GR86 GR86 Delivery Tracking and Collection thread

westcoast said:
I understand the ceramic coating to make the car easier to wash. With PPF if you have something more than a scratch, say someone drives into you or deep scratches through the PPF, it's going to cost more to rectify with the PPF on it.

And after the repair is anyone going to PPF it again.
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I'm really not sure what to do.

I have explored PPF and Ceramic coating costs.

I have a 5 year old GTi Performance that has been detailed every month since I bought it new but only protected with CarPro Reload. It looks fantastic. But does of course have stone chips. I enjoy driving and don't baby my car. I've learnt to accept the chips as a necessary part of the fabulous driving experiences I have had over the last 60k miles.

So for the GR86 I'm leaning to do the same. £1500+ I think I'd rather spend on a cat back exhaust and fuel I think. It's not a £100k+ Porsche. But I'm still undecided 🤷🏼

For me driving enjoyment and running the car clubs I'm involved with far outweighs concerns about stone chips. But the first few are always painful 😭

We'll see. I have 2 weeks to finally decide 😬 Either way I'm looking forward to driving the pants of it! 😎
 
JeeAreAteySicks said:
Having delayed handover a couple of weeks so i could pick up on Friday 1st, i got a call on Thursday morning saying the car had failed the inspection at the dealer.

Long story short, it needs a new ECU which is on back order until 26th October....🙃
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Oh that’s erm bad. Here’s hoping that 26th October date is real and not an ambition!
 
Hmmm… here’s hoping that I don’t get messed about with a paintwork issue or ECU problem. If that happens - I may go back to the original plan of a 5yo M3/4/5/6 as there’s only so long I can live in the sticks w/o wheels (after we shifted our boxster).

Realise it’s not the same thing - but the GR option seemed a sensible choice (spanking new so easy warranty out to 10 years, service plans etc) which I balanced out against the space challenges - but if there’s a hold up in delivery due ti a problem with the car, the sensible option may get trumped by immediate access to dollops of torque
 
westcoast said:
I understand the ceramic coating to make the car easier to wash. With PPF if you have something more than a scratch, say someone drives into you or deep scratches through the PPF, it's going to cost more to rectify with the PPF on it.

And after the repair is anyone going to PPF it again.
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Also if someone drives into you my experience is that insurance won’t pay out to refit PPF anyway. It’s good for protecting against chips but I’m having a fight with insurance at the moment. Had a small bump but they won’t pay to refit PPF even though it saved the vehicle from needing paint work.
sbc_uk said:
I'm really not sure what to do.

I have explored PPF and Ceramic coating costs.

I have a 5 year old GTi Performance that has been detailed every month since I bought it new but only protected with CarPro Reload. It looks fantastic. But does of course have stone chips. I enjoy driving and don't baby my car. I've learnt to accept the chips as a necessary part of the fabulous driving experiences I have had over the last 60k miles.

So for the GR86 I'm leaning to do the same. £1500+ I think I'd rather spend on a cat back exhaust and fuel I think. It's not a £100k+ Porsche. But I'm still undecided 🤷🏼

For me driving enjoyment and running the car clubs I'm involved with far outweighs concerns about stone chips. But the first few are always painful 😭

We'll see. I have 2 weeks to finally decide 😬 Either way I'm looking forward to driving the pants of it! 😎
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I thought about PPF, but I don’t have time to get it done before the first road trip so it’s not happening. At the end of the day it’s going to be my daily driver, I feel there’s probably better ways to spend 1.5k+ it would cost for a partial PPF.
 
Cholmondeley-Biscuitt said:
My thoughts too. My Plan B though (if I have to reject the GR) goes the other way - spend an extra £15K or so and buy myself a new/nearly new V8 Mustang :cool:
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I do love the mustang! I find myself looking on autotrader thinking “hmm maybe after the 86”.

So many cars that I want, too little time!
 
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My wife thinks I’m crazy with my GR colour choice! GT going tomorrow
 
sbc_uk said:
I'm really not sure what to do.

I have explored PPF and Ceramic coating costs.

I have a 5 year old GTi Performance that has been detailed every month since I bought it new but only protected with CarPro Reload. It looks fantastic. But does of course have stone chips. I enjoy driving and don't baby my car. I've learnt to accept the chips as a necessary part of the fabulous driving experiences I have had over the last 60k miles.

So for the GR86 I'm leaning to do the same. £1500+ I think I'd rather spend on a cat back exhaust and fuel I think. It's not a £100k+ Porsche. But I'm still undecided 🤷🏼

For me driving enjoyment and running the car clubs I'm involved with far outweighs concerns about stone chips. But the first few are always painful 😭

We'll see. I have 2 weeks to finally decide 😬 Either way I'm looking forward to driving the pants of it! 😎
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Just be aware Japanese paint is a lot thinner than on your Golf.
I'd recommend a coating or maybe get the front bumper wrapped.
But it's your choice and as you say enjoying the car is the priority.
Enjoy your car.
 
grzoostuff said:
Think it's been mentioned before they were for JDM plates, if you get some JDM plates it covers the dimples
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What exactly do they look like, I mean UK legal JDM plates? Just out of interest of course 😁
 
rsh1972 said:
Just be aware Japanese paint is a lot thinner than on your Golf.
I'd recommend a coating or maybe get the front bumper wrapped.
But it's your choice and as you say enjoying the car is the priority.
Enjoy your car.
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Thank you for the advice 🙏
 
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