ThatGuyThere

To follow up, if you and them acknowledge a design flaw, why have neither done the decent thing and compensated the people who were sold a faulty product? Genuinely astonished to hear you say this. You DID supply and fit the original kit, which you now say was flawed. Were you not a well known tuner then? Or was the design not flawed? It can't be both Mark, sorry.

"sorted" how? They certainly didn't sort their many customers who wasted 7k on a kit and install which failed after less than 10k miles. Loads of documented cases. They didn't even reply to enquiries.

While you're there, make it so gt86.org.uk works (without the www)!

How many miles had it done? Mine had 320bhp at 10k miles and clutch was fine. Was inspected at 6 year service (20k miles) and showed little signs of wear.

Standard clutch, flywheel, gearbox, engine are all absolutely fine if you stay below 300bhp.

Mine is about to go up for sale - 2012, 29k miles, recall done over a year ago. Cruise control, heated seats, no red interior parts. Standard bar rear lights, speakers, air filter. Pros for you - has ecutek licence as used to be modified. Cons for you - it's a gt86 in red. I'm in West Yorkshire.

Pretty cool stuff throughout. Missed this thread until now. Have to ask though, with all this effort why did you choose the only SC known for repeated failures?

Same. Feel some people in here just need an aftermarket air filter!

Sadly second hand parts are only worth 30-50% of their original value when removed and sold seperately (ask me how I know ☹️). Left on the car, they add very little value sadly. For reference, my 12 plate 15k miles WITH a £6k supercharger, exhaust, wheels, suspension cost me £16.5k 4 years ago! Also to note - dealers will charge £500-1k more than private sellers. I know one sold last week from a private seller on autotrader for £12k - one year older than yours but same mileage. I thought £12k was optimistic so I asked him to let me know how he got on with selling. They've risen in price slightly over the last 12 months. Yours is, in my opinion, worth £13k if you find a buyer who values the modifications. I've been keeping a close eye on prices as I'm about to sell mine. Sorry I will shut up now and good luck with your sale!

This is a very optimistic price! As someone about to sell a similarly aged/used one, I wish you the best of luck but I'd be surprised if you even get one enquiry.

Totally normal behaviour, from a totally normal person, and that's a...

I was comparing to a MK1 TT remapped to 270ish BHP, which was the only other forced induction car I've owned. My opinion is entirely subjective and based on limited experience! Yeah I understand the SC designs differ in power delivery and that's probably a big aspect.

Love that the company came back with the receipts showing the customer behaviour to to be that of an impatient asshole! I will buy from you if looking in the future!

The HKS was one of the more appealing options in the first few years of our cars. Turned out the design was flawed and now it never gets discussed as an option for people looking at forced induction. Personally, and I have only driven SC and standard, I'd go for a turbo next time. Yes on the right roads stretching each gear out to top revs is an awesome experience with a SC, but for the other 95% of the time I'd rather have the power delivery of a turbo (or a shorter ratioed gearbox maybe!). Overtaking in the SC GT86 was always much more of an effort than in my turboed TT which had less power and more weight. In the GT86 I found that the gear I needed to drop to to achieve the same thurst forwards meant it was more of a challenge. I drive on country roads, and overtaking spaces are limited and need to be utilised quickly. Driving at 7 tenths, the TT was faster. Driving at 9-10 tenths, the GT86 is far more rewarding AND faster, but I am no rally driver. Obviously the handling doesnt compare - I only refer to straightline performance here.

It died, sadly. Avoid HKS superchargers!

With SC mine was consistently 22mpg and after removal it's 32mpg (mostly short journeys).

It's faulty AND second-hand, so it's not worth 75% of the RRP.

The placebo effect is always something to behold in threads discussing fuel.

Good that they're taking responsibility. Again, I stress - the help you get in this situation is 100% down to what you ask for, and how much you push. They want to give you nothing extra, and for you to suffer silently (nothing personal, it's just the way business works). I'd be calling daily, politely pointing out that I am without my sports car due to their error and that I am unhappy and would like a resolution ASAP. - MENTION the owners/drivers club forums. I would push for a GT86 courtesy car, personally. I would point out that the only acceptable alternative would be an immediate lumpsum to cover the market value of the car plus a fair daily charge for time without it to-date - so you can return yourself to the situation you were in prior to their mistake.

You will get the level of service you ask for. I would suggest, now that they have a clear idea that the fault is not yours - I would assertively ask for a GT86 courtesy car, and for a clear timeframe of when your car will be returned repaired, and I would request a brand new engine or an alternative car. If you don't ask, you will not get.

Unforgivable that it doesn't get the Yaris GR engine.

Inclined to agree, but dont you need a pallet and appropriate plastic wrap?

Well yes, it's advised to choose somewhere which has experience of doing the recall. Sounds like your uncertainty has stopped you booking it in. Seems you've made your mind up, not sure why you even asked the questions. Hope your valve springs hold on my dude!

Have I missed all of these?! I would choose a dealership that has done a few, absolutely. But I'd 100% get it done. As I did, and did.

Had my recall done earlier this year, all has seemed fine. But yesterday noticed the coolant had dropped to just below the minimum level on the bottle. I've topped it up ad booked it in for Toyota to work out what's going on. Any suggestions on things that could cause such a thing? I'd noticed it slightly lower than maximum a few weeks after recall, just asssumed that was normal for having had the entire engine out etc. But I haven't had a car lose coolant since driving shitboxes in my teens!