Greenthumb
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My Yaris does not have a single beep on board. That was all shut down.
GR Yaris What did you do to your GR Yaris today?
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I have to remember to recalibrate my inputs every time I get back into my daily driver large van...Almost any other 'regular' car really, usually they are slow or heavy, or both
Mark Morris
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The car club I was involved in years ago hired the circuit in 2000 and 2001, I did about 80 - 100 laps each year, cracking circuit
Hasn’t been out of my garage during the time not insured, but have a week long trip to Scotland in a couple of weeks so relieved I spotted it when I did.
Michael Knight
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that's a lot of caster and camber - must be Swift!
Spirited
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How did you get that much caster, please? Ie which aftermarket part/s did you use?
Also, I notice more negative camber and less toe on the driver side. Is that deliberate?
Thanks
Yes it feels really planted.
Castor is as a result of KW Clubsports with adjustable top mounts.
The difference in settings between o/s/f and n/s/f is not deliberate but considered to be close enough as not to make any real difference.
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Mine has been sat on my drive for a week while I swan around the Algarve in a Clio auto. It's horrible!
Anyone who thinks French cars have improved needs their head testing.
On top of that we almost all got killed on the highway when some pickup decided to weave through traffic at 80mph!
Also, COME ON ENGLAND!
Anyone who thinks French cars have improved needs their head testing.
On top of that we almost all got killed on the highway when some pickup decided to weave through traffic at 80mph!
Also, COME ON ENGLAND!
To contrast all the pretty clean GRYs! Mudflaps are red!!!!!
500km road trip today. Single lane country roads and a few mountain passes and included a significant length of gravel. Mostly nice and freshly graded. After lunch a new acquaintance warned me to be careful because the gravel has just been graded and is a bit slippery.
It has been a while since I had taken the car on a back roads trip encountering all manners of mobile chicanes (it is snail trail time or the grey nomads are on the move with their cruisers and blocks of flats on wheels) and B doubles. The GR picks up so well from sub the 100 kph limit to um 100 ish (?) to make the passes. 5 or 6 in a row was no problem. Even lucky enough to have the ranges pretty much to myself, I waved a bike past on the first section because I was just taking it easy but he soon enough waved me back past.
Love this thing.
500km road trip today. Single lane country roads and a few mountain passes and included a significant length of gravel. Mostly nice and freshly graded. After lunch a new acquaintance warned me to be careful because the gravel has just been graded and is a bit slippery.
It has been a while since I had taken the car on a back roads trip encountering all manners of mobile chicanes (it is snail trail time or the grey nomads are on the move with their cruisers and blocks of flats on wheels) and B doubles. The GR picks up so well from sub the 100 kph limit to um 100 ish (?) to make the passes. 5 or 6 in a row was no problem. Even lucky enough to have the ranges pretty much to myself, I waved a bike past on the first section because I was just taking it easy but he soon enough waved me back past.
Love this thing.
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Mrs Duke recently had a cooking Megane (current version) while her car was in having some bodywork fixed, and it was a surprisingly nice drive.Oi, those RS Meganes are fine cars
Yogi896
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Got mine back from my son as he borrowed it while I fixed his Abarth 595. After 3 days of driving the GR he thinks his tuned Abarth is a bit slow.
Can't speak for the cooking versions, as I've not been in a standard Renault since I went to (rather ironically) the Algarve and hired an auto Clio like @Pappyjohn (wouldn't it be funny if we hired the same one (Auto Rent near Faro airport?)...
Those MKIII Meganes I think are pretty reliable if you look after them. The sum total of non consumable repairs over that 9.5 years was two ball joints, one broken rear spring (replaced both, and did the shocks as they were starting to corrode a little, but technically still fine)... and my last MOT flagged I had a slight leak from one of the drive shafts. I didn't do world record mileage with it, but it wasn't driven exactly daintily... almost every MOT if I look up that plates history online shows I needed new tyres.
Oh, and in something GR related, my Forge inlet duct arrived. It's very pretty... also came in like £70 cheaper than a lot of places! Since doing my exhaust I run ANC and ECE off, so I'll see if I can hear anything extra. Doubt it though!
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After looking around 2,5 years and listening to hundreds of vids, hearing a few live (all Milltek) put on an aftermarket exhaust no one else has afaik 
. Still running/burning in, full report will follow later in own topic.
First impressions so far of the Ulter non-valved:
+ loads of character / nice note ("incredibly good" acc. to friend standing outside)
+ cheap
+ ok materials and welds for price (expected worse)
+ not too bassy, farty and no in your face drone, all with reservation*
+ only 10,8kg or almost 2kg less then OE system
+ supposedly ECE approved (non valved only) but docs missing (early batch? manufacturer contacted)
- tips look ok and not too big BUT
- fitment and limited adjustability unlike other cheaper options - OCD incompatible (early batch?)
(undecided) *sound volume - seemed ok at first, then seemed loud, steel wool and new packing in there so will give it a few weeks of running in and settling before making pics/vids and giving final report.
Official sound vid @1:45
. Still running/burning in, full report will follow later in own topic.First impressions so far of the Ulter non-valved:
+ loads of character / nice note ("incredibly good" acc. to friend standing outside)
+ cheap
+ ok materials and welds for price (expected worse)
+ not too bassy, farty and no in your face drone, all with reservation*
+ only 10,8kg or almost 2kg less then OE system
+ supposedly ECE approved (non valved only) but docs missing (early batch? manufacturer contacted)
- tips look ok and not too big BUT
- fitment and limited adjustability unlike other cheaper options - OCD incompatible (early batch?)
(undecided) *sound volume - seemed ok at first, then seemed loud, steel wool and new packing in there so will give it a few weeks of running in and settling before making pics/vids and giving final report.
Official sound vid @1:45
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