GR86 What did you do with your GR86 today

So I've cleaned my car for the last time. My buyer is due to pick up the car on Saturday. I'm going to write a review of the GR86. I think it's a good car, not a great, but a good car. What my thoughts are and ultimately why I've decided to part ways.


I'll write that up tomorrow, I've just given the car one last hard/spirited drive and really pushed the car to its limits and yeah it's made me sure that I'm making the right decision here.


Truthfully, the community here... the information, some of the people, that's what I will miss as my next car has a community but nothing like this... this is quite a special place.
 
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James-UK said:
So I've cleaned my car for the last time. My buyer is due to pick up the car on Saturday. I'm going to write a review of the GR86. I think it's a good car, not a great, but a good car. What my thoughts are and ultimately why I've decided to part ways.


I'll write that up tomorrow,
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I'm interested in your views of the GR86 James and also interested in establishing the make and model of your new wheels!
 
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So today I wrote my review of the car.

Please feel free to add your comments, experiences, what you think. Let me know if you think I'm just a mentalist. It's entirely possible <3

GR86 - GR86 - My review after 3k miles and why I'm selling it.

GR86 – A good car. But I don’t think it’s one of the greats. Good, but not great. (in stock form) I think it has the potential to be amazing and one of the best cars EVER, but I think you need to spend money on it… This is my personal review after driving the car from 10 miles all the way up to...
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Got hit by my colleague this morning just less than a minute after I parked the car. I was at the back taking stuff out of the boot when it happened. Luckily I parked far away from the fence and I wasn’t trapped. The tow hook cover is cracked and there are scratches on the bumper. The bumper is a bit out of shape with some hooks on the right undone.

He said he didn’t see my car and I just can’t believe it happened
 

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View attachment 15256Got hit by my colleague this morning just less than a minute after I parked the car. I was at the back taking stuff out of the boot when it happened. Luckily I parked far away from the fence and I wasn’t trapped. The tow hook cover is cracked and there are scratches on the bumper. The bumper is a bit out of shape with some hooks on the right undone.

He said he didn’t see my car and I just can’t believe it happened
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Your colleague is a myopic fool.

I hope you get it sorted with minimal inconvenience.

The only car I've ever owned where a colleague has driven into it in a work car park was my old GT86. I feel your pain.
 
Oooof. Luckily that doesn't look like bad damage. I would give it a good clean and polish first, and you might find some of it is just paint transfer.
Although I suppose a new tow hook cover will need a bit of paint anyway.

Look on the bright side. The boot is a decent size, so you should have no trouble disposing of your "colleague" in the woods somewhere.
 
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FS1819 said:
View attachment 15256Got hit by my colleague this morning just less than a minute after I parked the car. I was at the back taking stuff out of the boot when it happened. Luckily I parked far away from the fence and I wasn’t trapped. The tow hook cover is cracked and there are scratches on the bumper. The bumper is a bit out of shape with some hooks on the right undone.

He said he didn’t see my car and I just can’t believe it happened
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How can you not see a bright blue car???
 
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Everyone at the company was deflated by the announcement of pending redundancies yesterday I guess. So this incident has just made my day even better 🤦🏾‍♂️ I want to get it done properly by the Toyota dealer, but I have a feeling Aviva (my company) isn’t going to allow that. I was hoping to do some driving over Easter to clear my mind up. I can’t do that now
 
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Oooof. Luckily that doesn't look like bad damage. I would give it a good clean and polish first, and you might find some of it is just paint transfer.
Although I suppose a new tow hook cover will need a bit of paint anyway.

Look on the bright side. The boot is a decent size, so you should have no trouble disposing of your "colleague" in the woods somewhere.
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He reversed into me at a higher than usual speed. There was a scratch high in the bumper where I had not expected. I hope there aren’t any structural or mechanical damages underneath
 
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I know exactly how you feel, it's hard not to be dejected even when it's not serious damage, but don't let it stop you driving and enjoying the car if you can.
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Everyone at the company was deflated by the announcement of pending redundancies yesterday I guess. So this incident has just made my day even better 🤦🏾‍♂️ I want to get it done properly by the Toyota dealer, but I have a feeling Aviva (my company) isn’t going to allow that. I was hoping to do some driving over Easter to clear my mind up. I can’t do that now
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If you're going through insurance, then surely it doesn't matter what Aviva say...wouldn't you be claiming against his insurance? Or has he not admitted liability?
 
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Everyone at the company was deflated by the announcement of pending redundancies yesterday I guess. So this incident has just made my day even better
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I retract my 'myopic fool' comment about your colleague above.

Let's go with 'myopic and distracted' instead.
 
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Took my car into the dealer this morning to have the active sound control turned off, which they done through the software.
Can now just hear that wonderful sound of the Cobra exhaust without any artificial back up😉🤣
Whilst in , they also sorted the windows so they now go down from the fob remote👍
 
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Conscript said:
I know exactly how you feel, it's hard not to be dejected even when it's not serious damage, but don't let it stop you driving and enjoying the car if you can.

If you're going through insurance, then surely it doesn't matter what Aviva say...wouldn't you be claiming against his insurance? Or has he not admitted liability?
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The earliest repair date Aviva can find for me is 21 April. I’m not sure about driving around for weeks with the damages like that 😔 Should I try to put the bumper hooks back on? Or should I wait until someone from the insurance company to inspect the car first?

I’m annoyed as I was planning to take my car to the dealership to get the bonnet latch paint issue fixed under warranty

I thought since it’s a no fault claim, I can claim it through my insurance who would chase after his insurance. Should I have done it differently?
 
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The earliest repair date Aviva can find for me is 21 April. I’m not sure about driving around for weeks with the damages like that 😔 Should I try to put the bumper hooks back on? Or should I wait until someone from the insurance company to inspect the car first?

I’m annoyed as I was planning to take my car to the dealership to get the bonnet latch paint issue fixed under warranty

I thought since it’s a no fault claim, I can claim it through my insurance who would chase after his insurance. Should I have done it differently?
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If he was clearly at fault, then maybe it would have been best to lodge a claim with his insurance and just inform your own about the incident. Not sure if that's best practice or not. Ultimately you just want your car repaired to the best possible standard, and given it's so new, I think it's perfectly justified to insist that it's repaired at Toyota.
 
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If he was clearly at fault, then maybe it would have been best to lodge a claim with his insurance and just inform your own about the incident. Not sure if that's best practice or not. Ultimately you just want your car repaired to the best possible standard, and given it's so new, I think it's perfectly justified to insist that it's repaired at Toyota.
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He admitted to being at fault on site.

I‘m not sure if this incident and the subsequent repair would affect my warranty in anyway. Hence I wanted it done by the dealer. But I have already started the claim process with Aviva and I am not sure if it’s too late now to do it that way. Thank you for your help though
 
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He admitted to being at fault on site.

I‘m not sure if this incident and the subsequent repair would affect my warranty in anyway. Hence I wanted it done by the dealer. But I have already started the claim process with Aviva and I am not sure if it’s too late now to do it that way. Thank you for your help though
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You can get a quote from Toyota and email it to your insurance provider. Many moons ago I did this with Admiral who I'm still with now. They didn't like it at first but went ahead with it as I wanted the dealer to do it.
 
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