MrH's BRZ Thread

[S204STi]

Definitely a nice looking car, much better looking than the FR-S IMO.

Oh, and Mike at least you have a satisfyingly manly-sounding voice, makes the video listenable.

[AutobahnSHO]

congrats! love it.

How far back is the driver seat?
How thumpy is the stereo?

Trunk looks much bigger than I thought actually, and I suppose the rear seats fold down? (would probably just remove them.)

[nickdrinkwater]

Congrats!  Colour looks better in the video than on the pics.  Really nice car.

BTW, I thought it would be pronounced BR-Zed, sounds better than BR-Zee?

[MX793]

Definitely a nice looking car, much better looking than the FR-S IMO.

Oh, and Mike at least you have a satisfyingly manly-sounding voice, makes the video listenable.

The interior is definitely a step up from the FR-S.  The materials were OK (soft-touch dash and all), but the HVAC controls seemed cheap and the radio didn't look like it was actually meant to be in the car.  Looked like an aftermarket job that somebody picked up at Pep Boys and slapped in.  The exterior differences are truly minimal.

Also, couldn't tell for certain from the vid, but is the trunk lid finished inside (is there some kind of cloth cover over the inner workings)?  The FR-S I looked at wasn't.

[MrH]

What functions do the center stack toggles control?

Those are all HVAC controls. I'll get a good video up today explaining everything

[LonghornTX]

Dude, so jealous. That car is freaking awesome

[Raza]

No pictures, no proof!  That video could be anyone. 

[Payman]

Beautiful car. 

[Payman]

No pictures, no proof!  That video could be anyone.  

Yeah, I would've mentioned CarSPIN at least once, or called Raza fuckface or something. 

[Raza]

I think I saw that video posted on the www.dascion4evah.com forums two weeks ago, anyway. 

[Raza]

Also, "There she is.  Still dirty.  Still wrapped in plastic" sounds way more serial killer-y than I think you (or whoever made that video) meant it to.

[Raza]

Start/stop is a the bottom of the dash?  Ultra mega gay.

[mzziaz]

Start/stop is a the bottom of the dash?  Ultra mega gay.

you are grasping at straws here.

[MrH]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uouujp9Jz4

[AutobahnSHO]

heheh

Need to wash and wax my "new" baby.

Anyone have any preferences as far as paste to take the oxidation off? Rear end looks nice but front is quite white-cloudy..

[MrH]

What functions do the center stack toggles control?

All HVAC stuff.  I'll make another video of the interior soon and walk through it all .

Agreed.  Dealers are notoriously shit at detailing.

Yeah, they would have just scratched the shit out of the clear coat.

congrats! love it.

How far back is the driver seat?
How thumpy is the stereo?

Trunk looks much bigger than I thought actually, and I suppose the rear seats fold down? (would probably just remove them.)

My seat when driving is probably 2, maybe 3 clicks from fully back.  Fully back, it's against the back seat.  So there's probably about an inch and a half behind me when I drive

Stereo is very bass heavy.  Mids are kind of weak.  I haven't played with the equalizer much yet.

Ok so the video I posted.  The water beads like crazy where the plastic was, doesn't at all everywhere else.  I was going to go get it detailed and opti-coated today, but the rain prevented that.  It can't get rain on it for 24 hours after getting it done.  It started drizzling while driving around today.  One wipe of the wipers, and it was disgusting.  Just a thick, brown slime got piled up on the windshield.  So I took it to the touchless spray place and sprayed it down.  That video just shows how bad it needs to detailed.  Unfortunately, it's raining.  So I sprayed it down, took my mom out to breakfast in it, and I think I'm going to detail it myself now.  Atleast get some sort of protection on it.

What are everyone's thoughts on just using a spray detailer to get it perfectly clean, given that I washed it down a little bit ago?  I can do that in the garage, clay bar it, lightly polish what needs to be polished, then wax it.  I won't be able to get it professionally done for at least a week now, and I want to get something on it for my trip to Pennslyvania next weekend.

[MrH]

Oh, and to that review that said you couldn't power slide it around...   The rain definitely helps, but it's pretty easy to power slide if that's what you want to do.

Got on the power just a bit making a tight turn.  Back end swung around, countersteered, and kept on going.  ESC didn't even go off.  It was beautiful.  Sooooo much more progressive and easier to control than the miata.

[AutobahnSHO]

hehe 
Careful, someone already wrecked an FRS- took the ESC off and did a little spirited driving around a mild corner..

[MrH]

Did you read his post?  Guy had no idea what driving dynamics even were.  I don't think he had a clue that FWD and RWD even drive differently.

I slid my miata around all the time on stickier summer tires that were a lot less forgiving.  And that has a shorter wheel base too

[MX793]

hehe 
Careful, someone already wrecked an FRS- took the ESC off and did a little spirited driving around a mild corner..

It dumbfounds me how many people have no f*cking clue how to drive a RWD car.  Or that people are stupid enough to try to take any car they aren't familiar with to 10/10ths right off the bat rather than working up to it and feeling out the limits of the car.

[Onslaught]

It dumbfounds me how many people have no f*cking clue how to drive a RWD car.  Or that people are stupid enough to try to take any car they aren't familiar with to 10/10ths right off the bat rather than working up to it and feeling out the limits of the car.

It took me a long time to take the R3 up to even near it's limits. I want to know what it will do before I put it around a tree.

[Raza]

It took me a long time to take the R3 up to even near it's limits. I want to know what it will do before I put it around a tree.

I'm the same way.  And other things too.  I mean, you have to get a feeling for the visibility before you can start weaving in and out of lanes on the highway, too. 

[AutobahnSHO]

+1 to all yous guys.

Just got a little rear slideage at 20mph, it's really wet out and I've been trying to get some (CONTROLLED) driftaroo..

[r0tor]

This thread just inspired me to take the RX8 out for some exercise... lol hit 50mph around a 10 mph turn with lots of wheelspin on exit  :D

[Vinsanity]

I got the Caddy's tail out for the very first time just a few months ago. Completely unintentional. Now I realize how weight is the enemy of spirited driving

[Cookie Monster]

I need LSD.

[Rupert]

Talk to your drug dealer.

[850CSi]

You guys are going to be so disappointed by my lame video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLESL1G-OnI

Heh, congrats!

I have the same exact polo btw

[Eye of the Tiger]

I have a polo shirt, too. I should get BRZ.

[Soup DeVille]

I got the Caddy's tail out for the very first time just a few months ago. Completely unintentional. Now I realize how weight is the enemy of spirited driving

Yep. Holy mother of polar inertia, batman.

Once that shit gets out: it stays out.