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Originally Posted by WRX06TR
I still won't be able to afford one lol. I like all wheel drive and can't afford two cars.
So is it the image that you are worried about or do you really get the "race rev" and attention from other drivers around town? Because even with my exhaust, gold wheels, and all windows rolled down I have been revved at once since I have had the car...
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What I'm worried about is that the car will garner negative attention from both the ricers, and everyone else on the road.
I get people trying to race me in the SVX more than in my WRX. I'm guessing because it's relatively rare and looks fast, so people that don't know better think it's exotic and fast, which of course, it's not. Then I get clapped out hondas trying to prove themselves against me. The FT-86 kinda has a similar look, and I'd guess that until the car is commonplace, it's gonna get the same attention from the kiddies that learned all they know about cars from Gran Turismo.
My other concern is that this car will instantly become a huge fanboi car. It is, after all, the new AE86. I'm guessing it's going to be attention grabbing to all the same people that freak out whenever they see a Supra TT, or a drifted out 240sx, or an ITR, etc. So if it's affordable enough, there are going to be tons of ricers buying these things, drifting them, street racing them, making them look horrendous, etc, pretty much right away, rather than 8 years down the road the way the WRX went. I like the FT-86, but I'd like one that's a little more incognito and/or exclusive... which is what I'm hoping the Subaru version will be. I don't want the negative attention the car will get from everyone else if it's the ricer car de jour.
I'm probably being a little stuck up about it... but I'm already bitter about the way popularity has ruined so many WRXs to the point where every other WRX out there is a noise belching eyesore and insurance rates are bonkers. I guess I should be buying a Porsche. But then I'd have to deal with the Porsche douches... and pay way too much for that privilege... but at least I'd have a terrific car that flies under the radar except to the people that know enough to know the difference between the ubiquitous 996 base model 911 that you see everywhere and a 997 C4S.