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Originally Posted by Traum
Add to the fact that the FR-S is factory tuned to be a little on the tail happy side, and I am hardly surprised by the outcome at all. But once again, incidents/accidents like this are precisely the reason why I always encourage people to come try their hands at the autox so that they can learn the behaviour of their cars in a safe and controlled environment.
If/When more of these incidents start happening, I think there is a good chance Toyota/Subaru would start considering the BRZ's tamer suspension components for the FR-S. After all, that's what Honda did with the AP2 when people started realizing the AP1's snap understeering problem, and the change would be much easier for Toyota/Subaru. They might not even announce anything and just chalk it up as the year-to-year running changes/updates.
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I'm sure you're right there about toyota going with the tamer suspension. they've been doing that for years really especially with the mr2s. they revise it to make it safer and to "fix" the snap oversteer issues if there are any, then later on, enthusiast will complain about the newer/heavier/less fun fixes and head back to the zenki models.
that being said, surprisingly on the original ae86 they didnt do any drastic changes. only minor things including:
-beefier rear axles
-diagnositic box in the harness
-third brake light
-nicer looking eye lids for hidden lights
-nicer interior