What you HATE the most on your FR-S/BRZ/GT86/FT86?

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Why does that type of clutch make that sound?

Not sure. Everything should be under load from the springs with it released.

[Overdrive]

For me the hate has to go to the fuel pump chirps, the random cabin rattles that seem to be impossible to track down, and the 3rd brake light protruding into my rear view. That said, they're all minor things, and so I'd say "hate" would be a strong word for them. Still love driving it every day.

[JesseG]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

This conversation made me curious so I went out last night and made sure I was on the most inclined section of my driveway and tried the door. Didn't move at all. They obviously changed something.

I can justify getting a new 86/BRZ because of that alone


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[JesseG]

Originally Posted by Overdrive

For me the hate has to go to the fuel pump chirps, the random cabin rattles that seem to be impossible to track down, and the 3rd brake light protruding into my rear view. That said, they're all minor things, and so I'd say "hate" would be a strong word for them. Still love driving it every day.

I haven’t ever thought about the third brake light blocking visibility, until now. Thanks guys! But seriously, the visibility is pretty good out of the twins despite being a small and flat car. There is just that small blind spot which is easy enough to do a quick head turn to avoid. That just made me think it would be nice to have blind spot monitoring on the 2nd gen.


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[soundman98]

Originally Posted by JesseG

I sometimes wonder what people on the outside think of our strange little tractor sounding cars. Add in the crickets and the gear change clicks and you’ve got quite a symphony going on. Lol
The teachers at my daughter’s school pickup/ drop off line don’t know what to make of it. And a teacher shut the door by pushing the window. My car OCD kicked in big time. Even my daughter was like “Dad I could tell you didn’t like that”


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my previous 2 vehicles were convertibles. i've always had frameless door windows. nothing irritates me more than someone using the glass to close the door. i may or may not have rubbed one specific persons nose in their greasy grimy fingerprints that were left on the glass from doing that. the court records were sealed.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Overdrive

For me the hate has to go to the fuel pump chirps, the random cabin rattles that seem to be impossible to track down, and the 3rd brake light protruding into my rear view. That said, they're all minor things, and so I'd say "hate" would be a strong word for them. Still love driving it every day.

third brake light is a simple mod to move up to the top.

[beltax90]

[JesseG]

Originally Posted by soundman98

my previous 2 vehicles were convertibles. i've always had frameless door windows. nothing irritates me more than someone using the glass to close the door. i may or may not have rubbed one specific persons nose in their greasy grimy fingerprints that were left on the glass from doing that. the court records were sealed.

It’s one of my biggest car pet peeves. If there isn’t a fu**ing door frame don’t close the door by its window! I’ve had several cars with frameless doors also. It wasn’t too bad with my WRX because the doors were so light. My Camaro had heavy a$$ doors and I would cringe every time I would see someone close an F Body door by its window. If you want to send your car OCD into hyperdrive, watch an episode of Knight Rider, he closes the door with the window every damn time.


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[LimitedSlip]

Originally Posted by Overdrive

. . . the 3rd brake light protruding into my rear view.

Every time someone mentions this the "First Rule of Italian Driving" comes to mind:

[alex87f]

Originally Posted by beltax90

Have a DIY on that?

[beltax90]

Originally Posted by alex87f

Have a DIY on that?

tbh, dont know what this guy is talking about but here it is:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ft86/commen...leans/fmdjhv5/

i guess you're just drilling out the plastic stands that the light sits on top of? which allows you to push the light further down.

er something. have not tried or even seen what he's talking about myself.

[Decep]

Worst things about the car for a daily driver are definitely the door checks and for those of us without backup cameras, rear visibility at night is terrible for parallel parking. reverse lights barely light anything up due to how low they are.

[Bonburner]

Originally Posted by Decep

Worst things about the car for a daily driver are definitely the door checks and for those of us without backup cameras, rear visibility at night is terrible for parallel parking. reverse lights barely light anything up due to how low they are.

Replace the reverse lights with some brighter LEDs and/or install a back up camera

[beltax90]

made a video of all the things i hate about this car: