FRS Test Drive and first impressions, Very disappointed Options

[soulshadow]

I went and test drove a Scion FRS today. My first impression was that sitting inside the drivers seat and looking out the windshield. The styling of the fenders and hood gave a feel of my old 6Gen celica with the hump on the sides which brought back some good and terrible memories. However, I have to admit that the build quality of the cabin looked very cheap and the interior composed of mostly plastics.

The biggest thing that caught my attention that I hated the most was the radio. You have a big LCD screen that displays all this information in an unattractive way thats in a dimming orange color. The next thing that annoyed me while driving the car was the fact that the speedometer is cluttered and hidden to the left of the tachometer with a tiny digital MPH display to the right of the tachometer. Confusing?! Overall, the whole cluster is too cramped altogether.
Nonetheless, during the drive I had a hard time finding out the speed and the Rev since it felt like I was squinting my eyes to find out where each needle was.

I do have to admit that the cornering wasn't too bad and the styling of the car is fantastic. However, getting inside the car felt like I was in a base model '95 honda prelude, small, cramped and cheap. The FRS may be rare and only 12,000 are produced each year, but the overall performance, and feel does not compare to the MSRP price tag. I am very disappointed at how much this car costs vs what it has to offer.

Feel free to disagree, or ramble!

[SwissFerdi]

^ Tried that, my local dealer only allows test drives after setting up finances.

[Xander_X]

^ Tried that, my local dealer only allows test drives after setting up finances.

They only do that when the "interested buyer" is either very young or looks like they don't really have the money. I sold cars for 3 years right out of college, I saw it all the time. If you came in there driving a nice car they would have let you drive it no problem. They used to do it ALL the time for the S2000, which is understandable as it was a limited production car all assembled by hand and most buyer didn't want one with miles on it. But I went to another Honda dealer on my day off in my mothers then car (BMW X5), and they couldn't have gotten the key's fast enough.

Oh, and I like Boobs .... now stop arguing everyone ...

This post has been edited by Xander_X: Oct 31, 2012 - 12:44 PM