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I'm a little biased. My gainfully employed 24 year old Son purchased a white FR-S last spring as his first new car. He purchased it with the proper 6 speed and not much else in the way of options. The car listed for $25.5 and he (with my help) was able to negotiate the car down to $23.5K despite the dealers selling the cars for list +.
I'm not a new car kind of guy as they all seem so overpriced. After driving the FR-S and giving it a good once over, I came away truly feeling like the car offered considerable bang for the buck. Go The car was much nicer than I expected and looks and feels like a proper sports car and not a poser.
So far, the car has been bullet proof. My son has AX'ed it twice and has faired quite well despite the stock tires. My son was well aware of the Prius tires before purchasing the car. Since so many owners remove the OEM tires, he's picked up another set of OEM tires (w/under 2K miles) for
$100. The tires are fine for his daily 25 mile freeway commute and has allows a budget for track tires if he continues to AX!
My son loves my Boxster, having driven it during visits home during school breaks, but is not a true ragtop kind of person. Although he could have purchased a used Boxster, and is mechanically able to work on the car himself, a 10 year old used Boxter it would have carried much higher interest and insurance rates. He would have always had the unknown costs of potential repairs, not to mention that as his only car, he needed something he could count on, day in, day out.
Would I buy an FR-S? No, but simply because the top doesn't go down, not because its not a proper sports car.
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