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Local Toyota garage did mine last week. they had no problems dealing with the turbo kit & even fitted an aftermarket clutch for me free of charge ( I supplied the clutch. Paid £85 for the plugs to be changed as well.

I contacted them directly too)(despite not having a letter). They didn't hesitate to book me in to get the work done, mine was basically stock so they were able to do it a my local dealership - but i asked them about heavily modified examples; they said that they would take the heavily modded car at the dealership, then transport it up to Macclesfield on a truck and have the work done there. Also, the work that I had done as part of the recall (oil change, filter and a couple of other bits) was basically the work that I needed for the annual service a couple of months later. I mentioned this to the chap at the dealership, and he said that it wouldn't be worth me taking the car back for its service. While they can't stamp the book as it wasn't technically a 'service', they'll write a statement to use with the recall letter (when I receive it) to say that they have done the necessary work for the annual service (hopefully that makes sense!) Something else to consider, perhaps...? Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Couple more suggestions for social events in 2020... Our November event at Brookland Museum was quite good, we should do it again. Couple options: - Winter Motoring Breakfast - Sunday, Feb 16th https://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/whats-on/winter-Motoring-breakfast - Supercar Sunday- Sunday, July 19th https://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/whats-on/supercar-day - Autumn Motorsport Day- Sunday, October 11th https://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/whats-on/autumn-motorsport-day - Autumn Motoring Breakfast - Sunday, Nov 1st https://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/whats-on/brooklands-autumn-motoring-breakfast

There shouldn't be but I find there is Its when it comes to work that's by the hour (damage repair) you tend to notice the difference in hourly rates here in the south ☹️ To use your example no we aren't buying a house but the dealership are paying out for rent etc which is higher. So surely the dealerships would have to charge more to do exactly the same work which with the fixed priced servicing set by Toyota they can't do but I guess anything else they will. E.g I got a quote for supply and fitting of gen7 Toyota Celica sports springs from dealership in skipton. My local dealership couldn't match it as the hourly labour cost quoted was significantly lower and that was before taking into account the local dealership reckoned it would take longer to fit them than quoted. Ended up driving up north which even after fuel was still cheaper lol.

I've created a calendar entry for Sunday Feb 2nd. Will also post on FB. See you there guys!

Event Title: GT86/ BRZ Breakfast @ Denbies (again) - Sunday, Feb 2nd Event Author: VAD17 Event Date: 02.02.2020 Sunday, February 2nd Start 9:30 am Denbies Wine Estate London Road, Dorking, RH5 6AA https://www.denbies.co.uk/finding-us/ Plan is to have a chit chat, go for a breakfast and if anyone wants they can book a tour or do wine shopping. At 9:30am we should have enough parking space to park together, so don't intend to call to reserve parking this time around. Weather permitting we can do group run up to Box Hill/ GT86/ BRZ Breakfast @ Denbies (again) - Sunday, Feb 2nd

There is no reason to be any difference, Nigel. It's not like buying a house!

I run the Cosworth sump baffle, an oil cooler and use a temperature and pressure gauge to keep my eye on the oil temps and more importantly the pressure drop that goes with higher temps.

It's not really an issue as such as long as you have adequate oil in the sump. I've never had any problems, run the same tyres as you and have been doing trackdays and sprinting in the car for seven years now. Adrian does run an Accusump so has a dry sump, but he does run aero and 265 wide 888's!

I approached directly as I never got a letter. Said to bring it in. Although mine isn't extensively modded just manifold, map and chassis mods.