GR86 "That's a fresh whip bruv"; or the Toyota GR86 collated feedback thread

It seems the sunshine is bringing out the social side of people, despite being filthy I've had a few comments recently.

A guy with handfuls of shopping come over to me to speak about the car for a good 10 mins in Sainsburys car park.

Got the nod of approval from 2 young lads in a decked K10 Micra.

A young fella and his girlfriend commented on it at the beach.

Finally a lad in a Kia Picanto gave me a chefs kiss gesture as he drove past… pretty sure it was the car he was doing it to, not me.
 
ZN8 said:
being filthy I've had a few comments recently
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Been driving it every day the last 2 weeks and it's been fabulous. It's dirty now but still had plenty of knowing nods and someone coming the other way in a GR Yaris who I saw gasp as it was probably the first one he'd seen. The last one was by someone in a blue FL5 Type-R who lives near me. That looks really smart in the blue.
 
just had a cheeky thumbs up from a chap in a white GR Yaris coming the other way on a spirited drive on the back roads. i must admit i did have to squint to see if it was a GR when i first saw it as they do all look the same to me, the thumbs up was the biggest clue. (sorry to GR yaris owners if its easy to tell!)
 
Pulled up on my driveway, gathered my belongings and was about to alight when I glanced in the wing mirror (as I always do before opening the door) and spotted a lad standing there. Thinking that he may have lost a ball/frisbee/cat etc., I enquired "Hello young man, how can I help you?" to which he replied "I just came round to say that's a really cool car and I also like the colour of the wheels - what sort of car is it?". Absolutely no mention of a Supra then?! A brief but polite conversation ensued, including his mum's name and what number they lived at (I'm not sure why I needed that information), before he waved and ran off round the corner. A pleasant end to a brief drive in the sunshine. 😊
 
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Sonic said:
Pulled up on my driveway, gathered my belongings and was about to alight when I glanced in the wing mirror (as I always do before opening the door) and spotted a lad standing there. Thinking that he may have lost a ball/frisbee/cat etc., I enquired "Hello young man, how can I help you?" to which he replied "I just came round to say that's a really cool car and I also like the colour of the wheels - what sort of car is it?". Absolutely no mention of a Supra then?! A brief but polite conversation ensued, including his mum's name and what number they lived at (I'm not sure why I needed that information), before he waved and ran off round the corner. A pleasant end to a brief drive in the sunshine. 😊
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Tart in a cart!
 
Had a very excited young lady walk across the car park politely asking if she could take some pictures of it when I pulled up at podium in the GR this morning. Was very complimentary about the car mentioning she’d also seen a black one around the reading area.
 
Hachi-roku said:
Had a very excited young lady walk across the car park politely asking if she could take some pictures of it when I pulled up at podium in the GR this morning. Was very complimentary about the car mentioning she’d also seen a black one around the reading area.
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Sounds like future wife material no?! 😂
 
Went for a bit of a drive yesterday evening, purely because I haven't driven the car for a couple of weeks. Warm evening, so I had the windows down the whole way.
Driving along a suburban street, some young kids at the side of the road looked, one pointed and I heard the words "Look, Supra!"
Bit later on a backroad, passed a couple of teenagers on bikes and sure I heard one shout "...like your Supra..." as I went past.
Back in town, going quite slow and passed a young couple, the guy looked, and I'm sure I heard the girl say "Was that a Supra?"

What is it about this car being mistaken for a Supra? Seems to be a universal thing given some posts I've seen on Reddit, too. To me it looks nothing like a Supra of the current or previous generation. Can only think it's because people see a Toyota coupé and that's their immediate assumption.
 
Conscript said:
What is it about this car being mistaken for a Supra? Seems to be a universal thing given some posts I've seen on Reddit, too. To me it looks nothing like a Supra of the current or previous generation. Can only think it's because people see a Toyota coupé and that's their immediate assumption.
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I think it is something like that, yes.
People who like cars a bit have heard of the Supra, but it seems it takes another level of enthusiast to know what a GR86 is.

I've had someone at a wheel & tyre place try to correct me - "you mean GT86"...
 
Went for a spin on Saturday evening with a few mates as it was a bit cooler. Did a bit of mountain pass up the Blacks then back to Mumbles. One of them wanted something to drink so pulled into the Texaco on the front. Before I got out of the car I had a swarm of skater kids asking about it. They knew what a GT was but not a GR. Was more surprised that there are some youngsters still into cars as I often feel I'll be the last gen who is.
 
Conscript said:
Can only think it's because people see a Toyota coupé and that's their immediate assumption.
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I'd say it's mostly this. I didn't know about this car until I saw some of the early youtube reviews about it, and I tend to keep my finger on the pulse of this sort of thing. Not surprising that it's fairly unknown.

Also, A lot of people like to act like they know what a good car is when really they don't - these are the people that sports modes and "S" trim model variants are for - and they would like to blabber out something incorrect in the hope of sounding like they know what they're talking about.
 
Conscript said:
Went for a bit of a drive yesterday evening, purely because I haven't driven the car for a couple of weeks. Warm evening, so I had the windows down the whole way.
Driving along a suburban street, some young kids at the side of the road looked, one pointed and I heard the words "Look, Supra!"
Bit later on a backroad, passed a couple of teenagers on bikes and sure I heard one shout "...like your Supra..." as I went past.
Back in town, going quite slow and passed a young couple, the guy looked, and I'm sure I heard the girl say "Was that a Supra?"

What is it about this car being mistaken for a Supra? Seems to be a universal thing given some posts I've seen on Reddit, too. To me it looks nothing like a Supra of the current or previous generation. Can only think it's because people see a Toyota coupé and that's their immediate assumption.
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I had that at Wheeler Dealer live last month.
Was just getting in the car and someone said to their mate is that a Supra.

Does seem to get some confused.
 
Driving through a village this evening a lad had a proper slack-jawed open-mouth gawp and stare as I went by… I assume it was the car he was looking at but it may have been the beagle on the passenger seat!
 
Driving through a small village earlier and two lads walking towards me nearly snapped their necks looking at the car as I went past.

Later this evening I was on the other end of the praise....as I was leaving Bluewater there was a lovely BMW M2 which waited for me to pass as we were leaving the car parks. Looked really nicely modified, not too low, great wheels and yellow tinted lights on purple bodywork. Gave him a thumbs up, got a smile back.
 
Conscript said:
Went for a bit of a drive yesterday evening, purely because I haven't driven the car for a couple of weeks. Warm evening, so I had the windows down the whole way.
Driving along a suburban street, some young kids at the side of the road looked, one pointed and I heard the words "Look, Supra!"
Bit later on a backroad, passed a couple of teenagers on bikes and sure I heard one shout "...like your Supra..." as I went past.
Back in town, going quite slow and passed a young couple, the guy looked, and I'm sure I heard the girl say "Was that a Supra?"
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I don't like to be the one to break it to you, but maybe you made a mistake on the website and bought a Supra?
 
As much as I was hoping for some material for the trendy new "is that a Supra" thread, when the chap at the Gym today opened with, "Is that your black GR86?" It was a pleasant surprise. We had a bit of a chat about it, during which, he told me about the GT86 he used to have, and I told him he's the first person who didn't ask if it was a Supra. 😊
 
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