, my '14 SWP BRZ Weekly SF/Daly City Meet: Tuesdays @ 7pm

03-06-2014, 02:31 PM	#3
leicaboss Coffee Snob Join Date: Dec 2013 Drives: '14 SWP BRZ Limited Location: SF (Mission) Posts: 992 Thanks: 536 Thanked 395 Times in 250 Posts Mentioned: 31 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Most Current Photos *Reserved - Most Recent Photos* __________________ My Build Thread: Hannah, my '14 SWP BRZ Weekly SF/Daly City Meet: Tuesdays @ 7pm

03-06-2014, 07:50 PM	#4
leicaboss Coffee Snob Join Date: Dec 2013 Drives: '14 SWP BRZ Limited Location: SF (Mission) Posts: 992 Thanks: 536 Thanked 395 Times in 250 Posts Mentioned: 31 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	First update, will be adding this to my car shortly once I get home to an SD card: *Made this for my BRZ's startup screen... feel free to use it!* img __________________ My Build Thread: Hannah, my '14 SWP BRZ Weekly SF/Daly City Meet: Tuesdays @ 7pm

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subiestyle Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Drives: 2014 Monogram FR-S White MT Location: San Francisco Posts: 433 Thanks: 62 Thanked 106 Times in 68 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	holy moly! I did not realize there were dealers in the bay area letting go of white brz limited below invoice. did the 25.6K include $795 destination fee?

03-07-2014, 01:22 PM	#9
PoorMansRacing Anorexic Join Date: Oct 2013 Drives: 2003 Honda S2000 Suzuka Blue Location: Washington, DC Posts: 341 Thanks: 598 Thanked 175 Times in 95 Posts Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I love your Hannah reference very cool. Glad to see you bounced back (in a BRZ no less)!

03-07-2014, 03:35 PM	#13
cactus Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: 13 SWP BRZ Location: CA Posts: 183 Thanks: 118 Thanked 44 Times in 36 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I was just at Capitol today and they have quite a few BRZs on the lot.

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