Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Initial Driving Impressions, first 200 miles

Initial impressions over the first 200 miles are mostly positive.

-Seat comfort is phenomenal.
-The shifter feels tight, mechanical, firm.
-The clutch is light and has an unusual engagement point.  It takes getting used to from a stop.
-The dash display with the headlights on is pretty cool.
-Exhaust note is different.  This is my first boxer engine.
-This car gets noticed.  Thumbs up received from several guys trapped driving SUV's.
-Acceleration seems adequate, even though I'm keeping it below 4,000 RPM for break-in.  Coming from a 1996 Miata the FR-S may as well be a muscle car in acceleration (yeah, I know, it's not).
-On Monday on a lunch run we had the first 'bummer' moment.  The idle began "hunting" and my passenger thought I was revving the engine.  Something to keep an eye on.  These cars have been having engine issues. 212 miles on the odo when this occurred.

Random Dash shot:


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