nickfrog

Really bad vibration braking from 70mph. Not sure what to do. Bad batch of discs ? Any warranty recourse ?

I haven't heard much about reliability issues on the M135i. Quite right Pitman. I'll start at £15,995 and see what happens.

Ordered a M135i (how dare I ?) for June delivery. So will be selling the GT86 privately. Love the chassis, the handling, damping, ergonomics, etc etc but I can't live with the engine. It's a 62 Oct 2012 car with 14k miles and FSH (2 services) in white with cloth and no satnav. Car is 100% perfect, not a swirl in sight. 4 new GY F1s. 1 previous owner. How much will it fetch privately ?

Good point but the LSD seems less crucial in an overtyred, heavier, Supersport shod, inherently high traction road tractor like the M135i. The Quaife is a little more discreet too anyway... I will miss the car, no question. It's in no way a judgement of value. Just doesn't work for me, my mistake, not the car's fault in any way.

I know but I am a warranty kind of guy, sadly... £17k would put me in profit after 8 months, so that would be great !!

Update. The vibration is slowly receding but deffo still there at high speed. My thinking is that if the discs were warped they wouldn't unwarp themselves do maybe it is pad deposit and maybe the car is so light (and so slow, lol) that it takes much longer than it would do to clean up compared to a heavier more powerful road car...

Cheers Mark.

I hope you're right. What concerns me is that the disc look pretty neat now compared to then. Actually it was 10 days and 200 gentle road miles ago so maybe I've got to be patient !!!

Yes that's where I work. You're right but it's a free solution and it's the work phone so I don't actually need to remove it any point.

True, it's not very stable, or wasn't in this test but I have since then found a bit of rigidity through the use of a couple more zip ties. It's not meant to rival a Go Pro but brilliant for my needs and in effect free. The pole is just zip tied to the head rest support.

Why don't you use a phone ? This is my £0 set up: Old metal broom handle abandoned outside 2 years ago and destined for the tip. Old faulty phone holder that was replaced FOC Bits of sticky velcro leftover 1 large zip tie 2 small zip ties 2 used wine corks inserted in the tube at the ends Bits of rubber cut from an old inner tube Work phone (32GB) Borrowing daughter's BT remote (that came with her selfie stick)

"the WRX has limitless grip " Not only they clearly don't understand the difference between lat grip and traction but it tells you about their driving skills that they can't breach the front end lat gs of a WRX... They're clearly better off in a 4wd car though...

- why does the car occasionally beeps when I close the door without having seemingly forgotten something like the indicator ? no a big deal but annoying. - the car seems a little too stiffly sprung at the rear : the slightest (even progressive and smooth) lift with even modest amounts of lock seems to breach rear lat grip. I know it's the entire point of the car, BUT i's a bit tiring when you're after a bit of neutrality. Any (cheap) solutions ? - mpg. The car has replaced a 125i Coupe (N52 3 litre) de-restricted to 260ps. Despite that and 1450kgs, the GT86 can just about match the mpg over a month of exactly the same driving routine... Not a biggy but a little bizarre. - apart from that the engine is still rubbish to use, almost embarrassingly so, but at least it's low and light enough to justify its existence (just) - my basic stereo still reads my texts but that's down to Windows phone I think.

On reflection and after 100 miles today, I hate the engine a little bit more everyday. I reckon I rev it all right. It's just gruff and bizarrely mapped. It's like it was mapped by a committee who argued all day and decided to try and please everyone and ended up with the worst of all words in terms of fuelling. It never really takes off like a 200hp VTEC will eventually do. It has decent low range response but mid range is just bizarre. The mid-range dip is just farcical. I am normally a chassis man and don't care much about engine but that's stretching it a bit. It sounds like a broken k-series too. Really challenging to live with. Having said that the chassis is sublime. It was brilliant to out corner a recent 4wd TT out of a dual lane roundabout, even in the traction zone. Although the guy's hands position on the wheel gave the game away...

That's good to hear. Does the added neg camber balances you tyre wear ? Or is the insides get worn first ? Jay, I do sometimes open the door to check the kerb while manoeuvring so that must be it, cheers.

You're right and I might just keep the balance and stick 1.5 deg all round. I don't know at what point too much front camber starts having too much impact on braking distances though ? It is possible that my perception of the handling is only based on winter driving with greasy roads and not really getting enough heat on either axles or possibly varying levels of heat too between axles. The F1s have been an improvement on the Primacy that's for sure but it's possible that I still haven't had a chance to get both axles at the optimum temp at the same time yet !!! Bedford should solve that providing it's dry.

No I quite like the car. I am being picky. Coming from massive rear tyres and even push understeer in the BMW does indeed mean that I have to adapt my technique and be a little smoother. I still have no neg camber still so I might (eventually) go for 1.2 front and 1.5 rear maybe when I get round to it. I am confident Bedford GT on 9 March will be a good opportunity to bond with the chassis and engine !!

I really struggled with rear visibility after a downpour so applying G5 helps massively. This was right after a shower. Most water gone without the car moving.

"as the craze from Europe hits the United Kingdom." I though the UK was in Europe. I knew you didn't need any qualifications to be in the Force but that is pushing the boundaries a bit...

A bit surprised it's not busier with only 5 weeks to go... Still, 4 us including a 981, a 986S and an Elise S1 with a 2.0 VTEC... It looks like I might be dropped in the straight, which is fine by me as I tend to short shift and cool the pads anyway... Porsche Boxster Maxda MX5 Nissan Westfield SEi BMW E46 M3 Lotus Elise Lotus Elise S1 Porsche Boxster S Toyota GT86 BMW 318is BMW 318is Vauxhall VX220 Mazda MX5 Audi TTS Ferrari 430 Ford Fiesta

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Never had a Toyota before the GT86, but now up to 2. My daughter's first car (she is still learning). 2013 Yaris TR 1.0. I picked it up this morning and it's absolutely brilliant. It has the same screen thingy as the one in my car. Returned 58mpg over 40 miles (!!) and is a surprisingly good drive, albeit slow of course. It looks a bit like a fridge but I can live with that. Mia was so happy. She is a little spoilt though...

Yes absolutely. I wish I had gone for the XL version for a better feel on turn in...

Sounds good. But I am on F1s now, not Primacy, same result ? My other concern is that they're hardly scrubbed, and it's not ideal to track a car on 8mm or so. Any views ?

Thx for the feedback K. That's music to my ears as we're going to Spa in October. Were you on OE pads ? To not overheat the tyres, do you feel that you were driving at 7/10ths, 8/10ths or were you closer to the limit of lat grip / traction ? Thx to u too Lauren.