What do you look for when buying a sports car? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Diar · 05-19-2010, 12:51 AM

I'm still brand new to the cars in general. When choosing for a sports car what do you look for? I drive a Celica GT-S and its a FF.. but I want to know why people hate FWD so much.

Franisco · 05-19-2010, 01:00 AM

Torque steer
Limited Power Potential
Lack of "Balance"
Lack of power-steering abilities
Poor launches
Tendency to Understeer

Dark · 05-19-2010, 01:12 AM

I'm not a hater here, and I think everyone is not either. I personally consider RWD and AWD over FWD because I think they are more fun to drive.

Midship Runabout · 05-19-2010, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Diar

When choosing for a sports car what do you look for?

***** magnet is number 1

4agze · 05-19-2010, 05:50 AM

1.Fun factor
2.oversteer>understeer
3.FR car are easyer to balance than FF

Diar · 05-19-2010, 08:37 AM

Interesting answers everybody. If only I had this knowledge before I got my first car, it would make my driving experience better. Now I know what to look for. Thank for all the responses!

ichitaka05 · 05-19-2010, 03:25 PM

Don't forget, it depends on where you live too. If you live in where it snow like crazy in the winter, don't buy FR unless you have 1. beater car for winter or 2. have enough $ to buy good winter tires and expect several spin out. I wanted to buy FR car, but I couldn't do option 1 or 2 (cuz I'm college student), so I went w option AWD.

FF car can be awesome... for an example

(skip through it 2:19)

NESW20 · 05-19-2010, 10:07 PM

fun: self explanatory. get something you ENJOY driving.
comfort: buy something you're comfortable in. seats, steering wheel position, shifter, pedals, mirrors, etc... it is very important to be comfortable in the car if you're going to drive it well
reliability: doesn't matter how fun and comfy it is if it's broken.

the "fun" part takes care of a lot of the FF/FR/MR/AWD decision. some people have fun driving different styles of car, get what suits you. i have driven some really fun FF cars, and some horrid FR cars.

-Mike

Lexicon101 · 05-20-2010, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Don't forget, it depends on where you live too. If you live in where it snow like crazy in the winter, don't buy FR unless you have 1. beater car for winter or 2. have enough $ to buy good winter tires and expect several spin out. I wanted to buy FR car, but I couldn't do option 1 or 2 (cuz I'm college student), so I went w option AWD.

FF car can be awesome... for an example

(skip through it 2:19)

I'd rather oversteer a little in the snow than understeer a little in the snow. understeer = oncoming traffic.

ichitaka05 · 05-20-2010, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Lexicon101

I'd rather oversteer a little in the snow than understeer a little in the snow. understeer = oncoming traffic.

ah... I never said "when you're turning the corner" & sound like you never driven a fr in the snow. I hope you can say the same thing when you're driving in 10 inches plus of snow on the ground.

Lexicon101 · 05-21-2010, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ichitaka05

ah... I never said "when you're turning the corner" & sound like you never driven a fr in the snow. I hope you can say the same thing when you're driving in 10 inches plus of snow on the ground.

I'm pretty good at saying things, regardless of the situation I'm in. Like.. if anyone can say it when driving in 10 inches plus of snow on the ground, it's me.

ichitaka05 · 05-22-2010, 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Lexicon101

I'm pretty good at saying things, regardless of the situation I'm in. Like.. if anyone can say it when driving in 10 inches plus of snow on the ground, it's me.

Someone who own FR car, enlighten him...

Haydinho · 05-22-2010, 02:54 PM

Sure is fun, the hard parts getting traction kkkk

Mouse · 05-25-2010, 12:27 PM

First of all you need to define "Sportscar":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_car

Once you have read that you will realize that your choices are rather limited:
Miata
S2000
Z3/Z4
Boxster
etc...

No FWD car is or will ever be considered a sports car.

05-19-2010, 12:51 AM	#1
Diar Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Drives: 2000 Toyota Celica GT-S Location: Socal Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	What do you look for when buying a sports car? I'm still brand new to the cars in general. When choosing for a sports car what do you look for? I drive a Celica GT-S and its a FF.. but I want to know why people hate FWD so much.

05-19-2010, 03:25 PM	#7
ichitaka05 Site Moderator Join Date: Oct 2009 Drives: ichi 86 Project Location: Middle of No where Posts: 21,050 Thanks: 7,728 Thanked 19,278 Times in 8,388 Posts Mentioned: 697 Post(s) Tagged: 28 Thread(s)	Don't forget, it depends on where you live too. If you live in where it snow like crazy in the winter, don't buy FR unless you have 1. beater car for winter or 2. have enough $ to buy good winter tires and expect several spin out. I wanted to buy FR car, but I couldn't do option 1 or 2 (cuz I'm college student), so I went w option AWD. FF car can be awesome... for an example (skip through it 2:19) __________________

05-19-2010, 10:07 PM	#8
NESW20 2.1L 3SGTE Join Date: Oct 2009 Drives: MR2 Turbo & Tacoma Location: Columbus, IN Posts: 1,248 Thanks: 29 Thanked 24 Times in 22 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	fun: self explanatory. get something you ENJOY driving. comfort: buy something you're comfortable in. seats, steering wheel position, shifter, pedals, mirrors, etc... it is very important to be comfortable in the car if you're going to drive it well reliability: doesn't matter how fun and comfy it is if it's broken. the "fun" part takes care of a lot of the FF/FR/MR/AWD decision. some people have fun driving different styles of car, get what suits you. i have driven some really fun FF cars, and some horrid FR cars. -Mike __________________ 1991 MR2 Turbo - 2.1L high compression stroker 3SGTE 2006 Tacoma 4x4 TRD Off Road - All-Pro front bumper, Old Man Emu shocks, Old Man Emu HD front coils, All-Pro leafs 1990 240SX Coupe - sold 2008 Civic Si Sedan

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Dark Elite Padawan Join Date: Mar 2010 Drives: '15 WRX, 15 GLA250, and 2 feet Location: Shoreline, WA Posts: 3,498 Thanks: 197 Thanked 250 Times in 159 Posts Mentioned: 9 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I'm not a hater here, and I think everyone is not either. I personally consider RWD and AWD over FWD because I think they are more fun to drive.

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Diar Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Drives: 2000 Toyota Celica GT-S Location: Socal Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Interesting answers everybody. If only I had this knowledge before I got my first car, it would make my driving experience better. Now I know what to look for. Thank for all the responses!

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Haydinho Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Drives: . Location: . Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Sure is fun, the hard parts getting traction kkkk

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Mouse Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Drives: Miata Location: Miami, Fl. Posts: 186 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 3 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	First of all you need to define "Sportscar": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_car Once you have read that you will realize that your choices are rather limited: Miata S2000 Z3/Z4 Boxster etc... No FWD car is or will ever be considered a sports car.

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