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    3 hours ago, Church said:

    Friend of mine has grey AT. Hmm, it might be very subjective thing, and of course state/mileage should be prioritized, but given choice i'd prefer other colors. Black, white, orange, red, or in case of BRZ - also blue. Grey seems a bit too bland.

     

    I do really like the orange. White would have been my first choice with orange second. 

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    22 hours ago, br0wny said:

    very nice! the evo 6 will still be very raw too unlike the bmw which was very numb and quite boring. I have my 86 in for the TD N/A package in february which will hopefully just add that bit of extra fizz it needs but more importantly remove the torque dip, otherwise I don't really feel the need for Fi personally. 30mph in the 86 feels like 80mph in the bmw etc etc 

    Interesting to hear about the BMW. Yes, the EVO was raw but honestly, the power was in such a short band. On the road, I just don't think I could live with it. 

    Also, I thought grey ones were rare. There's three of us replied here! Ha. 

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    39 minutes ago, br0wny said:

    I came from a 4 second flat to 60, 420bhp/450lbft tuned bmw m135i and I much prefer the gt86. Need I say more?

     

    Last Friday, I had the opportunity to drive a 560bhp EVO 6 TM so would have been rude to refuse. The thing was just bonkers. Not a lot until about 4750 rpm then it just went nuts. Straight line power, whilst addictive, isn't everything. I wasn't disappointed driving my '86 home, however I WOULD like a little more in a straight line, but definitely not at the expense of drivability. I would love to have a drive of a forced induction '86 to sample the power delivery for myself. 

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    On 30/09/2018 at 9:37 AM, Tom said:

    Hi 

    Already booked mine with Tunning Developments  on 6th October going to fit parts myself :-) and cant wait to see how car drives after remap :-). Will have a good test drive after remap ( 3.5 hours drive home :-) so will get a good feel of the car ). 

    I've only just got my '86 and might swing by TD on the way to pick the girlfriend up from Warrington and have a peep if you don't mind. 

    I'm only over in Wigan. 

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    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 :D

    Haha maybe I should have posted here before buying the Aygo! Ha. Oh well. Will make me appreciate driving the 86 more I guess. 😃

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    3 hours ago, Angelina said:


    Mike will be working his magic on mine in a few weeks emoji7.png. Looking forwards to my drive back to London. emoji12.png


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    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! 😂

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    4 minutes ago, VAD17 said:

    Welcome aboard!
    I'd be happy to daily my GT86emoji16.png
    Any plans to let Mike work his magic? NA tune and manifold upgrade is a no-brainer imo...

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    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.

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    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. 

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