Yep, I got hooked after daily driving my moms 1999 C5 vette for a few months! Haha probably has something to do with being able to do 59mph in first gear all while never looking away from the road (laser projected heads up display) My STi probably gives me about 75% of the feeling the vette did.

 

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I liked being in 4th gear on city streets and not having do downshift to 3rd or 2nd to pass...or being in 6th gear on the freeway at 65-70 and not having to downshift to speed up

 

Absolutely incorrect!

 

It's especially fun being faster in a slow car than someone in a fast car.

 

Not all driving is a contest or timed...pure joy of fast acceleration and power-over

 

So the "funnest" car you've driven is also the slowest car you've driven?
Haha why get the ss camaro and not the v6 then?

 

 

i use to daily drive, grip and drift miata's for 10 years, i really want to drive a BRZ and see how it feels. I want one basically because its RWD, small but decent trunk space so i can still toss all my work tools in the back, and they look awesome!

 

 

They are talking about a twinscroll single turbo BRZ for 2014... Lots of talk about about more power to come, but with a bigger price tag...

idk if i should wait?

 

With the price tag of the current BRZ Limited being around 28k, I could easily see the STI version that's turbo being at least 36, but with how Subaru like to mark up it'd be in the low 40k range.. I wouldn't be surprised :/

 

You're right; I agree that there's fun in killer acceleration, but there's a lot of fun being able to push a slow car to the max and being faster than more high powered cars; this just comes from me who autocrosses a lot. I have driven cars from an 89 Civic SI to E85 powered Evos. There's something about being able to wring out everything out of a slow accelerating car and maintaining speed throughout a course. I guess it depends on what kind of fun you want.

If there's a turbo version, you're right: it's going to be WRX STI money. However, I'll believe there's a turbo version when Subaru actually tells the world there's a turbo version.

 

I think the GT86 is pretty good as it is. I test drove a FR-S at the SF Autoshow and I thought it was great. Granted this is compared to my 2.5i. On paper the FR-S is faster than my car and on the road it felt faster too.

However, my friend who was with me did not share my enthusiasm. He drives a '02 WRX and he said that the FR-S felt almost the same as his WRX.

I think it is also interesting how the GT86 is classed. While the STi is B and the WRX is D, the GT86 is right between the two in C class.

But I agree with G_Ride and wombatsauce, it is much more fun, and rewarding, to be able to get the most out of a slow car than it is to just drive a fast car.

 

My "ancient" Camry is as fast as a stock 2.0L WRX from a roll.

I make ~250% as much power as his stock WRX and I still think mine is slow.