Guy pulls into the paddock with an FR-S on a big single, 400whp on the dyno sheet taped inside the rear window, and spends the whole first session getting walked by a stock-motor car on Rivals and a set of well-used coilovers. He blamed the tires. It wasn't the tires. The FR-S punishes you for building it in the wrong order more than almost anything else you can buy for ten grand. Toyota and Subaru handed you a 2,758 lb car with a 53/47 balance, a Torsen out back, and a hood you can see over. The chassis is already the expensive part. Everybody skips straight to the one thing that's actually the cheapest to fix later. The order that works: Manual, always. The auto ZN6 is a different car with the same badge and you will resent it inside a month. Walk away from a clean auto and buy a rougher six-speed. Then suspension, because that's the mod that changes how the car talks to you. Real coilovers, an alignment done with intent, and a rear bar to let the back end rotate on throttle inst...