GR86 Magnetite Grey

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Collected after ceramic coating applied. It started raining on the way home so sadly no photos of it outdoors.

There was a Sapphire there as well. A member?

The grey is growing on me.

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Grey was the in colour at Shelsley Walsh breakfast club yesterday. I spoke to a Steven Eagell employee who had brought their magnetite grey demo from their Worcester dealership. I think there might be a few more out there than we think 😮
BTW, there were more people looking at the GR86 than the F Type 🥳
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The 86 could be a shrunk F-Type coupe!

There seems to be quite a few WU-- YT- plates about, think I have seen 3 or 4 on here now.
 
Thoughts 200 miles in

The good

- it has a decent turn of speed even at half throttle under 4000 rpm
- it feels great when pushing on. Handles well.
- the ride is great when pushing on on faster roads. Feels even better with a passenger in it. the extra weight seems to smooth out the ride.
- happy it’s got a reverse camera when you can’t see a thing of the rear screen is covered in water.
- it’s anonymous in a good way. Car people know what it is. The majority ignore it.
- My 3 year old is happy in the back.

The bad

- on set off from cold I feel like a learner driver as it lurches around
- when driving slowly it’s hard to drive smoothly
- the gearbox doesn’t feel great at slow speed. Especially going into 1st and 2nd.
- it’s doing about 20 mpg
- the low speed ride around town is pretty bad. I’ve started avoiding roads with speed bumps.
- the noise from the front end is horrendous. I’m wondering if any of that is fake? Tempted to get the noise turned off just to check.
- not sure about the turning headlights. They distract me on country road corners.
- the passenger airbag sign is annoying at night.
- the heating controls can’t have front screen without also directing to feet. Seems bizarre. I don’t necessarily want air blasted at my feet or directly through the face level vents which is the only other alternative in the fan controls.

In summary, sometimes I love it and sometimes I hate it. I don’t like when I have to use it around town but it’s not that often I need to use it like that.

I was planning on selling my MR2s because this was going to replace them. At the moment I’m waiting until the GR is run in before I decide.

If anyone can help with my gripes that would be appreciated! Adjust the clutch pedal and some tape on the passenger airbag light are on my list.
 
Hi TC.

When I first had the car I had exactly the same thoughts as you. I've now done close to 7000 miles and love it. It really improves after run in and above 4000rpm is amazing. I also have Magnetite Grey and love it. (although sometime wish I gone sapphire blue...)

You can buy some tinted stickers to dim the airbag light (it is annoying, as are the green LEDs in the toggle switches).
I think you can switch off the headlight rotation in the car settings.
I have disconnected the fake engine noise. makes the car so much nicer to live with day to day.
I have also bought some sound deadening mat and fabric tape to reduce some of the road noise and general rattles. not installed yet; will update when I do.
I get about 34 mpg, but I generally do fast A-roads, not much round town stuff.
The reversing camera is a god send!

Anyway, get through the 1000miles run-in and then enjoy!

edit: I also agree re: the AC. and in auto it will never use the screen option. I also find the AC to either be freezing or super toasty. Weird...
 
Two's Company said:
- the noise from the front end is horrendous. I’m wondering if any of that is fake? Tempted to get the noise turned off just to check
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I've spotted that too! Cruising on the motorway with the media off there's a strange noise coming from the front end - anyone else hear this?
 
Think I may have to do the same. It's very off putting.

Although I was dropping one of my son's friends home and he was checking his mobile with a screen brighter than a dying star. Couldn't really moan at him,
If it had been my son in the front I'd have told him to turn it off.
 
There’s been the odd day recently where the road and car have come together for a fun drive, the clutch and gearbox have worked fine and I’ve really enjoyed it. It’s a fun car to drive.

I’m trying to decide whether to put it in the garage for the winter or carry on using it.

I’ve always used my cars through all weathers but I think I might end up keeping this one long term and keeping the salt off it will help preserve it.
 
I guess that depends on why you bought it and what other cars / storage you have available to you.

Personally, I chose this as a sporty daily. It's my only car so I'll drive it all year round.

But I can see why you might want to keep the miles off. It's quite a special car.
 
It’s not about the miles. It’s the weather. It’s grim ooop north!

I bought it as a semi practical 2nd car. But I have other cars I can use so I could mothball it.

The salt plays havoc with under the car over time. I was thinking about adding more under seal but haven’t gotten around to it yet.

The advantage of not using it all the time is that it feels more special when you do. I’ve found that you get used to whatever you drive very quickly and it will no longer feel special if it’s familiar.

I’m trying to simplify my life and not store unnecessary stuff. I was going to try to go to 2 cars but maybe I’ll wait until the spring. 😂
 
That looks fantastic! I love the Magnetite Grey.

I had originally tried to piggyback of someone else reservation as they had changed their mind, and chose black. The day later I saw a Magnetite Grey one in the flesh, and instantly regretted the black... my source then went totally silent on me, I guess he realised that they won't sell via him to me, and I re registered.

Magnetite Grey this time :D
 
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