Recent content by AlexB

No real compliments in 12 months, then three in the space of a fortnight. Guy in a lovely GR Yaris pulled alongside in traffic this evening and gave the thumbs up 😀

Had a nice chat with a bloke whilst waiting for tea, in the chippy tonight. Guy came in and asked if the "gorgeous sports car" outside was mine 😀 he mentioned he'd never seen one on the road before. I think that's the first conversation I've had with someone about the car. Last weekend I noticed...

The wheels haven't been swapped around, car is currently on 8k miles.

Took the car for its first service today, no dramas, in and out in about an hour. Only thing that has me a little concerned was the tyre wear in the rears, offside had 5mm of tread left, where the near side had worn to 4.3mm. Both of these measurements were consistent across the width of the...

What mileage are you doing out of interest, because the panel if insurers at Howdens classed the GR as a "leisure vehicle", so would not insure at the mileage I noted (10k)

My last car, which I loved, thought I had better change the colour up a bit this time round and went for the magnetite grey. 😀

I've just been through the rigmarole of phoning insurers, comparison sites etc, after my renewal came in at £2,150. I paid £680 (pro-rata) this year. Admiral have come out the "cheapest" at £720. It appears some insurers view the GR86 as a "leisure" vehicle and won't insure it with an annual...

I've dabbed it with a Sharpie, but I know it's there. I might have to suck it up and get it repaired

Cleaned the car this morning, and noticed I must have "kissed" a curb 🤬😡 Has anyone used one of those touch up paints from Halfords etc ?

Not sure how I feel about a dealer retro-fitting an alarm. The motion sensors on the GT86 always looked like an after thought, so I guess this will carry forward to the GR 😟

Got a thumbs up from a school kid hanging out the window of his school minibus on the M25 tonight. Made me smile, quite a lot if I'm honest.

I'll give it another half hour, it's quite peaceful at the moment 😂

There is some sort of alarm on the car, as mine went off a couple of weeks back. Not quite sure what set it off, as there are no motion sensors in the car, I locked the wife in the car this morning to test this. I also checked to see if there was the same switch under the bonnet as the GT86 had...

I managed to pick up a small stone chip on the windscreen yesterday 😟🤬, I'm not sure where it came from as the other road traffic was some distance away. Will keep an eye on it and may see if its big enough / worth having it filled, as it is fairly small. With my previous experience with...

It was a shame we didn't get them in the UK. Originally when I went into the dealership to order mine they had a screen shot of the paint choices and the options.