GR86 What did you do with your GR86 today

Silver Fox said:
I've had a shocker of a day with my car, comrades.

(Perhaps some of this needs to be in the "confessions" thread...)

I had to pop out to a retail park at lunchtime to run some errands. When I arrived back at my car - which had been meticulously and sympathetically washed in anticipation of Japfest at the weekend - I found it absolutely covered in bird shit. Huge, saucer-sized blobs all over the bonnet, roof and windscreen.

After a suitable period of swearing I got in my car and drove off, wondering why at least three separate parties were gesticulating at me. Having driven for about half a mile/few minutes I then realised - despite having owned the car for almost 16 months and therefore needing to be used to it by now - that I had forgotten to push the button to open up the wing mirrors.

I then proceeded, at a busy roundabout, to do something I have never done before with a GR86, not even on my test drive.

I stalled the f**ker.

Thank you for reading, the cathartic impact of typing this sorry tale for sympathetic (*cough* ) fellow GR enthusiasts should never ever be underestimated.
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Haha. I stalled mine once. With it being the first time I really muddled up the restart. Never again!
 
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Finally, after 16 months of ownership, I replaced the dealer-supplied number plates with plain ones so I’m no longer advertising a dealership I dislike! My god they took some unsticking though! Plenty of hairdryer and tar / adhesive remover to get rid of this tape!
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While at it I removed the protective film from the footrest too. Plus I tipped over 5000 miles on the way to get some plate tape. And I bought a cheap frame for my print! Small wins!
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ZN8 said:
Cars look great fellas. @Moonballs , I like those LED indicators/side markers where did you get them from? Were they easy to wire into the DRLs?
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These: Link, white DRL and flashes yellow for indicators/hazards. Pretty happy with them, not 100% flush but a good enough fit.

You just need to run the extra wire up to your headlights, and connect it up to pin 1.
The side marker comes with an end crimped on, i shoved this in pin 1 on my extension, and also added a connector down by the sidemarker
The ability to disconnect it like the oem markers would be important if you ever needed the bumper taking off.

The extension came with another side marker so I was happy to have a go myself and make a mess since I wasn't touching anything oem.
 

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TigerJim said:
Finally, after 16 months of ownership, I replaced the dealer-supplied number plates with plain ones so I’m no longer advertising a dealership I dislike! My god they took some unsticking though! Plenty of hairdryer and tar / adhesive remover to get rid of this tape!
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While at it I removed the protective film from the footrest too. Plus I tipped over 5000 miles on the way to get some plate tape. And I bought a cheap frame for my print! Small wins!
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what monster does it horizontally?!
 
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Today I spent £300 on a full maintenance detail including having the new Bola alloys ceramic coated - only to have to collect the car and drive it home in a feckin downpour! Summer tyres on and it's back to 5 degrees too! I mean, WTF April giz a break will ya?! FML. :mad:
 
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Sonic said:
Today I spent £300 on a full maintenance detail including having the new Bola alloys ceramic coated - only to have to collect the car and drive it home in a feckin downpour! Summer tyres on and it's back to 5 degrees too! I mean, WTF April giz a break will ya?! FML. :mad:
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Not quite 5 degrees, but quite 'autumnal' here in Warwickshire. Spring my erse
 
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Today I spent £300 on a full maintenance detail including having the new Bola alloys ceramic coated - only to have to collect the car and drive it home in a feckin downpour! Summer tyres on and it's back to 5 degrees too! I mean, WTF April giz a break will ya?! FML. :mad:
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I've just done a wash before I set off 'darn sarf', so it's bound to pour down somewhere on the journey . . .
 
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paulR said:
I disabled the sound generator this afternoon. I’m not sure if I prefer it, it’s a bit quiet without it but less raucous as the revs rise.
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Despite having an aftermarket exhaust (albeit pretty quiet one), I re enabled it so I've got the bass of the real system + the drama of the sound generator, quite like the combo 👍
 
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Beans said:
Despite having an aftermarket exhaust (albeit pretty quiet one), I re enabled it so I've got the bass of the real system + the drama of the sound generator, quite like the combo 👍
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That’s a good way of describing the noise as the drama! It does give the car a more race car vibe.
 
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