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Booked and signed up to the stand. Was there last year in the ‘no-friends’ section. Looking forward to being part of a club this year - thanks for organising!

The GT86 was limited to 140mph via the throttle map (reduced throttle % to limit speed). Our cars with the extra power should sail past 140, so assume limited in the same way. A 2.7 boxster with similar power/weight, 0-60 time would hit closer to 160mph, so assume we’d see similar with the...

The lack of depreciation and 10 year warranty make it a very cheap car to own and run. The fact it’s also a great car to drive, looks great and gives me a sense of pride to own, make it a very difficult car to replace.

Just got back from trip up North for work, completing 450 miles in the last 24hours. Despite being mostly motorway, loved taking the GR, I find it a great place to be for a long solo drive. Podcast on the wireless, cruise control set, the lights are great on the motorway at night and managed an...

I had Nitrons on my vx220. Quality was great and still looked new after a few years of use.

A partial front along with rear sounds like a great option. Rear only is a bit quiet, both is a bit loud. Something in the middle could be the sweet spot.

Over the last week I’ve tried all the combinations of PCW modded exhaust and spent a few days driving round with each. PCW front and rear PCW rear only PCW front only I also used the endoscope to have a look inside the backbox to see what was done and while PCW wouldn’t want me to say how...

Not sure on the sale volume by model but back in the day I had an EG9 Civic VTI and it was the accord type R and prelude 2.2 vti that was on my radar. I saw the new Prelude at goodwood earlier in the year. Great looking car and I really wanted it to do well but just feel like they’ve missed an...

It’s a FWD electric hybrid based on a civic. The attraction of the old one was the screaming 2.2 vtec engine that meant it could excite on a spirited drive plus it was an handsome (ish) coupe. The GR86 is RWD, LSD coupe with manual gearbox and the good looks. I just don’t see the attraction of...

After living with the PCW modded exhaust for a while now I’m still really happy with it. It’s massively increased the enjoyment of driving the car for me. I find myself changing gear for the sake of it to hear the engine, blip the throttle on downshifts to hear it rumble/pop. Equally I can just...

Thanks for sharing the link, some good shots on there in the early morning sun and one with my face almost completely obscured, which is a bonus.

At brands hatch today for the GO Japan event and in good company with plenty of GT86’s. Haven’t seen another GR86 yet but there must be another one here somewhere.

I got them to do the res and back box in the end. I’ve also picked up a spare stock system so will try what it sounds like with front only and rear only vs the whole system .

Here’s a longer video with before/after including cold start, interior and some acceleration too. Just filmed with a GoPro, the mic isn’t great but hopefully gives an idea of the difference.

Had the PCW mod done yesterday. I used the GoPro to get some before/after video so will pull that together and post over the next couple of days. Overall I’m very happy with the result. Great that the car finally has a voice. Cruising on the motorway, you can tell it’s there but there’s no...