GR86 GR86 - The “Auto Zone”

Sounds like a bit of detective work is called for 👍. If I have a complaint about the 6AT is the ratios are all longer than the 6MT , can’t understand why they don’t make them identical 🤔
 
AndyRC said:
Sounds like a bit of detective work is called for 👍. If I have a complaint about the 6AT is the ratios are all longer than the 6MT , can’t understand why they don’t make them identical 🤔
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Only advantage I see with my GT86 auto is motorway fuel efficiency with the AT (I get 47-63mpg depending on traffic conditions on M4 motorway). It is thought to be a daily driver and I think they tried to make it civilised and fuel efficient
 
Ersakus said:
Only advantage I see with my GT86 auto is motorway fuel efficiency with the AT (I get 47-63mpg depending on traffic conditions on M4 motorway). It is thought to be a daily driver and I think they tried to make it civilised and fuel efficient
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I can see that but 5/6 are both overdrive, must admit I’m looking forward to getting back in an auto 👍😎
 
It may sound like sinful to mention but I am looking forward to adaptive cruise control. ( but since we are in auto zone thread here perhaps not so sinful :LOL:). I have never used one before and the one on this car seems to work quite well in traffic. There are times I am too fatigue to even drive with kids in the car throwing tantrum at the same time. For those moments the creature and safety comforts will help.
Going through London with a manual car used to give me a horrible headache (in real sense), never had stress with the Auto GT86 and I really hope GR86 auto will be a much better daily/family car!
 
Lil' nugget of information and some speculation:

During the production run of the GR86, there were several thousand more Automatic Transmissions schedule for build than MT, each year, in the first 2 and a half years of production. Considering the massive difference between Manual and Auto orders we see here on the forum, I wouldn't be surprised if a larger portion of test/press vehicles we get in this country be AT.
 
Ersakus said:
It may sound like sinful to mention but I am looking forward to adaptive cruise control. ( but since we are in auto zone thread here perhaps not so sinful :LOL:). I have never used one before and the one on this car seems to work quite well in traffic. There are times I am too fatigue to even drive with kids in the car throwing tantrum at the same time. For those moments the creature and safety comforts will help.
Going through London with a manual car used to give me a horrible headache (in real sense), never had stress with the Auto GT86 and I really hope GR86 auto will be a much better daily/family car!
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You’re in a “safe place” 👍 ACC is great , if as good as our C-HR or Golf R before that’s it’s great in traffic , I often use it in 30/40 zones not just m way 👍😎
 
Ersakus said:
It may sound like sinful to mention but I am looking forward to adaptive cruise control. ( but since we are in auto zone thread here perhaps not so sinful :LOL:). I have never used one before and the one on this car seems to work quite well in traffic. There are times I am too fatigue to even drive with kids in the car throwing tantrum at the same time. For those moments the creature and safety comforts will help.
Going through London with a manual car used to give me a horrible headache (in real sense), never had stress with the Auto GT86 and I really hope GR86 auto will be a much better daily/family car!
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I've ordered the manual but will miss the ACC in my manual Golf GTi when the switch happens. So useful in long average speed sections of motorway roadworks. I know the advantage of auto over manual is it they can break to a stop but it has been no biggie gearing down manually when needed as my golf slows.
 
Eventually we will get to know how many 6ATs there are in the U.K. as they will come up on How Many Left and the Govt website , we could be in a group of 20 or less, 1 of 400 sounded nice 1 of 20 sounds even better, need to see if we can source a batch of 1of20? Nice quality plaques for the transmission tunnel 🤔😎
 
robster said:
I've ordered the manual but will miss the ACC in my manual Golf GTi when the switch happens. So useful in long average speed sections of motorway roadworks. I know the advantage of auto over manual is it they can break to a stop but it has been no biggie gearing down manually when needed as my golf slows.
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Doesn’t changing gear cancel the ACC? I have regular CC on the Fiesta and as soon as you dip the clutch it cancels CC?
 
We see many more GT86 autos historically in the UK.

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I think this car being one of the last Japanese made Toyota manual sports cars tipped the balance towards manual for the GR86
 
Ersakus said:
We see many more GT86 autos historically in the UK.

here

I think this car being one of the last Japanese made Toyota manual sports cars tipped the balance towards manual for the GR86
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I've done some quick maths and it looks like 1181 out of 6620 registered GT86s on the road are automatic, accounting for around 18% of all GT86s.

However, these figures differ when splitting the cars into the "standard" and special edition models of the GT86, where it's skewed towards 25% for normal cars and 0-10% for special editions.

For reference, we can estimate that currently only 5-6% of all GR86 orders in the UK are for automatic cars, based on the forum's data.
 
I think if The GR86 had been on sale for a normal car model “lifespan” the autos would have been more like the GT86. I think the folk who really wanted one were doing their research well in advance and most are hard core “manual enthusiasts“ hence the split. I’m no more or less an enthusiast than the next but once I discovered an auto which changes gear better than I can and makes my driving experience more enjoyable there was no going back. Just checked the average speed of the CEOs C-HR over 11,000 miles , with a lot of MWay, it’s just over 30 mph. We spend mor time sat in traffic than moving these days 🤷‍♂️
 
beorg said:
I've done some quick maths and it looks like 1181 out of 6620 registered GT86s on the road are automatic, accounting for around 18% of all GT86s.

However, these figures differ when splitting the cars into the "standard" and special edition models of the GT86, where it's skewed towards 25% for normal cars and 0-10% for special editions.

For reference, we can estimate that currently only 5-6% of all GR86 orders in the UK are for automatic cars, based on the forum's data.
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I’m sort of hoping the 400 is correct and there are only 20 autos in the U.K. 😉
 
AndyRC said:
I think if The GR86 had been on sale for a normal car model “lifespan” the autos would have been more like the GT86. I think the folk who really wanted one were doing their research well in advance and most are hard core “manual enthusiasts“ hence the split. I’m no more or less an enthusiast than the next but once I discovered an auto which changes gear better than I can and makes my driving experience more enjoyable there was no going back. Just checked the average speed of the CEOs C-HR over 11,000 miles , with a lot of MWay, it’s just over 30 mph. We spend mor time sat in traffic than moving these days 🤷‍♂️
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Before ordering I did drive a manual Toyota in city for a month to see if I would like one. It was my dad's car. I simply could not convince myself to order the manual version of GR86 in the end for 0.6 second advantage for 0-60 time.
 
AndyRC said:
Doesn’t changing gear cancel the ACC? I have regular CC on the Fiesta and as soon as you dip the clutch it cancels CC?
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You've got me thinking now :oops:. Can't be sure even after having it for years! Checked the manual and it doesn't mention it. Will try it out next time I use it and see.
 
On that note it would be interesting to know whether the ACC or GR works in manual mode. On GT86 standard CC works with manual mode.
Only the sports mode cancels cruise control.
 
Sorry if this is found elsewhere, but are the GR86 Auto paddles fixed to the wheel or the column?
 
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