Twigman

I’m just curious about the noise at 80-90mph 6th gear cruising. I drive to Germany regularly. To be honest after months of research I think I’ve settled on this pipe. I did think for a while that ‘stealth’ would be my preference hence my request for looking std but this HKS SpecL has kept haunting me. So much so that today I reserved one from the next shipment via James at Amber....I could’ve had a red carbon one tomorrow but I’m really not sure I could live with that colour so I have a month’s wait for a black one...

Seriously tempted to throw the 'looks like standard' idea out of the window! - I love the look and sound (from youtube vid) of the HKS Spec-L with carbon tips! Anyone got one and care to comment? I am determined to get a catback on....noise* and looks are the priority (I suppose I'm a poser)....not really bothered about performance gains although filling the torque dip would be a bonus BUT I don't want to swap manifold as want to keep both cats - the planet is more important than filling the torque dip. *When I say noise I mean a grown up noise, subtly louder than standard but not popping and farting and waking the neighbours or attracting plod loud.

My wheels have been left at a place for a few days......they claim their process will not harm forged wheels....here's hoping.

https://www.haywardandscott.com/toyota-gt86/toyota-gt86-with-helmholtz-chambered-rear-silencers-and-silenced-centre-pipe.html Actually this looks more my thing.

That looks perfect! https://www.haywardandscott.com/toyota-gt86/toyota-gt86-cat-back-system-with-larger-centre-silencer.html

HAHAHA I always request they skip this bit

Overhead cam engines don't have rocker arms - rocker arms are in pushrod engines

P0852 is nothing to do with petrol For the record - in 62 months of GT86 ownership I have used Vpower99 almost exclusively. Only times I've done something else: I have twice put £10 of BP ultimate (97) and three times put a whole tank of Shell Racing100 in (as that was all I could find suitable in Germany) Never had a CEL light

Recently my other car - a Mazda6 estate - was written off by some old duffer parking his Skoda in my front garden after driving through the Mazda and my garden wall. I am looking at replacing it (and possibly trading the GT86 in at the same time).... Considered an SUV - something like a Range Rover Evoque but the boot isn't big enough.... So started looking at pickups.....the Mitsubishi L200 with full size locking hardtop is looking like it's currently favourite. They are HUGE - has anyone here any experience with them? If I go for a used one (looking at 2018on 2.4D manual Barbarian) what should I look out for?

As to do I need one? I play bass in a band and often find I have to transport a couple of basses and a bass rig and two children at the same time. My Mazda6 estate coped with this but only by split folding the rear seat....we also go camping often and the Mazda struggled to accommodate everything meaning often compromises would be needed. I suppose I could go with another estate but a pickup with a hardtop is more interesting. I'm attracted by AWD as my driveway slopes steeply and when it snows (admittedly rarely) I am incapable of getting the Gt86 on and off the drive - I used to leave the Mazda out in the road, which is why it got taken out......AWD estates are significantly dearer than the pickups while being significantly smaller. The top end pickups seem just as well appointed internally and just as comfortable.....i could go on

My worst car was a Renault 14TL None of you will rememeber them though

This morning i was again locked out of my 86. I opened the door with the blade key - alarm goes off - will not respond to either key fob switching the alarm off. Put both keys inside car and no indication on the dash that the car acknowledges the presence of any key. Alarm keeps going off - only way to stop it is to relock the car with the blade key. I phone Toyota - they suggest the battery is flat. Really? I drove the car 60 miles yesterday - it was good as gold and it was hardly a chilly night compared to some recently. Why would the battery lose that much charge overnight. Eventually I manage to ignore the alarm long enough to get the bonnet open and disconnect the battery. It showed 12.38V on my multimeter. Phoned Toyota again - they reckon 12.38V indicates that the battery is dead. Toyota: "When did you last use it?" Me: "Yesterday i did about 60 miles" Toyota:" How long before that?" Me: "A couple of days" Toyota:"Well there you are then" Me:"What?" Toyota:"Your car isn't in daily use" Me:"So what?" Toyota:"So you should expect the battery to go flat" Me:" I should what? I only used it YESTERDAY - how's it gone flat overnight?" Toyota:"You probably had the heater and radio and lights on yesterday" Me: "So what?" Toyota:"So you'll have drained the battery" Me:" So the car's charging system can't cope with the car's systems in normal use?" Toyota" All cars are like that" Me:"Rubbish...I can leave my Mazda for a month with the alarm on, get in it and it'll crank and start first time, every time....I only left the 86 for 1 night" Toyota:"Oh" Fucking useless twats! In my many years experience cars have even been able to crank at 12.38V - that's normally about 1/2 charged - only when it gets down to <11.9V is a battery normally flat. So why would it have stopped recognising both key fobs? Surely 12.38V is ample to keep the security system working? Toyota suggested I bring the car in for them to have a look at. How am i supposed to do that when the car has stopped recognising both my key fobs? They didn't have an answer for that and suggested that wasn't their problem. So I have left the battery charging all day and hope that once it's back in the car that they key fobs are once more recognised. The fitted battery is one of the 48Ah batteries - i belive they are now fitted with 65Ah batteries instead. How might I blag one of these 65Ah batteries?

So 10 days on and the car is fine with just having charged the battery that day. no new battery...yet. I wonder why, that night, the battery discharged? Weird

That's as may be but the fact that they now fit 65Ah batteries as standard is surely an admission that the 48Ah battery (like mine) is inadequate - then we get into 'fit for purpose' arguments

Battery was showing 13.4V when I put it back in this morning. My key fobs are back to life. So paranoid driving it to work that I drove with no heater, no radio and no lights.... This is no way to 'enjoy' a car - constantly worrying if it'll start next time you get in it.

Not in my experience. I've never experienced such ignorant nonsense from any dealer ever I'm 52 and have owned a fair few cars over the years so I'm hardly green when it comes to dealers.

That's as may be but their attitude on the phone stinks.

key super glued

Car gone off to be repaired

ACF-50 magic stuff Has kept my Fireblade corrosion free for 24 years!

I think today might turn out a bit better! I just got ID'd in Tesco Express when buying ciggies! I'm 52 LOL

all sorted - apart from 1 broken key...will try epoxy car works now sitting and waiting for the accident repair people to come and take it away.

Had no choice. With the battery in the car, as soon as the battery was holding enough charge, the alarm went off - properly. This car is a stupid design.

you're right I took the battery out and left it charging on the garage floor...... at least then i won't be waking up the whole street when I reconnect it and the alarm goes off again!

Just checked on the battery.....it's at 12.7V - is that enough? I want to go to bed! LOL The battery is still in the car but disconnected. if it were out completely I'd just leave it overnight and refit it in the morning...but it's not. i've an extension lead trailing from the garage across the drive and the bonnet is open....hmmmm