GR Yaris What did you do to your GR Yaris today?
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Orphan Boy
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Great you made in the GRY to the sacred turf - Respect - cracking raceNot strictly today, but Thursday to Sunday I dragged it to Le Mans and back; two up, back seats down, fully laden, cruising at...<ahem> appropriate speeds on 1,200 km of (mostly) empty autoroutes.
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Parked up in the campsite it got a lot of attention. Like, seriously. Folk love this car! So many people wandered over to have a chat about it.
There was a yellow Gallardo next to us and the Yaris got as many folk stopping to take photos, and more than one person was heard to say they'd rather have the GR
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Oh, and Ithink I saw @FaithlessEmo's car parked up too
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im looking forward to the luxury of the " van" next year .
GRYaris_GRFour
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Initial impressions suggest what you're pointing out. Looking at them fitted on the wheels (also compared to OE PS4S), they seem to be holding on the rim very tightly, with the shoulder looking more stretched and rounder than other tyres'. Think street motorcycle tyre looks. Best way to describe in a simplistic yet car-related way is that it looks as if I fitted a narrower-than-suitable tyre to the same wheel. Combined with a firm tyre wall this should create a direct-feel experience more suited to the character of the car.
Difficult for me to comment on fast-handling, sure-footed and change of direction characteristics as I had significant geo changes carried out at the same time, plus it's still all very new, ie I've only done very few miles. Sure-footed and confidence-inspiring definitely relates to my experience of the tyres so far, though.
On less positive news, despite driving in the heat of the summer, they seemed to me as greatly benefiting from some spirited driving induced heat. Not necessarily a drawback, as a appreciate that, perhaps like the thinner tread, it's a characteristic to be expected by a tyre that pushes the envelope for the UHP category.
To sum it up, once you warm it up, it's more ready for your inner hooligan than anything else within easy reach out there. Just like the GRY!
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Took my friend for a ride. He's a JDM freak ('96 Civic 1.6VTI), figured, gotta let him try out the GRY up the mountain road.
He took it easy as the car is new to him and "too pricey", but his face was stuck on smile mode for every meter of the drive. Told me he always imagined a F40 gearbox to feel like that lol.
Took some photos on the way down:
Also made a sound check on empty parking lot:
*Was yesterday, but only find time to post today.
He took it easy as the car is new to him and "too pricey", but his face was stuck on smile mode for every meter of the drive. Told me he always imagined a F40 gearbox to feel like that lol.
Took some photos on the way down:
Also made a sound check on empty parking lot:
*Was yesterday, but only find time to post today.
Bat out of Hell
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Well, mine went in for it's 1st service having covered 5686 miles in a year. Now here's the elephant in the room, did they use the correct oil ?
Part No T08880 - 83886 , description TGMO 0W20 AFE 5, this means nothing to me. Have they got it right ?
Have to say the dealership was very professional and the car drives better
Part No T08880 - 83886 , description TGMO 0W20 AFE 5, this means nothing to me. Have they got it right ?
Have to say the dealership was very professional and the car drives better
I believe it is SN+ oil, it can be used, but SP is preferred.
- Part number: 08880-13206 (1L),08880-13205 (4L)
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AlphaDelta
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2 main services done for me now and both times I provided my own oil as they still only have SN+.
Drove another model 3 in anger (edit: '23 dual motor so not even top dog). Really good steer and fast. And very efficient on top of that. Quite a combination.
Had to make a 'control drive' of my OEM plus GRY to remind me why it is better to drive. It is, but only for advanced drivers really which definitely isn't the majority. Also needed to scrub my latest set of tyres and explore there beyond limit behaviour. Check. All is well, but whenever the EV equivalent comes I will for sure be tempted, it's even allowed to be 200kg more for me to consider it (M3 is 600kg more, of which all kg aren't felt much)
Had to make a 'control drive' of my OEM plus GRY to remind me why it is better to drive. It is, but only for advanced drivers really which definitely isn't the majority. Also needed to scrub my latest set of tyres and explore there beyond limit behaviour. Check. All is well, but whenever the EV equivalent comes I will for sure be tempted, it's even allowed to be 200kg more for me to consider it (M3 is 600kg more, of which all kg aren't felt much)
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Nope, this was a brand new dual motor (long range) Model 3 so not even the sportiest model (but not far off acc wise). I do suspect those 18" steer more sweetly then the performance 20" heavy wheels. And the cars keep improving although they look mostly the same as when they first came, road noise was fine in this one. Still dispise the screen for everything UI though and only getting worse for newer ones... Track mode might be great fun dynamically, but this is, for me, still where the GRY shines, you can really drive it as a rally car - its USP. But not many people (can) do that....
Better not google "hydraulic handbrake Model 3" because if I get a good answer...
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GRunt
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I tried a bunch of different EVs. They are objectively the better cars. Smoother, more efficient, quieter, better adapted to different speeds and traffic situations, easy to drive, no engine heat up phase, way less service parts and jobs needed.
I am a quite rational guy. I should love EVs for their simplicity and functionality... but I don't somehow.
It feels very synthetic and artificial to drive a EV. Clean and bleak. It's hard to tell but I allways think of them missing the liveliness of a running machine. There is some life in a mechanical watch as in an running engine. EVs feels dead.
I am trying to like them. But I struggle.
For an electric rack, the steering feel in the 3 is good. The car will take some punishment into a corner, but I always tried to be aware how heavy these things are and that the AWD can snap back if the system detects a loss of traction. I think that’s what catches people out (and it’s just as likely to happen in the GRY unless you start turning stability control down or off). For that reason I’d be interested in driving a 3/Y Performance where you can play around with those controls and move the power delivery between the wheels. I would hope it would make things more predictable.. Otherwise, the majority of drivers should be aware that, as standard, if you push hard, the stability control systems are going to react faster and perhaps unintuitively. One of the biggest accidents over TT on the Mountain involved an EV going fast on its own.
Yeah, it's on/over limit predictability where EVs are still a bit a questionmark, no locky diffs (one motor per axle) and even with one per wheel how are things calibrated - in the GRY it's mostly mechanical and predictable. I did manage to loose traction on all four mid corner bump on the M3 and ESP reigned it in hard, so no issue there. But GRY just continues it the chosen direction. With stability systems reduced in track mode I do wondet what it would do...
