Yeap. 

I've been driving turbos for 15 years now and yes I do miss the low end torque. The fun factor of the RWD is not what most people think it is.... it's something else altogether...

I've been learning the characteristics of the car with the traction control full on and almost every hard corner I do, the TC lights up on the dashboard telling me that the car is keeping me away from the kerb. Then there is the 'hero' mode.... or sports mode where the traction control is partially off. It lets the rear loose a little and then TC takes control to make me look like I'm doing the correction but actually just straightening out the steering without any counter steering required. Yeah.. makes me look like a hero.  Then there is full TC off which I won't even want to talk about on public roads.

What I consider as the real fun factor.. is the height (or the lack of it). What I can say is that pictures of the car does it very little justice. From pictures, most people have the Zed (350/370) or Supra in mind when comparing but when you stand next to the car you'd realise how low it is. That is the real fun factor and worth paying every penny for it. Even the Celica stands almost 2.5 inches taller. Nothing is this low at that price (except for the iconic S2K).

The low center of gravity is no hype. It's damn real and damn fun. I'm cornering it harder than my scooby and I'm getting the tingly sensation back on my fingers after a hard drive, something i haven't felt in a long while.

I've grown out of the straight line power and yes, it was worth ditching the turbocharged AWD.

I'm going full circle from NA FF to FI FF to FI AWD to NA RWD (maybe later finally to FI RWD). With the latest Ford Focus RS in Turbo AWD form, you can be assured to find more Turbo AWD in the future. If you never owned an FI, then you should have one. Maybe in your future planning you can do both. They might end up putting in a turbo into the BRZ.

You are also comparing a situation where power is important. Sepang. Half the battle is won on power over there. If you take the old Batu Tiga or Pasir Gudang track, power does not come in play so much.

People say it needs more power. Yes, sure we can live with more power but that means fat tyres in the rear. Fat means more traction and less time for TC to correct. When TC kicks in, you lose power anyway and it is wasted. The fun factor is not the all out tail out Initial D style driving. That's not fun.. that's scary. The fun is in hero mode where the tail tucks out a little each time you corner and it does not have to be a hard corner. Even coming out of a junction I can make the tail wiggle and knowing that TC is there to fix it when it wiggles too much. That is the fun part.

They say the car comes with skinny tyres but it is the same size tyre that Subaru put on my WRX 15 years ago. Skinny compared to the fat 235s and 245s but the skinny tyre makes it much easier for the TC to wiggle the rear without working overtime.

You mean in Trac mode? Guess what, my old Scooby had no traction control whatsoever, just a simple AWD and even with that, it was pretty 'drama-less'. The tail is not going to come out as the car is being pulled (front wheel) and pushed (rear wheel) at the same time. The moment you put power on front wheels, it reduces it's ability to steer and it will go wide slightly. The only time I can ever get the tail out is at a U-Turn with wet roads or in very lose gravel. Even then, the car doesn't like to do it.

So whether with traction control on or off, it is very difficult to get AWDs to slip and slide on dry tarmac. Why do you think all the fancy Subaru ads are done sideways with plenty of dust and loose gravel? 

You'd have to be driving at some insane speeds on dry tarmac to wiggle any AWD. It just has too much traction.

One correction. The DCCD does not lock to full RWD. The DCCD provides a manual bias for your torque split, practically you can sort of adjust how you want it to react but you don't actually have full control. Hence the word bias instead of the word control. Even for 2015 STi the split is up to 41:59.

Like I said, in Sepang, the battle is half won with a powerful car. It is up to you to lose by screwing up the corners. Going sideways through corners isn't exactly the fastest way to do it.

There is no wrong in the endless pursuit of traction but it is not fun. Every Subaru driver out there can tell you that they have that little extra grin on their faces when it rains heavily while we are on the road. While most people dread driving in those conditions, it gives us a chance to wiggle around in the rain, something we don't get to do on dry roads.

I don't consider myself a pro driver either which is why the TC hasn't been fully turned off. I won't do that on public roads.

As I have also mentioned in a previous reply here, I would get the Porsche if I had the money for the best of both worlds but looking at my little car, it is the next best thing that only cost a Camry. There is of course the S2K but even with money, is hard to find.

Here is something for you to ponder. For 2.5 years since the launch of the 86 (yes, it has been 2.5 years) I have always written it off until I sat in one. Took 5 seconds for it to change my 2.5 years of thinking. That was the effect of the 86.

GT Limited comes with spoiler (as found on the BRZ) and half Alcantara leather seats.

You can find the full specs and differences on the internet.

Yes, BRZ only one spec.

Congrats on your purchase bro! 

Please put up some photos once you get it.    What color and what year is it?

Please put up some photos once you get it. 

kagoiii very leng. congrats man dream car

Congrats again on your new ride.

Just curious, between the BRZ and 86, what made you err towards the 86?

kakkoi, hou yao yeng ah

bro, very nice car indeed. now u can drift.

Very nice!  :thumbsup:
Hopefully unlike your previous car, this one lasts ya. 

oh....i thought got some special unique differences that only enthusiasts know....

mana tau mainly because of "fate" 

Nice colour choice  :thumbsup:

May i know the common problem of this car? What the bank interest rate for sport car?

Hi bro.. just wanna ask, this pic is with c30 tint already?