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FR-S / BRZ vs.... Area to discuss the FR-S/BRZ against its competitors [NO STREET RACING] |
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Brz | 45 | 63.38% | |
Civic Si | 7 | 9.86% | |
Miata | 13 | 18.31% | |
other | 6 | 8.45% | |
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01-30-2021, 12:33 PM | #29 | |
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In the FR-S, I've fit a 21 gal air compressor, 27" tool chest, 8 ft fence posts and dozens of pickets, engine hoist & engine stand, insulation batts, and I'm sure many other things. The trunk is plenty big for 4 people's worth of groceries (weekly). Although I know other people tend to buy multiple large cases of bottled water or other drinks, which I don't do. That I can understand take up space. Quote:
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While I don't normally transport people in the back seat, there's always flexibility to do so in a car with any type of back seats. It's comfortable enough for most every day car rides which are less than 30 minutes. I've also had someone back there on a 15hr car ride. You can't even have the option to in a Miata Quote:
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Since you mention reliability, the thing you have to consider is the Si is turbo now. I know K engines are some of the best but the most recent Si had an L15 Turbo I believe. I'm not too familiar with this since I have not been looking at Hondas lately. You should check out some of the Honda forums and see what Si owners are saying about it. I like the Miata a lot actually, but I'm not sure I would consider it. If I was gonna get another 2 seater car and a convertible, I'd get a used S2000 over the Miata. Since a car like this to me would be more fun than practical, I'd want to get one with better potential from the factory engine. If I was in the market right now, from your choices, I would say 1)Next gen 86/BRZ 2)Next gen Si 3) Miata.
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Not sure why Subaru only offers with Summer tires.
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Typically weekly grocery trip for my week of food is 8+ bags. Which fit easily in passenger seat (if i actually took the 86) I can seatbelt 4-5 bags put heavy stuff wedged in footwell and use my hand to insure nothing is flying around. I could put in trunk but risk everything flying around, and its easy to put in passenger seat. Something you could do the same for the miata. (Mommy gets her and kids groceries herself usually costco trips in the cx-5) Maybe I’m just a nice person, I would never subject a grown adult into fitting in the rear for any amount of time. At least with the miata it isn’t even an option so you don’t need to come off as a **** trying to explain how no one over 4ft tall should ever attempt to get in the rear unless they are masochist, you could avoid that discussion all together with a miata. As far as everything you’ve fit in the trunk. Assuming based on this being his first car he is younger probably 16-20, no kids, and the need to transport all that stuff mentioned is probably rare to non existent. Several grocery bags and a few random gym bags, backpacks, laptop bags fit just fine in the miata (what most younger, none kid having people probably transport) and if you have kids and the 86/brz is your only car your priorities are probably not in line. A lot of good adjectives I’d describe the 86/brz, practical is not one. |
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i think you're confusing a california thing with the rest of the world.
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I hate convertibles and would never buy a honda. So I would say a brz. Summer tires for 3 seasons and winter tires for the winter and it is awesome. Perfect car for a single guy.
lots of people have removed the rear seats. Although 2 reasonable sized people can fit one if front of the other just fine, I think I have used the back seats twice in 3 years. So I took them out. There is a ton more storage space now. |
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If you don’t delete the rear seat you may as well drive a civic. |
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The 2 times you used the back seat was it the only option avalanches? Or was it something like people just wanting to check out the car and go for a ride, or other people drove to lunch the last 370 times so you said F it get in the back I’ll drive? |
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Only reason why I bought the FRS was because of the backseats... I was able to put car seats in them for my kids... Would have preferred the ND Miata any day, but I had to settle for the lesser car due to my kids... The FRS was also cheaper
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It's not a California thing. It's a ricer thing cos u know... Weight reduction!
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but they didn't make the civic rwd, and last i checked, the civics radio is integral to other vehicle functionalities, so it's been nuked entirely off my possibility list. i wanted a rwd stickshift 2 door car with a back seat. the back works great for groceries, emergencies, and holding my hat, sunglasses, and peppermint candies. i don't see what the big deal is.
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Sounds like if one has no kids. A miata is the way to go.
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Combined with 175lbs of other weight reduction that no one not familiar with the 86 would have any idea was done besides 24lbs from bucket seats since that’s obvious. got me 200lbs of weight reduction with almost zero sacrifice besides money and my time, But losing rear seats only cost me about $50 and one weekend well worth it. Is that still ricer? A 2900lbs car at 340 crank = 8.5lbs per hp A 2700lbs car at 340 crank = 7.9lbs per hp 2900lbs divided by 7.9lbs per = 367 crank hp So 200lbs weight reduction keeps my power to weight the same as If instead I gained 27 hp. Still ricer? |
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So a brz really only gains rear seats which again are almost useless and most people I would hope have another option to not need to use the rear seats. |
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