Just picked up my 14 SWP BRZ !!! - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

BRZ? · 05-05-2014, 09:30 AM

Hey all, just wanted to let the community know that I finally picked up my car this past Saturday from Competition Subaru in Smithtown Long Island!

First of all, if you live in the Long Island area, this is the ONLY Subaru dealer you should consider for purchasing your car, everyone was really great, really friendly. There was 1 issue when picking up the car, I specifically asked for no front plate to be drilled in bumper and when I got there to pick it up, I saw they had drilled the plate in. No problem though, they swapped the front bumper with another SWP bumper they had on the lot within an hour.

I got the car with the Costco auto program price $300 under invoice. Seriously if you are a Costco member or someone in your family is, go to the Costco auto program website and get an amazing deal on a car please, its really incredible.

The car is a 2014 SWP BRZ Limited with autodim homelink mirror and red LED footwell illumination kit. Driving home from the dealer was the happiest I have ever been driving a car in my life. And that includes driving the other cars available to me (C7 Z51 vette, lp550-2, CLS63 AMG-S...). It took me a half hour to get to the dealer and about 3 1/2 hours to get back

My previous car was a 360wtq third gen WRX and the first thing I was worried about was how disappointed I was going to be with the power delivery. When I test drove the car right out of my WRX, yes, there was definitely a big shock to pressing the accelerator ~2500rpm and feeling NOTHING. During the test drive the chassis felt VERY capable, miles ahead of the WRX. It was ultimately the seating position, interior, chassis, suspension, and general fun of ringing out the car regularly to 7400rpm that sold me on the BRZ. I have been driving the PISS out of this car since I picked it up, I have always broken in my cars HARD right out of the gate and have had the best results doing so. Also, I must say, since I have been driving it regularly, the driving dynamics and power delivery have improved from below average to acceptable to very fun!

Keep an eye out for my upcoming reviews of the OEM red LED footwell illumination kit, and a ton of Diode Dynamics LEDs.

codesplice · 05-05-2014, 09:44 AM

Congrats! Looking forward to the pics

mwjcyber · 05-05-2014, 10:36 AM

Pics or didn't happen.

dbrandt01 · 05-05-2014, 10:52 AM

That does sound like a great dealer. Never had the license plate problem since we don't need front plates in Alabama, but they did teach me how to drive a manual in my car before I signed the papers. I prefer the corvette only because in Alabama and 90 degrees a convertible is fun, but having a BRZ is probably the one car I am extremely happy with.

N1rve · 05-05-2014, 03:15 PM

Wait...so your front bumper is taken from another BRZ? Won't that have a different VIN?

But congrats on purchase!

BRZ? · 05-05-2014, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by codesplice

Congrats! Looking forward to the pics

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Originally Posted by mwjcyber

Pics or didn't happen.

LOL, there ya go!

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Originally Posted by N1rve

Wait...so your front bumper is taken from another BRZ? Won't that have a different VIN?

But congrats on purchase!

The bumpers have the VINs attached to them?

N1rve · 05-05-2014, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by BRZ?

LOL, there ya go!

The bumpers have the VINs attached to them?

I've always thought all panels of car have VINS to prevent theft and it's a way to let used car buyers know if panels have been replaced due to a collision.

I'm sure someone else whose taken the bumper off could confirm the location of where it is... but I'm sure it's on the backside.

Turbo95eg6 · 05-05-2014, 08:59 PM

She's a beaut Clark

tomaszjanczak · 05-05-2014, 09:25 PM

Hey there! We met at Captree - I'm the one with the silver BRZ!

pche · 05-05-2014, 09:30 PM

Yay my car is less rare....again..... lol congrats!

BRZ? · 05-05-2014, 10:01 PM

***POST 86***

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Originally Posted by Turbo95eg6

She's a beaut Clark

I don't know what to say, except it's Christmas and we're all in misery...

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Originally Posted by tomaszjanczak

Hey there! We met at Captree - I'm the one with the silver BRZ!

What's going on man, i think im gonna head there next again next Sunday, but htis time i wanna be there at 8am! See ya around

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Originally Posted by pche

Yay my car is less rare....again..... lol congrats!

Ha! Sorry! Blame Tada, this thing is too damn fun!

codesplice · 05-06-2014, 10:51 AM

Looks sweet!

Buurz · 05-07-2014, 09:24 AM

Haha I have a 14 swp limited with the dimming mirror and red footwell lighting.

I broke it in hard too, that's how I broke in my newly built motor on my STi.

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SLC_BRZ · 05-07-2014, 10:48 PM

Congrats on your new car, looks awesome!

05-05-2014, 09:44 AM	#2
codesplice Elite Recognized Geek Join Date: Mar 2014 Drives: 2014 DGM BRZ Limited Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 183 Thanks: 192 Thanked 67 Times in 48 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Congrats! Looking forward to the pics __________________ This post is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the poster's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. G+

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05-06-2014, 10:51 AM	#12
codesplice Elite Recognized Geek Join Date: Mar 2014 Drives: 2014 DGM BRZ Limited Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 183 Thanks: 192 Thanked 67 Times in 48 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Looks sweet! __________________ This post is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the poster's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. G+

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dbrandt01 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Drives: none Location: N/A Posts: 411 Thanks: 185 Thanked 229 Times in 140 Posts Mentioned: 16 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	That does sound like a great dealer. Never had the license plate problem since we don't need front plates in Alabama, but they did teach me how to drive a manual in my car before I signed the papers. I prefer the corvette only because in Alabama and 90 degrees a convertible is fun, but having a BRZ is probably the one car I am extremely happy with.

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