Originally Posted by DEpointfive0 Yessir, I agree... At a monthly car meet there used to be 100-150 cars... The meet after the FRS came out, 40 of them showed up,
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02-28-2013, 11:52 AM | #46 (permalink) | |
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No need to hate on the BRZ/FRS. The loaded price of those cars catch up to our price range, whereas our loaded price range catches up with the Mustang 5.0 range. Z owners saying the BRZ/FRS is weak is like the Mustang 5.0 owners saying our Zs are weak.
I think the cars are really cool, but I wouldn't want to spend more than $20k for one. [boo... inflation] I'd take one over the Miata, and then strip it down. At least the BRZ/FRS is RWD whereas Nissan wants to bring out an FWD competitor.
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Hi Steve... I didn't check. I thought the Z price range inches closer to the Mustang 5.0, so I thought it offered better performance for the money.
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I once had someone literally line up next to me for like 4 blocks. Since there was no traffic he just stuck next to me revving his gay little 4banger.. I usually try to stay away from driving dumb.. But boy was i annoyed.. Especially because he couldn't stop staring.. So i had me a good laugh when i left him miles behind in like 2 seconds lol |
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Not a flyby from the car but an attempt by an FRS salesperson.
On Tuesday I had to meet with a client who works in the back office at a local Scion dealership, so I park up front of the dealership in front of 5 FRS's. Young male salesperson approx 25-28 years old comes walking quickly up to me, first words out of his mouth were, "are you thinking about trading that Z in for one of these", points at the FRS's. I thought that was pretty humouros of him, so I laugh and say "thank you but no, I'm here to see my client who works in the back". Conversation then went like this. Sales person: "did you test drive the FRS before you bought your Z?" Me: "yes I did". Sales person: "and what you'd think about it?" Me: "I liked it, but just felt it was under powered to suit me". Sales person: "well you know, you could just turbo it and it would be faster than your Z". Me: " ahh yes, but then couldn't I turbo the Z as well, and if I did, wouldn't it still be faster than a turboed FRS?" Sales person: hesitates, then says "I'll call your client for you from the back". |
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That said. The Z is overpriced by $3grand, so the BRZ... A $20k car |
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I personally like the looks of the BRZ/FR-S (but not compared to the FR-S concept). I actually was watching the development of the car for years when it was the ft86 but once they finally released the hp/tq/weight numbers I was turned off and went with the Z. Haven't experienced anyone try to line up next to me yet though lol.
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The BRZ is an excellent vehicle. It has it's weaknesses compared to the Z, just as the Z has its weaknesses compared to a Mustang 5.0, which is also an excellent vehicle. That's fine. However, saying the BRZ is a "rear wheel drive corolla" is pure fanboyism, much like the resulting circlejerk. |
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