Norman 3 Report post Posted September 30, 2018 Hello fellow 86’ers. Just picked up my 2013 grey GT86 with lovely embossed and embroidered leather. I’ve liked these for a while and love what the car is about, a homage to the AE86. I’ve come straight from a Clio 200 to this but in a distant past owned 4 x Celica GT4’s and an MR2 Turbo. Mike from TD is a friend of mine from my GT4OC days and he took me out in their GT this week and I was hooked. After living with the car for 48 hours, I realised it was to use to drive a 20 mile each way commute every day plus using it for visiting customers in the day job so I’ve just been and bought a little Aygo as the daily so the 86 can be kept lovely. Its nice to be back into a sports Toyota again and I hope to be active on a nice owners club again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VAD17 479 Report post Posted September 30, 2018 Welcome aboard!I'd be happy to daily my GT86Any plans to let Mike work his magic? NA tune and manifold upgrade is a no-brainer imo...Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Angelina 82 Report post Posted September 30, 2018 Hello fellow 86’ers. Just picked up my 2013 grey GT86 with lovely embossed and embroidered leather. I’ve liked these for a while and love what the car is about, a homage to the AE86. I’ve come straight from a Clio 200 to this but in a distant past owned 4 x Celica GT4’s and an MR2 Turbo. Mike from TD is a friend of mine from my GT4OC days and he took me out in their GT this week and I was hooked. After living with the car for 48 hours, I realised it was to use to drive a 20 mile each way commute every day plus using it for visiting customers in the day job so I’ve just been and bought a little Aygo as the daily so the 86 can be kept lovely. Its nice to be back into a sports Toyota again and I hope to be active on a nice owners club again. Mike will be working his magic on mine in a few weeks . Looking forwards to my drive back to London. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Norman 3 Report post Posted September 30, 2018 4 minutes ago, VAD17 said: Welcome aboard! I'd be happy to daily my GT86 Any plans to let Mike work his magic? NA tune and manifold upgrade is a no-brainer imo... Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Thanks. If you saw some of the properties At times, you wouldn’t. 😂 The miles would rack up far too quickly. I am very tempted with the turbo kit but it will be in twelve months as my insurer isn’t modification friendly but I did get a very reasonable quote from a specialist so perhaps in 12 months. It’s not as slow as I expected from the reviews to be honest and not miles behind the Clio. The Clio did handle VERY well though so learning RWD will take some. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lauren 2259 Report post Posted September 30, 2018 Welcome aboard. I drove mine as daily every day for the last five and a half years, often on a longer commute than you do. I'm a social worker so would spend my time on some of the less affluent estates, driving around for work. It was fine. I couldn't bare the thought of having to suffer an Aygo. Don't worry about mileage, currently on 120K after that time! Cars are for driving I say. Life it too short to drive a boring car. 1 Lowe reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Norman 3 Report post Posted September 30, 2018 3 hours ago, Angelina said: Mike will be working his magic on mine in a few weeks . Looking forwards to my drive back to London. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Mikes a good guy, as is Nick. They’ll look after you there. 2 hours ago, Lauren said: Welcome aboard. I drove mine as daily every day for the last five and a half years, often on a longer commute than you do. I'm a social worker so would spend my time on some of the less affluent estates, driving around for work. It was fine. I couldn't bare the thought of having to suffer an Aygo. Don't worry about mileage, currently on 120K after that time! Cars are for driving I say. Life it too short to drive a boring car. Oh it will definitely get driven, but happy to put the hard miles on the Aygo. I hate these people who have classic cars and hide them away and not drive them (not that this is one of those). Plus it will save me some petrol money! 😂 1 Lauren reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MartinT 514 Report post Posted October 1, 2018 Welcome! I drive mine daily on a 60 mile commute and I far prefer that to having a runabout. One of life's little pleasures is getting into the BRZ at the end of a hard day at work, knowing I can enjoy 30 therapeutic miles driving home. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lowe 191 Report post Posted October 1, 2018 75 mile a day here. Mileage doesn't seem to hurt these cars too bad. Just the bloody spark plug change which hurts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Norman 3 Report post Posted October 1, 2018 3 hours ago, MartinT said: Welcome! I drive mine daily on a 60 mile commute and I far prefer that to having a runabout. One of life's little pleasures is getting into the BRZ at the end of a hard day at work, knowing I can enjoy 30 therapeutic miles driving home. 22 minutes ago, Lowe said: 75 mile a day here. Mileage doesn't seem to hurt these cars too bad. Just the bloody spark plug change which hurts Haha maybe I should have posted here before buying the Aygo! Ha. Oh well. Will make me appreciate driving the 86 more I guess. 😃 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
