BristolLee

Update 5: The car is being prepped at the docks and I have a registration number allocated (should be registered next week!). Hopefully, I'll be collecting it from Fish Bros Toyota, Swindon on Friday 17th March. Fingers crossed because that would be the day after my birthday and would be a fantastic slightly belated present to myself 😋 One question. Could someone the file types the Toyota Touch (or Touch 2) head unit recognises for music, and if it does album art (along with sizes for it). I've picked up a SanDisk Cruzr 64gb thumb drive and would like to get it loaded up with music before picking the car up . Any help would be great!

I'm Staple Hill, so not too far from you. Got a couple of friends out your way too, so might be about CS/Yate way Hope collection went well and you enjoy the Z4 as much as you did your GT

Avonmouth is Portbury Docks, just me being a local boy calling it by its place name rather than the dock name. Update 4: The ship arrived on Thursday afternoon, 1600 at high tide and sailed out again 12 hours later. So I can't stalk it anymore, just have to wait impatiently until either Fish Bros call me to choose a reg number and arrange collection OR I get bored and call them to see how it's going.

Awesome! Fingers crossed mine will have one too then. Cheers for the reply. That Takeda intake is gorgeous too, but $200 more than the otherwise identical 'normal' version is quite a step

Interesting to see that there's a space saver in there @Lauren. Were you able to confirm with RRG that that is now a stock thing? Or whether they had added it for piece of mind on their demo car? I'll certainly be checking the boot of mine when it arrives now!

Update 3: It draws nearer! Full steam ahead! Following a brief stop in Valencia (wish I could have one of those!), the car is now full steam ahead, crossing the Bay of Biscay today, on it's way to Avonmouth docks in Bristol..... At which point i'll be leaving face prints on my office window (J16 M5), to watch out for it going past on the transporter to Swindon. Two other bits of news. 1. I've managed to get a private sale agreed for my Celica. Almost double what Toyota offered as P/X! AND the guy is happy to wait for me to get my delivery date before he takes it off my hand. and 2. I received some random "GT86 DC" stickers from @rob275 in the post. What's the bhp for each of those nowadays? 5? 10?

Shame! I'm just about to join the fold and live in South Glos too! Whereabouts are you @LordGrover? Good engine that 35i. I recently tested it in the 235/240i, just to uhhhhh "rule it out" before putting the money down on the GT86. It's really quick and the gearbox is brilliantly smooth in auto or manual. What colour have you gone for? I love the mustard yellow.

Update 2: The car is in EUROPE! Bobbing across The Med as I type. It's getting closer!

I have a small update. The car is built! The car has a VIN number, which very geekily I have been able to use to stalk my GT86 on its maiden voyage from Gunma to Bristol! As of 10am this morning (Friday 3rd Feb) it was just of the west coast of Sri Lanka and should arrive at Avonmouth on 22nd Feb. That's the frustrating bit as it will have to drive past my office window alongside the M5 in Bristol as it makes its way to Swindon. I should get my hands on it sometime after the 13th March!

Shhhh with pedantry you!

Surely if you've already put the order in, then the price is locked down???

Great pictures @will300! This meet was one of the reasons I've now signed up here even before having the car! You were all fantastic to me that evening, even though I didn't own a GT86 at the time (Still technically don't but it's somewhere between Gunma and Swindon now, so close enough ;)). It was really impressive to see not only the attitude of club members towards an outsider, but also the genuine interest with which Tada-san looked over and discussed each cars modifications. For note, he told me that his favourite colour was simply, red. But I'm not sure he properly understood the question so I'm going to say he's actually on #TeamGrey

It'll take me a little longer than that as I only commute in the car two days most weeks, the rest is pedal powered. Keeps me fit (except for when I got knocked off) and means the fuel in the car can be used more for fun! Running in a week is properly impressive! Fair play. That's a shame, but hey it was fun while it lasted. I'll keep an eye out for club days then. Have any been run at Llandow? Bit of a trek across to South Wales for some of you but it's a great little track (check out some of the Chris Harris Drives videos on the Top Gear website as it's used in those). Fish Bros have asked me if I want to choose my plate too, obviously I've said yes!

Our cars might well be on the same boat over from Japan then Gazza! Boat wankers! Hope you enjoy it when it arrives. Edit: Should have read all the way through first! I'm struggling enough with a 2.5 month wait, so you have the patience of a saint Gazza! Wow!

Cheer Ztox It's looking great so far! Hopefully it won't take me too long until I can see it in person too! The car is currently expected to be delivered/ready for delivery on 30th March. As soon as I have a confirmed date, i'll be sure to post here there and everywhere! Here's hoping that it does so that I can get a ticket and stand pass for Japfest at Silverstone at the end of April. What better way to do some of the running in eh? That running in won't be on track though Lauren! But it is on my long term plan to have a play, not talking TSS, but certainly somewhere. @Lauren, you'll know if anyone will. Are Toyota still indulging the DC with a yearly track day at somewhere squiggly?

Hello! Yes it is! Nothing will be happening straight away as I want to get to know the car properly (and wear out the Primacy's) first. But I'll keep everyone posted with pictures and plans.

Thanks all, I was going to pick up the Premium Membership but just wanted to check I wasn't missing something. Will do that a bit closer to the car arriving. Yes Will, I'll admit I've been very fortunate with Toyota since owning the Celica. Hopefully that relationship is something that might be able to benefit the club in the future...we'll see. Yup Lauren, that was me! It was a brilliant afternoon that. Chatting with you all was one of the things that confirmed it was the car for me. I've kept the spec simple. GT86 Grey paint, black/grey leather with grey stitch and parking sensors. That's the lot! The interior tweaks make a nice improvement in my view. The display in the dash is really clear and easily navigated using the wheel mounted controls; which also don't get in the way at all. The facelift also saves me needing to change the brake lights too. The silver stitch and less faux fibre also appeased the wife slightly too 😉. I'm planning to get used to the car before modding but already listing out things like the Intec hi mount brake light, different wheels, strut braces, springs/coils, exhaust, remap etc eventually. Nothing too major but enough to make the car properly mine. So I'll be peaking under your bonnets too! FCM in Bristol, where I take the Celica ow are a SUMMIT dealer and I'm feeling some grey-orange couterchange colorscheme perhaps?