Scion First 86 FR-S Winners Registry

[civicdrivr]

Two years this past Friday. I celebrated by ripping the rear seat and belts out.

Aside from the massive engine issues, I love this car.

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[Brett]

Originally Posted by civicdrivr

Two years this past Friday. I celebrated by ripping the rear seat and belts out.

Aside from the massive engine issues, I love this car.

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I have a clutch cover that won't stop rattling, despite having replaced the entire transmission and clutch assembly. They can't seem to figure it out.

[terrypm]

Two years for me. Only a couple of problems. A intermittent rattle in the headliner above my head and a deformed drivers side window gasket.

[texas2888]

Well, the Scion FR-S affair has come to an end for me. I traded mine in on September 1. Now the happy owner of a 2014 370Z. That is all.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by texas2888

Well, the Scion FR-S affair has come to an end for me. I traded mine in on September 1. Now the happy owner of a 2014 370Z. That is all.

Congrats on the new ride!

[civicdrivr]

Originally Posted by texas2888

Well, the Scion FR-S affair has come to an end for me. I traded mine in on September 1. Now the happy owner of a 2014 370Z. That is all.

http://michaelmarek.net/370z/z_1.jpg

Congrats on the Z! What was the reason for moving on?

[texas2888]

Let's see...where should I start?

Power was a big issue for me. I had quite a few mods done to the car; supercharged, full exhaust, tuned, etc. It didn't really do that much to help it. I mean, I could tell that it improved, but still, not the big boost I was hoping for. I don't even want to get into what happened with the first tuner. Long story short; had to replace the short block! The guys that got it next just couldn't figure out what they called "missing HP" at high RPMs. They had narrowed it down to the automatic transmission. Cars with the same setup but with a manual transmission didn't seem to have that problem.

The car just seemed like an albatross. There was something always happening to me with that car. Got hailed on on my birthday. Hit a pipe that the car in front of me didn't even TRY to avoid that knocked out the rear mud guard. Windshield busted by a rock. front nose piece was got cracked by the place installing the intake and had to be repaired and repainted. Chirp never went away. Etc, etc... And this wasn't even my daily driver. I don't know. Just seemed like I had some bad luck with the car from the very beginning. SO, I just took a big hit and traded it in. The 370Z is much more refined, and at my age, it seemed a better fit.

With all that said, I have all the "First 86" paraphernalia we were given if anyone might be interested. I had the signed print that we got professionally framed and it looks awesome. I honestly hat to part with that because it looks so nice! If you have an Asphalt FR-S, it might be something you'd be interested in. I also have a bunch of professionally taken photos of the car on huge canvas sized prints, if anyone might be interested.

Check out the stuff here: http://michaelmarek.net/frs.htm

[civicdrivr]

I completely understand your move. I've endured a blown engine (thanks Visconti!) and various tiny issues that never seem to go away.

I've been debating selling the car for a few months now. I want to keep it and swap the motor to something more powerful and reliable, but the other side of me says sell it and move onto another platform. I just can't pull the trigger in either direction.

[FRSfan111]

Still rocking my first 86. My 2 year birthday was may8th 19k miles plenty of track time and only now decided to start power mods.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by texas2888

Let's see...where should I start?

Power was a big issue for me. I had quite a few mods done to the car; supercharged, full exhaust, tuned, etc. It didn't really do that much to help it. I mean, I could tell that it improved, but still, not the big boost I was hoping for. I don't even want to get into what happened with the first tuner. Long story short; had to replace the short block! The guys that got it next just couldn't figure out what they called "missing HP" at high RPMs. They had narrowed it down to the automatic transmission. Cars with the same setup but with a manual transmission didn't seem to have that problem.

The car just seemed like an albatross. There was something always happening to me with that car. Got hailed on on my birthday. Hit a pipe that the car in front of me didn't even TRY to avoid that knocked out the rear mud guard. Windshield busted by a rock. front nose piece was got cracked by the place installing the intake and had to be repaired and repainted. Chirp never went away. Etc, etc... And this wasn't even my daily driver. I don't know. Just seemed like I had some bad luck with the car from the very beginning. SO, I just took a big hit and traded it in. The 370Z is much more refined, and at my age, it seemed a better fit.

With all that said, I have all the "First 86" paraphernalia we were given if anyone might be interested. I had the signed print that we got professionally framed and it looks awesome. I honestly hat to part with that because it looks so nice! If you have an Asphalt FR-S, it might be something you'd be interested in. I also have a bunch of professionally taken photos of the car on huge canvas sized prints, if anyone might be interested.

Check out the stuff here: http://michaelmarek.net/frs.htm

Congrats BUT... The 370Z is a nice choice but even at the higher price I don't believe they come with a force field that will prevent the same things from happening to it. A bad tune can happen no matter what and you sort of said yourself that some of the perceived power issues are related to the auto.

I do ask a favour though! Please, PLEASE do not keep coming on here and saying "my 370Z this and 370Z that" or slam the twins in general just because you had a bad time (I know explaining your problems was not a "slam"). It just gets annoying and hurts the general public's impression of the cars.

[texas2888]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Congrats BUT... The 370Z is a nice choice but even at the higher price I don't believe they come with a force field that will prevent the same things from happening to it. A bad tune can happen no matter what and you sort of said yourself that some of the perceived power issues are related to the auto.

I do ask a favour though! Please, PLEASE do not keep coming on here and saying "my 370Z this and 370Z that" or slam the twins in general just because you had a bad time (I know explaining your problems was not a "slam"). It just gets annoying and hurts the general public's impression of the cars.

I don't think I slammed the car in any way. I was asked by a member why the change and I gave the honest truth as to MY experience. I'm a "car" person and I'm sure the 370Z won't be my last purchase. What I've learned from all of this is to just keep it simple and get a car that you don't have to do much to. I will NEVER have a car tuned again. This, I know! I didn't mention that I hadn't had the car from January 19 through August 12 this year while it was being put back together. I also din't mention the first tuner that ruined it as I wouldn't want to hurt someone's livelihood. I just chalked it up as a BAD learning experience for me.

My experience with the "First 86" program was great and something I'll never forget and will always appreciate. There's not enough of that sort of treatment for us consumers that like to spend our hard earned money. I just had a bad taste in my mouth after all the trouble that I endured dealing with the car...and I realize it wasn't the car's fault. I'll also always appreciate the FR-S when I see one on the street. It's a great looking, fun to drive car. That, there is no doubt!

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by texas2888

I don't think I slammed the car in any way. I was asked by a member why the change and I gave the honest truth as to MY experience. I'm a "car" person and I'm sure the 370Z won't be my last purchase. What I've learned from all of this is to just keep it simple and get a car that you don't have to do much to. I will NEVER have a car tuned again. This, I know! I didn't mention that I hadn't had the car from January 19 through August 12 this year while it was being put back together. I also din't mention the first tuner that ruined it as I wouldn't want to hurt someone's livelihood. I just chalked it up as a BAD learning experience for me.

My experience with the "First 86" program was great and something I'll never forget and will always appreciate. There's not enough of that sort of treatment for us consumers that like to spend our hard earned money. I just had a bad taste in my mouth after all the trouble that I endured dealing with the car...and I realize it wasn't the car's fault. I'll also always appreciate the FR-S when I see one on the street. It's a great looking, fun to drive car. That, there is no doubt!

All is cool dude, not accusing you and I didn't think you did slam the car (YET). I even said as much in my post.
Just know how some ex Twin owners can be on here after they change cars. Some be, all like, "my xxx is better at everything" and "the FRS sucked totally". I think they are trying to impress everybody with their "upgrade". This is an FRS/BRZ forum after all so although we may like to hear an honest well intentioned comparison between cars we also may not share the enthusiasm that you have that you got something new.
I am sure I also will change some day and would LOVE to have a 370Z (or a Jag F type) down the road but when that happens I will just quietly slip away and join a new forum (much to several people's relief I am sure).

[ke4640]

Originally Posted by CSF707

If I wasn't on the west coast here in Seattle, I would love to attend if I was a local :P Please take pics and post em here

Come out, being your friend. He might get picked on a bit though


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[johnnyfast11]

yeah. any car with a bad tune will ruin the car. sorry to hear your story man. I hoped it never happened to you. but enjoy your 370z. now gut it and work on that power to weight ratio haha