Yes, it does make cleaning it easy and quick. I didn’t have a lot of time so it got a quick snow foam, rinse, washed with a mitt, rinsed and dried. Pleased at how well it’s holding up so far.
GR86 What did you do with your GR86 today
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There really can’t be much left in the automotive world that you don’t have now!!Got myself a pair of 'Fast Eddys' Hub Stands (5x100-130) for those long days of pre-show detailing and for swapping out Brake Pads etc.
Sonic
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I’d love an empty garage that I could park in - mine’s full to the brim with white goods, detailing shelves, spare wheels and shite like this!There really can’t be much left in the automotive world that you don’t have now!!
I’m even considering paying for car storage this Winter …
Drove from Edinburgh - Inverness the scenic route (via Braemar & the old military road) and what a day! 20+ degrees, sun shining, roads quiet after Blairgowrie, brilliant!!
Met this lovely Aston at a services, he drove up from the south east of England for an island tour around the north of Scotland but unfortunately sprung a leak in Kinross.
he managed to get it fixed and continue the road trip.
Met this lovely Aston at a services, he drove up from the south east of England for an island tour around the north of Scotland but unfortunately sprung a leak in Kinross.
he managed to get it fixed and continue the road trip.
Neil_C
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Recently returning and re-engaging member here catching up on some threads...Enjoy your trip to Ireland, we have plenty of roads for enjoyment but worth driving, on the smaller ones with caution and windows down as while we have a lot of roads that get used for rallies, they are open and local / farm traffic is probable plus other tourists so best to try hear them before it’s too late!
As @Noel McC mentions, there are some good roads up that neck of the woods too!
(Torr Head is a rollercoaster)
I think I had the first GR86 on Irish soil (that isn’t a Japanese import) back in August ‘23
Even did some of the Wild Atlantic Way
I think I might have beaten you to the title by a few days! Took my GR back home for a holiday... landing July 29th 2023
I was even on that same stretch of road near Westport
To anyone thinking of doing Wild Atlantic Way / Ireland road trip, just do it! You wont regret it
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Drove from Edinburgh - Inverness the scenic route (via Braemar & the old military road) and what a day! 20+ degrees, sun shining, roads quiet after Blairgowrie, brilliant!!
Met this lovely Aston at a services, he drove up from the south east of England for an island tour around the north of Scotland but unfortunately sprung a leak in Kinross.
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Sonic
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Drove from Inverness - John O’Groats!! Couldn’t have got any luckier with the weather and traffic! Car is so well suited to these roads! 
Renzokuken86
Devoted member
Spent yesterday and today giving the '86 the love she deserves. Snow foam and contact wash followed by the clay bar. Meguiars Ultimate Compound followed by Ultimate Polish all by hand. I'm buying a dual action polisher next time... Today I slapped some Soft99 Fusso Coat on her for that beautiful water beading. I have some Soft99 Kiwami wax that was going to go on top but I'm zonked and will put it on some other day!
The mirrors are... Well, like mirrors! I'd include a pic but then you'd all have to look at my ugly mug. Happy with the results, not so happy that the family want their cars done now.
The mirrors are... Well, like mirrors! I'd include a pic but then you'd all have to look at my ugly mug. Happy with the results, not so happy that the family want their cars done now.
Bavaria and the Grossglockner (Austria)
Drove down to Rothenberg in northern Bavaria from home counties in a day, proving the mile munching capabiities!
Then next day planned (loose term, actually headed cross country, picking a new target town every hour or so on google maps) a trip from Rothenberg across into Lofer in Salzburgerland, Austria - about 400km +, following this route near as dammit:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/XWR9naeP7JPyhuTZ7 - some fabulous small B roads (30-70) and some good fast A roads (40-80), needing to slow every 5 or 6km for farming villages. The first road east of the autobahn at Rothenberg was very good, as was the first road east of the Nurnberg-Munich autobahn, a small farm road of 5-10km going right through hops fields up close. This part of Germany is all farming and hops, and the roads are very quiet as most traffic using the a-bahn. When caught behind farm traffic, there are plenty of long straight stretches to give you overtaking opportunities.
Then today rose early and got to the northern end (toll) of the Grossglockner before 7am - 45 EUR for a day ticket! Hardly any traffic but plenty of cyclists already. A lot quicker and easier in the GR (rode it 3 years ago on a bike). From the north it's about 13km - the first half is up the side of the mountain in long fast stretches with a couple of switchbacks. The second half you get up onto the top of the plateau and then it's a road laid out on top with maybe 8 or 10 more bends, but you can see where you're going and see where you've been when looking back. Road surfaces good, looks like they're constantly resurfacing in sections as they can see where their income is coming. Went across the top and down the other side a little (through the 2 tunnels and across the regional border into Carinthia), stopping at several places at the top to see marmots running around freely - I suspect they won't be there later in the day with the coaches and lorries, and maybe the loudness of motorbikes).
Then turned and fled back north, trying to get back to base for a not too late breakfast!
I'll be doing a long cross-country day in a few days back from Trier (German/Luxembourg border) to Calais, if anyone has any good suggestions for a repeat of my Bavaria day - I figured maybe get into France and do long hops point to point not on the autoroutes - it's a large agricultural area and so maybe I'll get lots of fast A roads like Bavaria? Input welcome.
Drove down to Rothenberg in northern Bavaria from home counties in a day, proving the mile munching capabiities!
Then next day planned (loose term, actually headed cross country, picking a new target town every hour or so on google maps) a trip from Rothenberg across into Lofer in Salzburgerland, Austria - about 400km +, following this route near as dammit:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/XWR9naeP7JPyhuTZ7 - some fabulous small B roads (30-70) and some good fast A roads (40-80), needing to slow every 5 or 6km for farming villages. The first road east of the autobahn at Rothenberg was very good, as was the first road east of the Nurnberg-Munich autobahn, a small farm road of 5-10km going right through hops fields up close. This part of Germany is all farming and hops, and the roads are very quiet as most traffic using the a-bahn. When caught behind farm traffic, there are plenty of long straight stretches to give you overtaking opportunities.
Then today rose early and got to the northern end (toll) of the Grossglockner before 7am - 45 EUR for a day ticket! Hardly any traffic but plenty of cyclists already. A lot quicker and easier in the GR (rode it 3 years ago on a bike). From the north it's about 13km - the first half is up the side of the mountain in long fast stretches with a couple of switchbacks. The second half you get up onto the top of the plateau and then it's a road laid out on top with maybe 8 or 10 more bends, but you can see where you're going and see where you've been when looking back. Road surfaces good, looks like they're constantly resurfacing in sections as they can see where their income is coming. Went across the top and down the other side a little (through the 2 tunnels and across the regional border into Carinthia), stopping at several places at the top to see marmots running around freely - I suspect they won't be there later in the day with the coaches and lorries, and maybe the loudness of motorbikes).
Then turned and fled back north, trying to get back to base for a not too late breakfast!
I'll be doing a long cross-country day in a few days back from Trier (German/Luxembourg border) to Calais, if anyone has any good suggestions for a repeat of my Bavaria day - I figured maybe get into France and do long hops point to point not on the autoroutes - it's a large agricultural area and so maybe I'll get lots of fast A roads like Bavaria? Input welcome.
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Gatecrashed the Ypres Lotus day last week in the GR. Having been a previous participant with a Lotus a got an invite back for the 15th Anniversary.
Had an absolute blast on the Belgian farm tracks with all the other Lotus. GR certainly didn’t disappoint.
Had an absolute blast on the Belgian farm tracks with all the other Lotus. GR certainly didn’t disappoint.
Drove from John OG’s - Scourie, I’ve had worse days!!
Beginning to get quite jealous of your trip in great weather!!Drove from John OG’s - Scourie, I’ve had worse days!!
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We’ve been very lucky so far. It is Scotland though so anything could happen in the next few days!
Grossglockner is just where the fun begins! There's the whole of the Austrian, Italian, Swiss and French Alps after that.
One route that could get you back to Trier is along the Southern German border and through the Black Forest.
As in this Curves-Soulful Driving book. Keep an eye open in airports and book stores, they're great for routes and inspiration.
I drove the Saltzburg end of this route last year, going back in October for the Black Forest section.
Enjoy the trip
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Scourie - Ullapool today via Stoer lighthouse and Lochinver. Not quite as sunny but still dry and the roads were relatively quiet to enjoy the car as it was intended.
Met this fellow on the road this morning too …
Thankfully he was going the same way …
Thankfully he was going the same way …
Adding a toggle for the engine sound generator and replacing the mode buttons with the black variant. If someone wonders about the ring: It belongs to the audio system.
Ullapool - Torridon today, beautiful scenery despite the weather but there was something slightly a mystical driving through Torridon with the drizzle / sun on the skyline.
Also spotted this red 86 parked up in Ullapool, don’t think they’re on here but so much for 1 in every 29,000 cars!
Also spotted this red 86 parked up in Ullapool, don’t think they’re on here but so much for 1 in every 29,000 cars!
