eightyseven
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Kick his ass seabass
i kept up with an automatic frs.. and i have a 2.5. only mod i had was an intake.. basically a sound mod LOL
we were neck and neck from around 50-80 when i let off.
on the corners he will rape me, but in a straight line, they are slow as hell.
around a track, the gti will do better, mainly because of the lack of power the frs/brz has
hell the Drive network on youtube did a test between an frs, gti and an e30 m3, and the gti had a faster lap time than the frs lol
Willing to bet that lap was on a track with long straights and secondly that driver couldn't drive. They aren't fast, but a 2.5 with an intake shouldn't stick with a FRS/BRZ. The power band is way up high and I'm guessing the driver wasn't ringing it out all the way.
the slushbox in the frs/brz is sad. it really is sad. a manual would rape a 2.5, but the auto is horrible.
the manual 0-60 is around 6.2 seconds while the auto is at 7.8 or 7.9 seconds
My buddy has a BRZ and when he starts spouting about its superior handling and RWD I just tell him its a RWD car with no power for beginners! :laugh:
Those FRS/BRZ are SLOW. A guy I work with is just like your buddy, thinks his car is the shit. He was trying to race me one day, and it was a slaughter. I wasn't sure if he was going at first. Granted i'm K04 but a stage 2 GTI would have at least kept up somewhat. You'll have no problem, even with his "chip".
They are cool cars, and apparently handle great, but they are not fast at all in a straight line.
I bet the closest the BRZ owner mentioned in this thread will get to an AutoX event is his local drive through :laugh:Tell that to Miata drivers at an AutoX event
edit: straight line speed is often times the least of a lot of peoples worries when choosing a car even if they are looking for performance
I bet the closest the BRZ owner mentioned in this thread will get to an AutoX event is his local drive through :laugh:
To be fair most people dont see a gti being a performance car. I overheard an asshat at my work saying to someone else they thought it looked like a focus. He also told me i needed to get a mans car...while he drives an suv thats 10+ years old.
the gti is cute. cute, cuddly and dangerous... sort of like a puppy