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Last night about 10 I went to mcdonalds. On way home ran into a murdered out lowered FRS that appeared to have a exhaust. Not sure if any other mods. We got a red light together and he got me off the start until boost quicked in then I had him by a car up to about 80 then we lifted. Wasn't as impressed as I thought with my cobb v3 fswerks intake and exhaust. I also had a full tank. Maybe he had more done to his then just exhaust idk. Just wasn't as impressive as I like. Anyone one else got a chance to do a little race. :)


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Last night about 10 I went to mcdonalds. On way home ran into a murdered out lowered FRS that appeared to have a exhaust. Not sure if any other mods. We got a red light together and he got me off the start until boost quicked in then I had him by a car up to about 80 then we lifted. Wasn't as impressed as I thought with my cobb v3 fswerks intake and exhaust. I also had a full tank. Maybe he had more done to his then just exhaust idk. Just wasn't as impressive as I like. Anyone one else got a chance to do a little race. :)


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I would be impressed/satisfied with that result. IMHO these are both track cars. Their biggest advantages are their handling and you would have way more fun on a curvy road/track.

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Yeah I wouldn't be upset with that result. Even with those mods you aren't putting a ton of power down, it's mostly torque.


Obviously street racing isn't condoned here and it should be taken to the track, though.
 
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the tale is riveting! :cool:
 
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I think i'm glad with purchasing a fiST over an fr-s the deciding factor was financing. like the fellow from "the smoking tire" (st vs. bmw m3) said it's not the 0-60 that gets you in this car its the 3rd gear roll on. which the stock 0-60 shows at 6.9sec vs fr-s at 6.6 . I would forsure like to see my 0-60 reach at least 5.7 sec in the future whatever mods that entails.
 
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Cool story, brah???

Seriously tho street racing is silly and not a good measure of cars like the FR-S or the FiST. If you buy either of those cars for straight line performance then you bought the wrong car. But it's all good.
 
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Cool story, brah???

Seriously tho street racing is silly and not a good measure of cars like the FR-S or the FiST. If you buy either of those cars for straight line performance then you bought the wrong car. But it's all good.
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Agreed on all points, particularly the last part. There's that saying that it's more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow...the ST is by no means a slow car, but it's not a drag racing machine. The beauty of it is that it's a complete package - you would be able to leave behind more expensive cars in the twists and turns.
 
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Agreed on all points, particularly the last part. There's that saying that it's more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow...the ST is by no means a slow car, but it's not a drag racing machine. The beauty of it is that it's a complete package - you would be able to leave behind more expensive cars in the twists and turns.
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Yes you can porsche cayman s couldn't keep up on the twisties. Also Audi s4,merc c63, jcw mini cooper s and the list goes on. On the twisties this thing feels just as planted as my lancer evo 3
 
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