GR Yaris What did you do to your GR Yaris today?

Gazooracingyaris said:
Well, now technically not today but the other day I went to have a look at the upcoming WRC New Zealand stages and as a byproduct caused a bit of a meltdown locally by some members of the rallying community spotting me and speculating that I was part of the Gazoo Racing team running testing/illegal recce in a fully branded car (the logic of this defies belief but its true I promise!).

Once news spread on the local Facebook groups all sorts of allegations of foul play as well as reports of locals complaining of bad driving etc etc came out. None of which were real, just local grumpy old men making stuff up.

Cue people who know me contacting to let me know what was going on in the private FB groups. Fortunately the Rally NZ reps contacted me after I reached out to them to let them know I was behaving and just taking some photos and they said not only had they had no complaints but they found the fuss it caused funny and they had no issue with me.


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What wheels are these? Braids?
 
Andy R said:
Ahh yeah the perfect camouflage for illegal recce runs - the road version of your rally car with a full factory livery.
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Thats why Rally New Zealand found it funny as did anyone with common sense. However unfortunately there are also people who weren't having a bar of it and were convinced there was something to it.

The wheels are Speedline 2120 Flowformed (the motorsport ones).

The Mrs suggested to make another profile and join the group on Facebook to suggest maybe it was Ford framing Toyota for doing testing illegally, BUT add the twist that it was actually Hyundai framing Ford, WITH THE SHOCKING TWIST it was really Toyota framing Hyundai who were framing Ford!...:ROFLMAO:
 
Michael Knight said:
Add 15'' rims and its quite good match. Anyone has tried the Rally1 rake in their cars - funnily recce cars seem to have more normal suspension setup?
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I will do a propper gravel set up at some point with suspension and wheels purely because gravel cars on tarmac look hilarious fun and it would be brilliant on a trackday.
 
I went to caffeine and machine this evening in mine, parked well away from the yard to hide as the grille is still held together with superglue and zip ties. To be honest, you don’t see that many there still - this was my 6th visit since spring and I’ve still only seen one in the general car park. A few people looked around when I drove in but I still think it’s a bit under the radar to an extent. That or it’s just not cool or special enough to some, (which suits me!) - a Vantage got a lot of attention when it appeared (meh) as did a 911 turbo (fair enough).

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Dav1d said:
I went to caffeine and machine this evening in mine, parked well away from the yard to hide as the grille is still held together with superglue and zip ties. To be honest, you don’t see that many there still - this was my 6th visit since spring and I’ve still only seen one in the general car park. A few people looked around when I drove in but I still think it’s a bit under the radar to an extent. That or it’s just not cool or special enough to some, (which suits me!) - a Vantage got a lot of attention when it appeared (meh) as did a 911 turbo (fair enough).
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It's not a competition 😉
 
Took the wife and the dog out for a drive and then a walk ..they both like it. Then in the afternoon, applied Lanoguard underbody protection. Tomorrow, fill up with Tesco momentum or V power , and go for a drive .
 
Gyp said:
Drove it in a manner likely to get GR Yaris owners a bad name. Sorry.
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Unfortunately , it happens when being behind the wheel of a car that want's to just go. As long as you didn't endanger any other car driver or pedestrian then to me that's ok
 
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