Yeah...day 3 I expect to sound something like this:
"So how does it drive? One word: Awesome. Is it enough to overcome the issues of liveability? If you're young, perhaps, but then again, if you're young, can you afford one? Apparently Blueprint can."
I ain't young anymore, but yes I can afford one
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. They're about same price as my new Golf, after all, but they make no sense for me as a DD. I sat in one, and that gave me the impression that I would seriously hurt my back within 7 days of living with one. The Celica was probably just as "high", seat-wise, but I was a much younger Bp back then.
The '80 SR-5 was 6 years old when I got it, and the '86 Celica that replaced it had the right combo (3 years old, 120,000km) to bring it down to my price range. I was so madly in love with that car that I bought a 225$ Mazda GLC for winter use (later replaced by a Renault Alliance - I wanted a heater that actually heated). So I owned two cars during college
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The FR-S missing features:
(...) manual seats that return to their original position after being flipped forward for rear passengers.
My Celica had that and it really came in handy on a regular basis! Seats flipped with ease, and I could carry my Bianchi 12-speeder in there with only one wheel off.