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07-11-2013, 12:37 PM | #1 |
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Bought an FR-S for daily driving
I love driving the M Coupe and wanted to drive it every chance I get behind the wheel. The problem is though, I have a long commute (80 mile round trip) and putting that many miles on such a car for driving to work just didn't make much sense to me. On the other hand, I don't want a boring car for dd.
After a few test drives and fuel-logs of owners over the past year, I decided to pull the trigger and got myself a firestorm FR-S. It's hard to compare the driving experience with the M Coupe because they simply don't compare. In short, I'd say it's the best compromise of a fun to drive car with good gas mileage. Also, I can drive like I stole it every day and not blowing past the legal limit. M Coupe welcoming the new addition w/ open arms. Don't mind the paint chips on the grilles...need to get new ones soon.
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Like frs/ brz. But 30g for such little car just non sense to me...
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Nice pick up! If I didn't have two kids, I would have an FR-S/BRZ as my DD too, since I have a similar round-trip commute.
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MN winters are just as bad...good winter tires will take care of that though.
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07-11-2013, 05:27 PM | #6 |
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I grabbed a 128i for a DD but a FRS was on my list. couldn't beat the price I got on my 128.
getting 30 mpg highway, 25 city. can't complain at all compared to 19-21 mpg in the m |
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07-12-2013, 08:06 AM | #9 |
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It's funny when everyone close to you asked why you bought the same kind of car as your M Coupe but less special...I paused for a second and said that's exactly the point.
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I had a auto 128i as a loaner and was disgusted with the fact that it was a 46,000 car and felt like a gutless Bavarian rental car and yes I know the z4mc has such an opulent interior. I must try the 135 flavor I suppose.
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Sometimes it's nice driving a fun car that's not super special
Just curious why you chose the Scion over the Subaru?
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The M Sport Suspension does firm up the ride, and with replacing the bushings with M3 equivalents will tie the whole rear end together. In the end I don't need something that rides like a buck for a DD. The fact that I got it for $26k with 4k miles on it was too good to pass |
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I didn't favor one over the other in terms of brand really. It was solely based on price and availability. There were more used FR-S when I looked.
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