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Big Guy, Small Car: 2015 Subaru BRZ
« on: August 21, 2015, 06:29:07 am »

Tight headroom and tight corners.
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Re: Big Guy, Small Car: 2015 Subaru BRZ
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2015, 07:47:39 am »
Just a thought... It may be worth spreading out these articles where you're (collectively) reviewing the same or similar cars in a short period.

Everything about these twins have already been discussed... At lengths.

The value-added bits here are Dan's tall guy problems, which are appreciated, especially but my Jacob-like 5'7" frame.   :rofl2:
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Re: Big Guy, Small Car: 2015 Subaru BRZ
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2015, 09:06:05 am »
We try to spread out as best we can, but we're also hamstrung by writers and press fleets. It's harder than you think to keep content flowing in a small market. Especially with limited fleets.
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Re: Big Guy, Small Car: 2015 Subaru BRZ
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2015, 10:17:03 am »
Quote from: JacobBlack on August 21, 2015, 09:06:05 am
We try to spread out as best we can, but we're also hamstrung by writers and press fleets. It's harder than you think to keep content flowing in a small market. Especially with limited fleets.
I can think of a filler article you could use in the interim ;)
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Re: Big Guy, Small Car: 2015 Subaru BRZ
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2015, 10:18:24 am »
"No matter how hard you push it in a straight line, the BRZ just doesn’t feel powerful enough"
Can drivers or the car handle more power or do you lose the balance what makes the car so much fun in the corners.
So many American muscle cars are driven below the speed limits on the highway and the driver turns into a spaz on a winding roads.
We all laugh at the YouTube videos of someone losing control because they cannot handle the horse power, or the idiot who guns it at a green light to end up stopped at a red a block up the street.
The BRZ is all about the driver and the connection between the car and the road without technology keeping you in a straight line. 
How can someone give a honest review if they cannot fit in the car, if you are over 6 feet the BRZ is not for you, done.
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Re: Big Guy, Small Car: 2015 Subaru BRZ
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2015, 10:37:02 am »
Quote from: drive67 on August 21, 2015, 10:18:24 am
How can someone give a honest review if they cannot fit in the car, if you are over 6 feet the BRZ is not for you, done.
That's the fun of this column!!  Seeing a tall guy fit in a (relative) clown car!  I enjoy the articles :)

Then again, I enjoy almost every article...I'm an autos.ca groupie.
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Re: Big Guy, Small Car: 2015 Subaru BRZ
« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2015, 01:20:39 pm »
"one manufacturer trading on the name of the classic AE86/Trueno/Corolla to help tickle our collective buying bone,"

This line only makes sense to true gear-/petrolheads who know what an AE86/Trueno is, and are aware that the car is called the Toyota GT-86 in most markets.  The average North American car-buyer only knows that this is a Scion FR-S or a Subaru BRZ...
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Re: Big Guy, Small Car: 2015 Subaru BRZ
« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2015, 02:28:32 pm »
Is it asking too much to use INCHES.  1065 mm is essentially meaningless.  BTW, 1065 mm is just shy of 42 inches.  Pretty consistent with most Japanese cars.
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Big Guy, Small Car: 2015 Subaru BRZ
« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2015, 02:32:58 pm »
It's Canada
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Re: Big Guy, Small Car: 2015 Subaru BRZ
« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2015, 02:37:38 pm »
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Re: Big Guy, Small Car: 2015 Subaru BRZ
« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2015, 02:41:46 pm »
I have yet to meet one woman or man that expresses their height and weight in metric.  I think Autos.ca can risk it.

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Re: Big Guy, Small Car: 2015 Subaru BRZ
« Reply #11 on: August 21, 2015, 02:44:54 pm »
Quote from: JacobBlack on August 21, 2015, 02:37:38 pm
Quote from: wing on August 21, 2015, 02:32:58 pm
It's Canada

 :iagree: O0 :skid:

So what?

From the article:

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If a performance car isn’t going to blow you away to the quarter-mile marker,...

How'd that get past the metric police?  ;D
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Re: Big Guy, Small Car: 2015 Subaru BRZ
« Reply #12 on: August 21, 2015, 02:57:23 pm »
Even small cars today are huge inside - my TR6 was TINY compared to the Miata in terms of space for the people.
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Re: Big Guy, Small Car: 2015 Subaru BRZ
« Reply #13 on: August 21, 2015, 09:50:44 pm »
Quote from: ArticSteve on August 21, 2015, 02:41:46 pm
I have yet to meet one woman or man that expresses their height and weight in metric.  I think Autos.ca can risk it.

 :hello: 178cm and 77kgs.
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Re: Big Guy, Small Car: 2015 Subaru BRZ
« Reply #14 on: August 21, 2015, 10:47:26 pm »
Quote from: Sir Osis of Liver on August 21, 2015, 09:50:44 pm
Quote from: ArticSteve on August 21, 2015, 02:41:46 pm
I have yet to meet one woman or man that expresses their height and weight in metric.  I think Autos.ca can risk it.

 :hello: 178cm and 77kgs.

180cm and 98kg. (5'11", 216lbs)  ;D
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Re: Big Guy, Small Car: 2015 Subaru BRZ
« Reply #15 on: August 22, 2015, 12:13:40 am »
Quote from: ArticSteve on August 21, 2015, 02:41:46 pm
I have yet to meet one woman or man that expresses their height and weight in metric.  I think Autos.ca can risk it.

I think my driver's license says I'm 187cm, whatever that means. ???
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Re: Big Guy, Small Car: 2015 Subaru BRZ
« Reply #16 on: August 23, 2015, 01:27:47 pm »
191cm and 94 kg here  ;D
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Re: Big Guy, Small Car: 2015 Subaru BRZ
« Reply #17 on: August 24, 2015, 12:27:26 pm »
Look, I have been fighting this for 35 years.  I lost.

 :rofl2:   You keep the fight up until you croak.   It's your duty for not being a goat.
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