GarethEvansUK 8 Report post Posted January 10, 2017 Hi everyone, I'm Gareth and I'm joining because I'm lucky enough to have custody of a GT86 for a while. It's a facelifted car and I'm spending six months reviewing it on Parkers.co.uk You can see my welcome article here: http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/reviews/living-with-it/toyota-gt86-12-on-toyota-touch-2-with-go-20-boxer-d-4s-2d/ I'm joining to get some insider hints and tips on the car. While I'd love to play with it properly (having driven a number of modified GT86s from the heritage fleet cars to an endurance racer), it'll be staying standard while with me. My history of quick Toyotas includes an SW20 MR2 Turbo and a couple of mk4 turbo Supras, the fastest being a 600bhp monster I built from standard. These days I spend all my money racing old cars. Look forward to being part of the site! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rob275 1817 Report post Posted January 10, 2017 Welcome to the club shame you only get it for 6 months Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GarethEvansUK 8 Report post Posted January 10, 2017 9 minutes ago, rob275 said: Welcome to the club shame you only get it for 6 months You're telling me! Love it so far. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ztox 230 Report post Posted January 10, 2017 Welcome along. That is a bummer it's only for 6 months, better make the most of it haha! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keethos 842 Report post Posted January 10, 2017 Welcome to the club, cool for you join us even for months hopefully you'll stick around afterwards. Can't say there are any real musts, its such a balanced car the it can suit almost everyone's needs and if not, there's plenty of mods to make it. Sent from my EDI-AL10 using Tapatalk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lauren 2259 Report post Posted January 10, 2017 Welcome aboard, hope you enjoy the car. I'm waiting for my dealer's demo car to be run in before I review it. Interested to see what I think of the additional chassis strengthening. Just for your notes, the stock car (excepting the Primo which around two people bought) has everything this does including cruise control etc as standard. The only additions in the new car are steering wheel controls and of course the changes to the dash display. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GarethEvansUK 8 Report post Posted January 11, 2017 16 hours ago, Keethos said: Welcome to the club, cool for you join us even for months hopefully you'll stick around afterwards. Can't say there are any real musts, its such a balanced car the it can suit almost everyone's needs and if not, there's plenty of mods to make it. Sent from my EDI-AL10 using Tapatalk We'll see how it goes - I'm still a moderator on the Supra forum years after I sold it :-D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GarethEvansUK 8 Report post Posted January 11, 2017 15 hours ago, Lauren said: Welcome aboard, hope you enjoy the car. I'm waiting for my dealer's demo car to be run in before I review it. Interested to see what I think of the additional chassis strengthening. Just for your notes, the stock car (excepting the Primo which around two people bought) has everything this does including cruise control etc as standard. The only additions in the new car are steering wheel controls and of course the changes to the dash display. Thanks Lauren. I've tweaked the article slightly to reflect what you say. I'm planning to compare the new model with the old one in a handling test at some point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lauren 2259 Report post Posted January 11, 2017 No worries. My best guess is the new model will understeer more, or oversteer less, depending upon your viewpoint. I am interested to see how I find the new car in terms of it's handling and whether the extra apparent chassis rigidity makes a difference. I suspect that it will be more about reducing NVH over anything else, but we shall see. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GarethEvansUK 8 Report post Posted January 11, 2017 6 minutes ago, Lauren said: No worries. My best guess is the new model will understeer more, or oversteer less, depending upon your viewpoint. I am interested to see how I find the new car in terms of it's handling and whether the extra apparent chassis rigidity makes a difference. I suspect that it will be more about reducing NVH over anything else, but we shall see. I'll be putting it up against the new BRZ in a few weeks too, which should help to highlight any handling differences between pre- and post-facelift cars. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lauren 2259 Report post Posted January 11, 2017 Don't forget the BRZ had different spring rates compared to the GT86, so you want another GT86 to compare with. My guess is that in the revised model, they've made the spring rates more like the BRZ. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GarethEvansUK 8 Report post Posted January 11, 2017 4 minutes ago, Lauren said: Don't forget the BRZ had different spring rates compared to the GT86, so you want another GT86 to compare with. My guess is that in the revised model, they've made the spring rates more like the BRZ. Exactly - should give me a more rounded impression of the whole line-up. I'm looking to compare as much as I can! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nicebiscuit 655 Report post Posted January 11, 2017 Just for your notes, the stock car (excepting the Primo which around two people bought) has everything this does including cruise control etc as standard. The only additions in the new car are steering wheel controls and of course the changes to the dash display. Are you sure about that? I've never met the other one... :-D Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lauren 2259 Report post Posted January 11, 2017 Just a rough guess, Joe. It could be just you! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nicebiscuit 655 Report post Posted January 12, 2017 ...Only because I couldn't get the Japanese market one with the steel wheels and black bumpers! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GarethEvansUK 8 Report post Posted January 19, 2017 Just published update #2: http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/reviews/living-with-it/toyota-gt86-12-on-toyota-touch-2-with-go-20-boxer-d-4s-2d/ 2 Keethos and KobayashiMaru reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nicebiscuit 655 Report post Posted January 19, 2017 Agree about the lack of the 'three flashes' on the indicator. That's annoying and a weird omission. I'd also add the annoyance of having to press a button to fold the mirrors whilst the ignitions still on. The back seats are perfectly serviceable though and make all the difference. Can you think of another sports car under £30k that you can fit your kids in? I couldn't - which is why I own one. They might be tight - but I'd have to put them in the boot of an MX5! So there's the niche. People who quite fancy a Caterham, Elise or even a secondhand Cayman but have a family! Not all Dads covet a Q7 ;-D Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Lowe and Bfranklyn86 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ztox 230 Report post Posted January 20, 2017 I've never been a fan of the lane changing indicator thing tbh. I personally don't feel that three flashes are enough to last you signalling your intent and then actually making the move and it's probably this that encourages people to start indicating as they start turning. 3 Tareim, surrey86 and Lauren reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lowe 191 Report post Posted January 20, 2017 Having had my GT for very nearly a week, there's a few niggles I've noticed. Yes, three flashes has caught me out but I'm starting to adapt. The interior light seems to go out very quickly (imho), and I miss having 'get you to the door' foglights on locking the car. On an unrelated note, I'm sure on some other cars I (test) drove, there was a gear indicator on the screen, even with a manual - am I imagining that? My car doesn't seem to have it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lauren 2259 Report post Posted January 20, 2017 You can turn the gear indicator on easily enough by pressing the buttons on the right of the binnacle. It's in the manual somewhere. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lowe 191 Report post Posted January 20, 2017 Yeah found it in the manual. Problem was, I couldn't actually get to the relevant menu, it just kept cycling through the trip meter. Then, about five minutes ago I found out about the ignition mode that doesn't start the engine 😂 Gear indicator now working, sorry for being a plonker 👍🏻 2 Lauren and Keethos reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lauren 2259 Report post Posted January 20, 2017 LOL, no worries! 1 Lowe reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kodename47 446 Report post Posted January 20, 2017 4 hours ago, Lowe said: I miss having 'get you to the door' foglights on locking the car. Flash the headlights before you get out the car after you turn it off. 30 seconds (or is it 1 minute) of light 1 Lowe reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lowe 191 Report post Posted January 21, 2017 14 hours ago, knightryder said: Flash the headlights before you get out the car after you turn it off. 30 seconds (or is it 1 minute) of light Ooh, will try that next time. Thank you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike 458 Report post Posted January 21, 2017 On 11/01/2017 at 1:39 PM, Nicebiscuit said: Are you sure about that? I've never met the other one... :-D Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I've seen 2 other red ones without a rear wing, one was moving so don't know if it was a Primo or not, the other was parked and wasn't a Primo, was just lacking the rear wing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
