I just rented an 86 GTS (auto) and took it for a road trip while on holiday in another state, then I cam home and drove my 02 WRX w/ ecu tune, sways & coil-overs.

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The car was unfortunately an Auto (as pretty well all rentals are) so It wasn't really a fair comparison as my WRX is manual, but I still gave it a good road test. The auto box isn't great, although i was surprised at the speed of the upshifts, however downshifting from 6th gear to 3rd using the paddles for a sweeping bend really was slow and painful.

The steering was taught and direct, and this was probably the most noticeable improvement over my WRX, I especially liked the small steering wheel.

The car also sat flat in the corners and the suspension was quite firm for stock springs and shocks, I came away thinking I wouldnt have needed to spend all the cash I did on my WRX suspension if I had one of these.

The car was obviously under powered, however if you really plant your foot it will still pretty easily break all speed limits in the country. The lack of power was most noticeable on corner exit and up hills (particularly with the auto box), this is easily the biggest negative compared to the WRX.

My lasting impression was that this car would be a great daily drive, particularly because I covered 200kms on the day trip with spirited driving and only used 19 litres of petrol, It would have easily been 30 litres+ in the WRX.

The day rental cost was $95 from the local Hertz which I considered a bit of a bargain, and I'd recommend it.

Do you work for hertz? Thanks for the car comparison. But 2012 was 2 years ago.

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Wondered if I was going to get abused for my post...took 15 minutes haha.

No I don't work for hertz.

Lol Biggest negative compared to a WRX is........................That it isn't one and it isn't even the same class of car.

But hey cool Hertz rent-a-car story bro.......

I went to Thailand and did a bit of a road trip on a Honda CLICK 125i PGM FI, then I came home and drove my Vi STI with ECU, tune and loads of other non standard crap.

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The bike was unfortunately an Auto (as pretty well all rentals are) so It wasn't really a fair comparison as my STI is manual, but I still gave it a good road test. The auto box isn't great, although i was surprised at the speed of the upshifts, however downshifting for a sweeping bend really was slow and painful- being a vario and all.

The steering was taught and direct, and this was probably the most noticeable improvement over my STI, I especially liked the Idle stop feature that saved me something like 10 Baht in fuel over the week.

The Bike also Layed over in the corners and the suspension was quite firm for stock springs and shocks, I came away thinking I wouldnt have needed to spend all the cash I did on my STI suspension if I had one of these.

The Bike was obviously under powered (plus I'm a fat fucker), however if you really give it a wrist full it will still pretty easily break all speed limits in the country. The lack of power was most noticeable on corner exit and up hills (particularly with the auto box), this is easily the biggest negative compared to the STI.

My lasting impression was that this car would be a great daily drive, particularly because I covered 200kms on the day trip with spirited driving and only used 1.5 litres of petrol, It would have easily been 45 litres+ in the STI.

The day rental cost was $120Baht from the local retired bar girl/boy which I considered a bit of a bargain, and I'd recommend it......Not the retired bar boy/girl......

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man i was quoted $230 a day to rent a 86 for feb next year

$95 a day is a bargain

if you work for Hertz hook me up with pricing for between 5th - 9th of feb next year
sydney to bathurst

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Rental 86 and no drift footage? Confused.

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2002 vs a current day or even a 2 year old car.... Take a 2012 wrx out as a comparison and see it shit all over the 86. As before just my opinion and like assholes, everyone has one.

what's with the noob bashing?
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Shame you can't rent one in Tassie. Always end up with dull cars when I have to rent one in Tassie for family visits. 86 would fun on Tassie roads (as would any decent car)

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they take one look at me and hand me a getz! i still hand it back rattling and run for the hills

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