Thanks Steve! These are XXR 530s, 18x8.75" all around. 4lbs lighter than stock but that's not saying much because the stock wheels are heavy. HP needs to be earned and gained with respected imho. This car will help people become a better driver. However, there's still bunch of kids crashing them now so.. there goes my insurance rates!
I agree. The Porsche is certainly the marginally better sportscar; no doubt, however, when you start making a pros/cons list, given my need for a daily driver, the bulletproof longevity of the parts on this car edges out a win. I'm also not getting rid of the NSX so I thought having a Cayman and an NSX was too much overlap. I was coming from considering a Prius on one side and a GT-R on the other spectrum (I wanted an Automatic). The automatic in this car is brilliant though the 6MT is better. It's still a torque converter 6AT so it's bulletproof but not as fast shifting as a PDK or DSG but it's darn good enough. The shifting algorithm in Sport mode is like Race mode. It knows when i'm late braking and knows when i'm about to pull a hard right hander. It will rev-match shift and not upset the car's balance --- BRILLIANT. Sorry if i've already said this before in another post.
If you're willing to pay a little bit more the Subaru is much better equipped. For $1000~ more you get HIDs, Daytime LEDs, Technology package (Nav, Sat, BT, Divx video, and $150 gets you rearview camera). Another $1500~ gets you heated seats, auto climate control, alcanterra, etc...The Scion is truly barebones in comparison which is fine if you want to do all the upgrading yourself or on a strict budget.
The conceptual design and project management was from Toyota but it's engineered and built by Subaru with Subie engine and suspension therefore I prefer Subaru mechanics to work on my car. I also think the BRZ looks much better but that's just opinion.
An interesting and rather subjective phenom is that the "ricer/hellaflush" community have gravitated to the FR-S and the "racer" community to the BRZ. YMMV. I see threads all the time where some HS/college kid is trying hard to qualify for financing for a Scion whereas the in-depth suspension threads are started by guys with a BRZ. It's an interesting mix...
