My 11 year review of my 2013 FRS

[speedy racer]

Hey guys, I got 130k on my 11 year FRS, 60k on the rebuild after engine failure at 50k. I had problems as soon as I got the car in my driveway and Toyota had it over 30 days, Toyota agreed to give me a 7 year 60k warranty, the engine blew up at 55k, Toyota rebuilt it with all the new ECU and pumps. I don’t get any idle bouncing like before the rebuild. There was a TSB on the throw out bearing on the clutch and it burned it out, Toyota would not warrant the issue saying it’s not covered under warranty. The only mods I did was Catback and a TRD cold air intake .The car has been problem free since the rebuild besides the common minor issues like the dash popping up, dirty back truck with leaves, the flimsy metal hood sucks, shiitty floor mats driver’s side got a hole in it, no Torque after 4500 rpm especially going up highways in the mountains and leaking tail lights. The car has been a driver’s dream but it’s time to really get my dream sports car, the FRS was an easy car to maintain. I ordered a 2024 Porsche 718 Cayman GTS 4.0, it’s coming in July but I’ll be keeping my FRS as a beater. Thanks to all of you guys on this forum since the launch of this site, It’s been a blast, if you get a Porsche I be on Porsche forums as JungleRed. I’m going to do most of the maintenance myself, Porsche wants $500-700 for an oil change, Ouch!

[MJones_RB]

Other than the TOB completely failing on me, my 2013 has been pretty trouble-free. (knock on wood). Sorry about all your troubles but it's nice that Toyota stepped up and rebuilt it. I mean, it's not "nice," it's probably cheaper for them to do that then some kind of legal action. Enjoy your Cayman!

[humfrz]

My 2013 has been trouble free (except when I back into things - ).

[blsfrs]

My FRS probably would have been trouble free except that I tried to improve it with a JR dual rad, an aluminum drive shaft, an ACT clutch, and a comp engine.

Maybe my FA24 will solve all my (car) problems.

[Ultramaroon]

Cheap, fast, strong - pick two.

I love my FRS. It's in the sweet spot.

[wbradley]

I had condensation in one taillight. That's it.

Any other issues were 100% from modification/supercharging and no fault of the car.

As much as I love the look of new Porsches, I have an aversion to German luxury brands. A few weeks ago while in Phoenix, my sister's friend was complaining the starter went in her 2017 Audi Q5 and the dealer wanted $3,500. for the repair. And iirc they didn't even fix it the first time. When I blew up the starter on my twin in 2016 after seizing my first SC (100% my error), the replacement from the dealer cost me $900 total and if I bought the part from Subaru at that time it would have cost me $360. I don't want to ever buy a car where one astronomical repair charge pushes me to ditch it. Under warranty, whole different story.
If all you are on the hook for is overpriced oil changes/tire rotations/inspections during ownership, it will no doubt be a pleasure from start to finish. Extended warranties were made for German luxury brands.

[speedy racer]

Originally Posted by wbradley

I had condensation in one taillight. That's it.

Any other issues were 100% from modification/supercharging and no fault of the car.

As much as I love the look of new Porsches, I have an aversion to German luxury brands. A few weeks ago while in Phoenix, my sister's friend was complaining the starter went in her 2017 Audi Q5 and the dealer wanted $3,500. for the repair. And iirc they didn't even fix it the first time. When I blew up the starter on my twin in 2016 after seizing my first SC (100% my error), the replacement from the dealer cost me $900 total and if I bought the part from Subaru at that time it would have cost me $360. I don't want to ever buy a car where one astronomical repair charge pushes me to ditch it. Under warranty, whole different story.
If all you are on the hook for is overpriced oil changes/tire rotations/inspections during ownership, it will no doubt be a pleasure from start to finish. Extended warranties were made for German luxury brands.

Porsche is no.1 in reliability according to JD power, idk about Audi, i would stay away from all the other German brands, Audis are the worse for depreciation, the MB 500 was one of the worse depreciation. https://www.jdpower.com/business/pre...%20147%20PP100.

[NOHOME]

Picked the car up July 2012 and it still haunts the driveway today. Year round driven in Canada and reliable for the most part. The previous car was a 1990 Miata delivered in 1989 and my FRS was the first FRS delivered in London Ontario. Both of those cars suffered all the early production issues that were common to the breeds.

Lesson lI should learn is to stop being an "Early adopter" of new models. But I doubt that I will learn.