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    GR86 What did you do with your GR86 today

    I'd be interested in a shot of those ice blues on the interior, I think I'm going to chuck them all in except the plate light. Very, very tempted by the GR86 puddle light posted elsewhere, though.
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    GR86 What did you do with your GR86 today

    Cold white LEDs from AliExpress arrived, so they'll get fitted tomorrow (when its light, there's a joke in there somewhere). Supposedly selling my other car this week if I can convince someone to actually show up and take the ruddy thing. Facebook Marketplace is a nightmare. Pocket money for...
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    Cardle daily quiz

    Alas, my daily dose of failing the cardle has been postponed because the site is down. Working for anyone else?
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    Expired Black Friday 2023 Deals 🔥

    Various deals on at deadening.co.uk for sound deadening material, including (nearly) 20% off Silent Coat 2mm mats and varying on dodo mats
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    GR86 Ignition Red - at the office!

    Why hello there @jtoncars , what are the odds we both pick up red '86s at roughly the same time and work in the same office?! Photo taken last week, saw your insta handle and figured you might also be on the zoo. Good choice of car ;)
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    Forum Event Japfest 2024 - 7th April 2024 - Silverstone Circuit

    Booked on stand and in the hotel (GR86) - did it yesterday before the pandemonium on the ticket site.
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    GR86 GR86 Delivery Tracking and Collection thread

    I used Steven Eagell Toyota in Horsham, although they were called Marshall when I placed the order I think? The allure of a '73 plate won me over, according to the Buy Online team I could have picked it up a few days prior if I wanted to. No real qualms with the dealer, they seem to be getting...
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    GR86 GR86 Delivery Tracking and Collection thread

    To give approximate dates (all 2023): Ignition Red 6MT Order confirmed: June 9th Build in progress: June 12th Left factory: June 13th Arrived in Derby: circa August 13th Arrived at Dealer: August 25th Picked up: September 2nd Zero damage internal or external, the Buy Online team were mighty...
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    Hello from Sussex, new owner

    Hello all, Been driving my first (and until recently only) car, a 1L Peugeot 107, for a decade. Promised myself my next car would be a little bit better. Picked up a '73 plate GR86 in red this past September. Bit of a difference! Ummed and ahhed about picking one up last year for too long and...
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    GR86 Insurance

    South East, 10 years NCB but full business insurance pushed me over the £1000 mark with Admiral and that was regrettably the cheapest.