Subaru is a much, MUCH smaller company than the Fiat/Chrysler giant.

If BRZ owners are jealous of your S2000, then they bought the wrong car. I don’t see them as catering to a similar demographic at all. What you said is exactly correct. I bought the BRZ because it is my only car. It has to do autocross. It has to be comfortable for daily driving. It has to be reliable. It needs to…

Yeah, it doesn’t take crazy speeds to make an impact. Sure this car isn’t hitting 180 on the track, but this wing would definitely make a noticeable difference on those 90 MPH high-speed sweepers, for example.

Yeah, no. If I wanted an S2000, I’d have bought an S2000. It’s a great car, but there are a LOT of downsides to a 10+ year old vehicle, as compared to a brand new one. There are reasons to pick an S2000 over a BRZ (track day vehicle, for example), but there are a lot of reasons to pick a BRZ over an S2000.

So... because there is ONE car that beats it in autocross, the BRZ is an embarrassment? Wut.

I’m going on my 4th year of ownership, and haven’t had any paint peeing issues, or steering wheel peeling issues, or heated seat issues. Maybe you got a lemon?

The head unit is god-awful, tho, lol.

You act like the BRZ can’t get up to even 60 MPH on a track...

The left button is for traction control.
The right button is for stability control.

You can press the left one to disable traction control up to 30 MPH (think getting moving in the snow, or launching with wheelspin from a stop.)

You can press the right one to engage track mode which allows more yaw.

You can hold the right…

I said “line” not track. “Line” refers to the entire operation; not specifically the track, or the rolling stock. Tracks don’t travel at 125 MPH, lol.

What do you mean?

I work in mass public transit. I’m currently sitting in a rail maintenance shop, lol. I’m fully aware. Exactly why I said it the way I did. It will be interesting to see the results of the investigation.

True. I’m just saying high speed routes are generally big “PR” routes for rail agencies. As such they usually get higher-than-average care to ensure they run as reliably, and as incident-free as possible.

High speed lines are supposed to be the bread and butter of the operation. I know AMTRAK has basically no money, but I would have expected this kind of issue to be LEAST likely to happen on the Acela line.

I did the same thing with my BRZ once on this awkward curb surrounding a tight 180-degree entrance to an underground parking garage. Rode up on the right side rocker, then drove over it with the rear wheel.

Sounded awful, but luckily I have the OEM STi side skirts that completely wrap around the side and underneath the…

Am I the only one who has no problem with the “brand stigma” side of things? People always look at the downsides (i.e. “You drive a KIA?”) but what about all of the upsides?

1. It’s a Kia... so you don’t come across as a pretentious asshole.
2. You don’t have to explain how you can afford it.
3. It’s a LOT of fun to give…

I have Electronic Brake Force Distribution in my BRZ, and now I’m curious to know more about how much of a change that system is able to make to the “default” brake distribution, and under what circumstances it operates.

Don’t worry about explaining things like wheel speed sensors and why you need diffs and stuff. I…

Ahh, I was focused on front/rear axle lockup, but not whether the front and rear DIFFS were also locked. So basically, does ABS not function in a 4LO configuration unless all four wheels lock up? Because it sounds like what you’re saying is that there is no way anything other than all four wheels can lock up. That…

Good point! Someone do a try test PRONTO!

All of this only makes sense to me because of some brake bias issues I recently had when I moved to a BBK on my BRZ, but didn’t upgrade my rear pads right away.

I’ve been sitting here, reading replies, and trying to understand this. Here’s what I’ve come up with so far:

On slick surfaces, standard brake bias is actually BAD brake bias. By default, most vehicles are heavily biased towards the front. On slick surfaces, the fronts can’t do anywhere close to as much braking as…

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