GarethEvansUK

Hi all, Thought I'd let you all know that I'll be publishing regular updates on our six-month period running a GT86 at Parkers. The first two updates can be found 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/ Hope you don't mind the site getting a mention! Best, Gareth

What happened when our GT86 met Cosworth's: http://www.parkers.co.uk/toyota/gt86/coupe-2012/long-term-reviews/toyota-gt86-12-on-toyota-touch-2-with-go-20-boxer-d-4s-2d/

Thanks Lauren. I've been doing some experimentation - don't worry about that

Another update here - more mentions for this site! This time we're delving into Toyota's (and Subaru's) legendary reliability: http://www.parkers.co.uk/toyota/gt86/coupe-2012/long-term-reviews/toyota-gt86-12-on-toyota-touch-2-with-go-20-boxer-d-4s-2d/

Latest update has arrived: http://www.parkers.co.uk/toyota/gt86/coupe-2012/long-term-reviews/toyota-gt86-12-on-toyota-touch-2-with-go-20-boxer-d-4s-2d/

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!

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/

Exactly - should give me a more rounded impression of the whole line-up. I'm looking to compare as much as I can!

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.

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.

We'll see how it goes - I'm still a moderator on the Supra forum years after I sold it :-D

You're telling me! Love it so far.