I need EVERYONE! JDM Fest August 12 - Toyota Yaris Forums

DiCaprio · 06-01-2017, 12:04 PM

Well cars that are really popular in the drift scene are those who are easily modified to drift... Same with race cars. But the Yaris ? You need to invest to make it seriously fast.
So yes cheap basic turds with the ability to be fast with little money are popular.
Cheap basic turds without this ability won't be popular.

This is also the reason why there is a lot of hate for the BRZ/GT86.
The engine isn't bad, but people expected something better.

ern-diz · 06-01-2017, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by DiCaprio

Well cars that are really popular in the drift scene are those who are easily modified to drift... Same with race cars. But the Yaris ? You need to invest to make it seriously fast.
So yes cheap basic turds with the ability to be fast with little money are popular.
Cheap basic turds without this ability won't be popular.

This is also the reason why there is a lot of hate for the BRZ/GT86.
The engine isn't bad, but people expected something better.

Great points. Still, I think the car, especially the second gen's (first gen's too, but we didn't get them here...sorry third gen folks, I still love ya lol) are really interesting.

ACKING_QC · 06-01-2017, 12:35 PM

well, in Canada we got the Echo RS, which is basically a facelifted version of the Gen.1

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06-01-2017, 12:04 PM	#1
DiCaprio Just a Gaijin View User's Garage Drives: 2006 Yaris 4 door 1.3l Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Germany Posts: 139	Well cars that are really popular in the drift scene are those who are easily modified to drift... Same with race cars. But the Yaris ? You need to invest to make it seriously fast. So yes cheap basic turds with the ability to be fast with little money are popular. Cheap basic turds without this ability won't be popular. This is also the reason why there is a lot of hate for the BRZ/GT86. The engine isn't bad, but people expected something better.

06-01-2017, 12:35 PM	#3
ACKING_QC Banned View User's Garage Drives: 2018 VW TSi Stage1 Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: QC, Canada Posts: 234	well, in Canada we got the Echo RS, which is basically a facelifted version of the Gen.1