"The only sports car left with a soul" Miata: "Am I a joke to you?"

6:40 - It is worth mentioning to please get Winter Tires before enjoying your car at 10k ft in those conditions. The stock tires are not okay for that.

I would say the twins and the Miata are about it in terms of affordable sports cars with a soul being sold as new today.

I've been snowboarding for over 20 years and therefore been driving in the snow for a long time. I almost died going up the mtn in my gen2 brz last winter. Even with good winter tires if you hit ice going up hill in this thing it is really dangerous.

Mini Cooper has a Trouble history. I’d buy a GTI a gen back. The new ones have all their controls for everything including climate control in a touch screen. Big ol Nope.

I guess you reminded me one big reason I always preferred a box to a ski rack, I have an old bed sheet in the box to wrap the skis and protect the edges. I flake the sheet out over the edge of the car just to protect it a little more when I am moving the gear in and out.

that’s the best time to shop then!

Nice video dude!

@ThatSubaruDude Hi Jeff, here's an idea for some extra video content. Could you do "The mountain bike test" ? I mean see if/how a mountain bike will go inside, in the trunk, or through the door, wheel on/off etc. Not all of us are lucky enough to have snow and mountains for snowboarding and drifting etc! Many thanks in advance from the UK

The insurance rate on these is what prevents me from hopping aboard the 86 train :\

I love your BRZ videos--keep them coming. But dude, you mention winter driving safety, but you don't have a seatbelt on!

dawg why

Keys.. now... Bruh you should've known better...

You went verrrry different Direction?! No more Vanlife?

You're saying it's fun, but it's kinda slow. What cars of similar price are faster?

How dare you be chill about this topic ? /jk wheels and tires is often a need, the rest, as little as possible, the Bro86s are good as is. Finding nice B roads should be the focus. <biased>

That color combo is sweet

Ive said it a million times before, the best mod you can do to any car is the driver mod. Just becoming a better driver unlocks so much more fun you can get out of every car.

It sounds like you need a purse for your keys.

Based twin enjoyer.

I’ve got an F150 Raptor and a GR86 😆

I have Nokian Hakkapeliitta's on my BRZ, makes winter driving no problem as long as you are careful and do not make sudden movements!

When it comes to modding a car, stick with the big 3: Wheels, coilovers, and exhaust. All change the car drastically, but able to revert back to stock easily if selling. You can make a very clean and nice looking build for under $4k

Besides cosmetics, don't mode your daily driver. Mod the car that's used and have the pros do it. If you paid $10k for a BRZ with 100k miles then yeah you can spend $15k modding it and still have a car that's faster, more track oriented and cheaper than a new BRZ. If you're not a pro then have a pro do it.

Living with a two seater is easy:- If you need a half ton of timber then have it delivered. If you are moving your kids out 🎉 hire a truck for the weekend. If you are going out with friends - then use their car 👍

I agree about the snow tires, but doing donuts in a parking lot barely moving is not drifting ! and yes its very easy to do with four wheel drive also. I run Nokians studded winter street tires on mine so I can move fast and do real snow drifting not going in circles at 5mph but its a great way to start learning, great video !

6:33 Seems that Ford has perfected transporter technology.

My son bought a 2022 GR86, red, beautiful car. He loved it but had to plus 1 the summer tires/wheels, then had to put Blizakks on the stock tires because he lives in West Michigan. Then gas prices started creeping up, especially premium. Then he started hearing about engines burning up and Toyota not covering the damages and, well, he sold it. I would have bought it but I own a Mustang GT and have already lived his life so, anyway, he bought a small Mazda SUV that's quite quick, 4WD and takes regular gas. He's likely done with pocket rockets.😉

Brz has almost identical specs as the s2000 except for that glorious redline limit.

LETSSS GOOO! Best subaru Channel out there!! keep doing yo thing man lets GO.

I bought my first Subaru and immediately moved away from the snowy part of the state. I've only seen 2.5 days of snow :( The crazy part is that I live in Washington state.

Comment here if y'all are liking the live streams! Here's my latest video! - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4mpfKefjr6Viassi=-VAJskMzRUNjcijh

I've always driven with all seasons in the winter without a problem on my subies. Its driving style that matters more.

Car KZbin is a lie .

I bought my first car with snow tires. Two winters ago, we had a pretty good snowfall for the area. After the Iron Coffin, (yes, that was her name lmao), I bought snow tires and steelies for my current car. Looks ugly, but it's practical. Snows help lots

I had V7 STI wheels on my '18 BRZ, I loved the look, and I see it here, and love the look here! well done.

I like the style of the channel. Well done. Do you live in Sedona?

Great video Jeff. You have defiantly stepped up your game ! What are you doing for work these days?

Thank you about talking about the idiotic desperate click bait of the RTV issue. It genuinely caused harm to Subaru/Toyota trying to sell an affordable fun sports car just so people can feel special and complain. I have a few hundred laps of full throttle track time on my 2023 BRZ with heavy track mods. And I personally know first name basis about a dozen other people who have tracked theirs as much or more than mine and only one has had a failure, and that was someone on sticky tires with 0w20 OEM oil with no cooling mods.

$600 for 4 snow tires ??? cmon how about at least $900

We had 7 inches of snow in the Florida panhandle a couple weeks ago. Had to keep my 86 parked for a few days. If I got snow tires, I wonder if they'd last the couple decades till it snows again lol. Great vid, I'm super jealous of all those curvy roads

I lost my modded crosstrek because of it's lack of ability to stop.

You need to make sure to hold the Traction Control button for 5-10 seconds to turn off VSC. VSC will kick in (lock your wheels) and prevent you from sliding. Make sure traction control and VSC are both off.

My BRZ has never seen the snow, come winter it is a garage queen. It don’t come out till all the salt is washed away

Donut having problems with a civic just goes to show they don't know what the fuck they're doing. The WRX video was practically a hit piece with how poorly they did everything. S-Tech on high car? WTF!?

I've been driving for over 20 years and I've never actually experienced having snow tires. I live where it snows. You can just change how you drive for free.

I heavily disagree. I have always only used all season. 10-15 years ago they were only ok. Modern All season, I have zero issues. Just drive for the weather.

I understand the argument and the points are totally valid. However, LIKE for Like tires and like for like vehicle size, an AWD car is going to be more capable in snow. I own a handful of cars one being the twins and another being my STI along with my wifes crosstrek and we always run winter tires on ALL of our cars. The STI is just more capable. The GR86 is fun and holds up well in the snow, but my STI PUSHES 2 feet of snow. I can stop in 2 feet of snow, spin around like a tank and just keep pushing it.

It's not that we think we are better..... We just know it. - Cheers

It's important that a car be able to go, stop, and turn. All wheel drive only helps with go, winter tires help with go, stop and turn. I bought an RX-8 in 2004 and I've been on snow tires each winter ever since.