FR-S\BRZ owners give thumbs up to AE86 owners

[finch1750]

I for one feel extremely lucky. I have spent many years on club4ag before with just a shell and a silvertop sitting in my garage. It never came around as a project and is currently being swapped for an AW11 to put the 20V motor in. While I only drove my 86 for 2 weeks I fell in love. The culture drew me in and kept me there. I spend more time on club4ag than I-club or anything else when I had my STi. I grew up learning to work a MR2 and always wanted a true Toyota sports car as I thought they were so driver oriented. The FR-S has given me that chance. I will always though up a deuce, wave, nod whatever to AE86 or any other old school Toyota driver.

[nix]

I will give any nice car props if the owner has done a good job with it but all civics because of f&f and all 86s because of initial d?? Please.

[bucket]

Originally Posted by nix

Are ae86 rare in the states? I would use a different hand signal than waving if i saw a beater sprinter. And the real question why the fk would anyone care about civics?

Around my town, quite rare to see one that is not driven by a puerto rican. Same car, but generally completely different scenes. I can't immediately recall the last time I saw an ae86 that wasn't puerto rican around here. They are usually confused why a white guy in a 240sx is trying to say hi or interested in the car.

[bucket]

...and I still never got one
It seems like an ae86 in my garage now would be an anachronism and sit unused between the modern conveniences of the (not yet purchased) BRZ and the ridiculous to drive on normal roads 240sx.

[Oriental Life]

To All,

Civics in question. I was mostly referring to CR-X Civic, which was a hugely popular autox car in EU, on par with original Golf GTI Mk1. Only after reading some replies here, I realized that CR-X in EU and US were sold with different engines (150 VTEC bhp vs 108).

My bodies autox-ed these heavily http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_cr-x

Anyhow, every day you learn something new.

[Moto-P]

I'm sure the new AE86 owners back in the 80's didn't ALL give props to the old mago-ugly roots of the car, the TE27 Corollas either. Don't sweat it. Not everyone has to be Toyota historical buffs to enjoy the FRS.