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    Glad you enjoyed it. The view is worth it, but I'm not sure about those hairpins. You have to turn everything off anyway and boot it round as otherwise there can be some reversing involved as it's that tight. I've done it twice but didn't enjoy the staircase much. The first time I went up it was full of bikers, cyclists which was a nightmare. The second time it was quiet which was much better. Preferred the other side where it is more open. Did you get an oppportunity to drive the Grimsel/Susten, Klausen or Furka? The Grimsel/Susten is my favourite on the Swiss side though i think my favourite roads in the Alps are are around the Dolomites. The Hahnntenjoch and Grossglockner in Austria are pretty mega too.



    Not this time - flying visit... You’re right about the hairpins. The handbrake was quite handy... ;-). I think the damp road helped and I didn’t see another car or bike all the way up. Will never manage that again! Coming back via Briançon - know the Lauteret pass really well so I enjoy that one - very open...

    The lock is actually very good on the 86. Did get me thinking though - recently got an fwd Alfa Spider, and the steering lock on those is abysmal due to the weird steering geometry Alfa use. No way would that have got round those bends...


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    Yeah I did it back in July, but was quit busy. Awesome in the 86 with traction off as you say.....

    Looking to do it again, perhaps with a few 86’s


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    Off season must be the thing. Utterly deserted today, and nicely damp . That said, very lucky the snow hasn’t come yet. Usually closed by now.


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    This has been on my bucket list since forever and it didn’t disappoint. Thus drive was worth the price of the GT86 alone. I got really lucky with it still being open this late, and it was absolutely deserted. Just me, the car and traction control turned off.

     

    Fantastic - never driven a road so twisty most of the hairpins are FIRST gear... . Very much recommended... bf302d4e9a567af3633186b8142ae6ab.jpg

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    Brilliant! Thanks for those. Plenty of thoughts to google. Myself? Mainly going for the cultural experience - so definitely a Ryokan and baths on the agenda and plenty of food. My kids are increasingly manga/anime nuts so it’s all about that for them... But can’t go there without at least a bit of a poke around the car museums and renting something interesting. GT86 a bit tight for us all now on a long trip, but plenty of places seem happy to rent me a WRX or some such, so that’ll do .


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    I know some people on here have travelled to Japan

     

    Planning a trip with the family as turns out we’ve all got it on our bucket list. Can only manage two weeks, most likely at Easter. So assuming we’ll do Tokyo and Kyoto and probably venture out from there but obviously can’t cover length of the country in that time, what should I consider doing? There’ll be a bit of hurtling around by bullet train, but also happy to rent cars and travel out...

     

    Obviously petrolhead type recommendations most welcome as one of the reasons I’m going... but also anything else you’d consider unmissable.

     

     

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    Hi Lauren! Just catching up... I see yours now has excellent stripes. I approve. Also lots and lots of miles. To my shame mine only done 25k or so. Work from home so much more these days...

    Also - hi Mike. See your tuning packages are still going down well. I still may be back for that turbo... Playing the long game here. At current mileage rate I’m going to get 20 years out of this car.

    Nothing tempting me out of it. Unless someone lends me £50k for an Alpine A110. But that’s about it...


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    It’s been that long, thought I ought to say hello again, though I have been intermittently lurking. Still got the car, still love it, but work and house renovations have totally got in the way of doing anything else with it or to it...

     

    Bob is four this month. Still as much fun as the day I got him. I might even make more effort to stick around here.

     

     

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    Cheers @Steeps. I figured as much, the rear tyres are very slippy and even with little power they are tending to spin a little.

    I absolutely do not intend on taking every roudabout sideways so maybe some new tyres are needed haha

     

    Don't put the stock Primacies on either - I found them lairy and unpredictable. I rate the Yokohamas - still moves about, but predictably. And they're great value.

     

     

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    It is all related to changes in my life. I am afraid, I had to move this way. Believe me, I am not happy at all. I love the GT86 to the bits. I will come to the meetings as much as I can. 

     

    It's only a car. There are more important things. And there will be other cars. This is coming from a guy who had kids and had to drive a Skoda Fabia Estate for three years Good luck with whatever comes next.

     

     

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    15 minutes ago, Cerastes said: Yay join the rumble in the jungle gang. 

    I still get compliments from people at work "your car sounds nice". 

    I have to ask then...since UEL add a bit more mid-torque and remove a bit of the high end torque how do you feel that? The mid is very appreciated on the gt86/brz as I have figured out but is there a loss of high end that you can actually feel? do you even feel the mid torque boost? driving-wise do you feel a change after having installed UEL headers compared to the standard ones?

     

    It's losing the 1st cat and the remap that gets rid of the torque dip - there are plenty of dyno charts on here of both EL and UEL and they're not vastly different.

     

    So I doubt you'd tell the difference between EL and UEL on the road. But the difference between a stock car and a remapped primary cat-less car is night and day. Has the mid range poke that should have been there in the first place so you don't have to redline it every time to keep the engine in the power band when going up through the gears.

     

    I went for UEL but purely for sentimental reasons - I prefer the engine note. So don't agonise over it - either will be great.

     

     

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    Maybe I'll talk my girlfriend into getting it, she wanted one since I got mine 

     

    I wouldn't - you'll only get people staring at her on the motorway and then putting creepy remarks on forums

     

    To the OP - seems decent value for someone who wants to keep and mod. GLWTS.

     

     

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    6 hours ago, Nemesis said: The car is now paid for & I just have to wait until midday Friday for it to be delivered & lucky for me I have 3 days off to get used to it before back to work. One thing I have heard about is the blind spot & was wondering if anyone has fitted small blind spot mirrors as the celica has excellent door mirrors with no blind spot

    I guess it partly comes down to seating position but I never had a blind spot in the BRZ, I was able to adjust the mirror so that as soon as the car left the mirror it was in my peripheral vision

     

    Me neither - I concluded that it's because I'm a short arse so am sat forward enough to get a good view over my shoulder.

     

    This car is designed for those of Japanese proportions clearly (which also explains why I'm too fat for the seats )

     

     

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