Knighty

Great stuff, I'll take a look! Thanks for the heads up Thanks mate! Thanks alot! Yeah, me too, it always takes a while getting into a new car but I'm getting there now, it's only 1st to 2nd shift that really gives me an issue tbh, and I believe most of that is down to me not putting enough throttle on. Coming from the celica that was a cable throttle to the 86 is quite a bit different. One thing I notice coming from the celica is just how much torque it has down in the lower half of the rev range. The celica had to constantly be milked for every last rev to get any sort of torque, whereas in the 86 it's greatly improved, I feel quite happy staying in the bottom half of the rev range 90% of the time, which makes going further up that much more of an occasion. On paper the 86 is slower, but in the real world even if it is slower, it feels much better to drive. 3rd to 2nd downshift when the gearbox is cold can be a pig though! but from what I've read up it's one of the "They all do that sir" things. I'll check the dates for Japfest, see if I can make it! that's one show I've never had chance to go to, I've always been on holiday! As long as no one minds a bit of extra weight I'm all for getting a passenger ride, learning how these cars should be driven properly! I have a feeling my 86 has never seen the top end of the rev range before I had it, and tbh, I'm a little apprehensive too for the moment

Thanks! Plans for the car at the moment, nothing at all. I quite fancy an Invidia N1 exhaust I think, had my eye on them since the day I started searching for the car... But there could be better options on the market. Maybe a drop in filter of some sorts for a little more induction note, no idea as to which one though. I love carbon fibre, and so been keeping an eye on all the awesome interior bits, I shall start my collection of those at some point! Swap out some of the silver in favour of some weave. The stock spoiler has really grown on me but I might be tempted to go for a TRD one, maybe even a carbon TRD style spoiler. I promised myself I wouldn't change this car much, just aesthetics. I definitely want some gas bonnet struts though! everytime I've opened the bonnet somebody has said "Can't believe it doesn't have bonnet struts" , Again though multiple kits out there, some pricey (Greddy) and some less so, no idea which ones are a good set. Car shows are a big part of my year, so expect to see me at them, not sure whether you guys have a club stand or anything? Spent a lot of time with Celica Club, put the celica on the club stand for Japshow Finale. Little did I know it'd be it's last show outing with me. Trackday wise, I'm honestly not sure I've got the bottle. I'd love to try it, but the thought of failure scares me. I'm much happier to just stand by and watch. Cheers, Sam

Many thanks! For sure I'll take a look and see what's coming up! Will be good to get to know the community. I feel I'm going to be here for a very long time!

Many thanks! Definitley a great choice! Haha, many thanks. A lot of work went into the celica, not sure I'll ever get over it to be honest, I'd definitely have another one! Yeah, you know I think you're right. Starting to get with it now, the only time I'm struggling a little now is with the car on fast idle when cold, for some reason I just cannot seem to get the clutch in smoothly, normal idle I don't really have a problem at all! I feel like red could be a very popular colour! I've loved red cars since my first car, a 1.2 vauxhall corsa, although most of those tended to be a more pink colour than red . The grey on the celica looked awesome, but I really enjoy detailing cars, and for me, the grey just never "popped" which is why I wanted something bright this time around. Can't wait to get some decent weather and spend a couple of days on her to get it up to my standard.