GR86 GR86 - The “Auto Zone”
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and it looks like I’m not the only one We have driven into central London three times so far. This has been the most relaxing car I have ever driven through London. Eyesight works well and I realised it actually improves the fuel efficiency dramatically.
Reading to London 50mpg. On the way back 48mpg. Someone mentioned this car is more realistic and pin point accurate to real world mpg. ( The gt86 used to over read by 10% if I remember correctly. So in real world it used to do 57mpg if you really hypermiled on the same route.)
With the gr86 I did not try hard, I had simply locked the cruise to 70mph and followed the fastest cars.
So passed my real world usability test with flying colours.
Reading to London 50mpg. On the way back 48mpg. Someone mentioned this car is more realistic and pin point accurate to real world mpg. ( The gt86 used to over read by 10% if I remember correctly. So in real world it used to do 57mpg if you really hypermiled on the same route.)
With the gr86 I did not try hard, I had simply locked the cruise to 70mph and followed the fastest cars.
So passed my real world usability test with flying colours.
AndyRC
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I’m voluntarily going to be waiting a bit longer, I’m having some building work done and the start date is now confirmed as first week in March so cannot see the point of having the car in the garage and can’t get it out , or outside on the street as drive will be full of skips , materials, vans etc TBH a few weeks is nothing in the scheme of things 
AndyRC
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Glad you’re enjoying the car in real world traffic , I live in a small town but at the wrong time of day can take half an hour to do a couple of miles
. TBH until You have done several brim to brim fills and calculated actual MPG v onboard computer it’s hard to reconcile , they are usually optimistic. I have had occasions with the CEOs C-HR where the computer was less than the calculated by about 1% , but it’s usually 1/2% optomistic , which is not that bad
It is the Mountain, not sure if there was actual air, just got a bit slithery. A nice thing about the stock suspension is that there is quite a bit of travel, people stick coilovers on and lower the car but reduce the stroke, and that's where you can get problems on some tracks.Photo competition entryis that on The Mountain
if so did you get any air
I have some more thoughts about the auto box after Brands Hatch last Thursday. I now have the change-up buzzer set to 6000rpm, just to save the engine some wear really. I seemed to have good speed on a slippery track, so no real need to rag the engine to the red line.
But the downshifts often blipped over 6000. I wonder if the car is clever enough to notice if you are braking in a straight line and thinks it can give you a bit more engine braking than if you were trailing it into a corner? Anyway, top day out---very enjoyable doing some small skids
But the downshifts often blipped over 6000. I wonder if the car is clever enough to notice if you are braking in a straight line and thinks it can give you a bit more engine braking than if you were trailing it into a corner? Anyway, top day out---very enjoyable doing some small skids
AndyRC
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Interesting thread if anyone would prefer to have manual shifting the opposite way around on the shift lever.
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Swap the Wiring for Manual Mode of Automatic Shifter
I'd like to - if possible - swap the wiring of the automatic shifter in manual mode so that you pull back for upshift and push forward for downshift. That's how it works in my 124 Spider and I can't get used to it being backwards on the BRZ. Does anyone have access to the service manual /...
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We went to a countryside pub today and in proper dark, on the way back to the car park, the car welcomed us by not only turning on interior lights but lighting up all of the front and rear lights!
I was surprised. I wonder if the cameras are active when parked or at least when the car detects the car key nearby. I mean how did the car figure out it is pitch dark. The gt86 would only turn on the interior light when approached. I need to read the manual one of these days.
I was surprised. I wonder if the cameras are active when parked or at least when the car detects the car key nearby. I mean how did the car figure out it is pitch dark. The gt86 would only turn on the interior light when approached. I need to read the manual one of these days.
I noticed when adaptive cruise is on signalling to overtake (on the motorway ) automatically triggers the auto transmission to drop a gear in anticipation of a pending overtake. Neat!
The cruise control and blind spot monitor on the mirror are somehow working with the much hated signal stalk. After all this could be the reason Toyota opted for pure electronic signalling stalk instead of the mechanical memory one in the gt86
The cruise control and blind spot monitor on the mirror are somehow working with the much hated signal stalk. After all this could be the reason Toyota opted for pure electronic signalling stalk instead of the mechanical memory one in the gt86
Have you noticed that, although when in drive and you shift down with the paddles, it normally switches back to drive a short while later and changes up again, if you are going down a hill and change down to get some engine braking, it stays in that low gear and doesn't revert back?
I don't know if it realises you are going down hill, or whether you just don't press the accelerator so it is programmed using that to stay in the lower gear. Handy feature to have, though!
I don't know if it realises you are going down hill, or whether you just don't press the accelerator so it is programmed using that to stay in the lower gear. Handy feature to have, though!
haven't tried that, not that hilly round here though, I do find the gearbox a bit hesitant to shit up when you lift off after speeding up which is easily cured by the right paddle, I've found putting the car in manual and only shifting up is the nicest way to get around if you're not hooning
