GR86 Autocar 2nd August 2023 - Letters Page

[grisszoo86]

 

[Conscript]

Wut.
Mine rides better than my GT86 did and the control weights are lighter if anything (well the steering is, everything else feels very similar).

When he compares it to the Emira let's hope he remembers the price difference.

 

[911sse]

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Don't agree with any of that, apart from the interior build quality.

 

[GS6R4]

Colin Hunt?!

 

[LGN_83]

Man alive, the only thing on the knobbly side is the nob himself. Let's hope he is getting help and medication for his 'entitlement syndrome' aka c#nt

 

[Silver Fox]

I've read much better GR86-related letters in the motoring press...



And I know I shouldn't, but I saw Colin Hunt aka Mr C Hunt and got strong Peter Ian Staker vibes...

 

[drz252]

There was a man called Colin Hunt,
Who wrote letters about driveline shunt.
But the GR-Zoo gang
Thought that, in rhyming slang,
His parents should have named him Berkshire.

 

[Silver Fox]

There was a man called Colin Hunt,
Who wrote letters about driveline shunt,
But the GR-Zoo gang,
Thought that, in rhyming slang,
His parents should have named him Berkshire.

Good evening @drz252 , long time no see! Hope you're well

 

[911sse]

Colin Hunt?!

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Brother called Mike?!

 

[KobayashiMaru86]

That's bollocks. All of it. Interior quality is lower but everywhere you interact with the car it's great.

 

[Dal3D]

But did he get a watch for writing such nonsense?
Everyone's entitled to their opinion though. And much like bottoms, some are full of poo.
(Edited for a family audience)

 

[ZN8]

Strong conclusion from someone who has driven it just 200 miles.

I think some people just like to go against the grain even if it's just means lying. Having owned a GT86 for 8 years (as with many others on here) which I still currently have. I can categorically say he is talking absolute b*llocks.

 

[Stardus.]

No bloody clue how his GR86 manage to have worse suspension than a GT86. GT86 with Ohlins rides better sure...

Unless he is comparing the GR86 with a GT86 with good coilovers, I call BS. Even then the improved chassis stiffness is very noticable too IMO.

 

[Bluemanc100]

Colin Hunt?!

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More like Wattac Hunt

 

[KobayashiMaru86]

Could be this guy. Not sure how he can criticize rev hang (which seems to be a think the Americans lean on) when the majority of cars have it to some extent. He also cancelled his order

 

[Silver Fox]

Dear Autocar

My copy of Autocar has finally arrived after a week’s wait. My postman’s delivery wasn’t the slickest, but we got there after some huffing and puffing. He’s so grumpy – would it kill him to smile every now and then? For someone who values the postman/resident relationship, this is definitely a backward step. After all, my dog has only bitten him a few times.

Having had my very first issue of Autocar for six minutes and read only the letters page, I’d love to force on you my thoughts when compared with say for example EVO magazine which I have subscribed to for 127 years.

The package has definitely been compromised in the search for cheapness. The paper isn’t anywhere near as thick; the photography is worse; the writting qolity and speeling are inferior; and most of all the letters submitted by readers are far, far worse. I mean, they (EVO) even give watches out to their most literate, articulate, well-dressed, and handsome contributors so I guess you’ve only got yourself to blame for the frankly poor standard of readers’ letters.

Let’s see how the Ferrari Art Edition book compares when it arrives.


Wayne Kerr
Via email