Rob Day

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I'm not the slightest bit interested, but so this while doing my daily HotUkDeal surf and felt the need to share

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/suba...rranty-2002878

Regards
Rob

T5NYW

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Hi Rob

I think dealers had same offer a month or two back

But for me it would need £3-4k more off before I'd be interested.

At £18k be worth spending £6k putting it to GO

Or as good £12k mx5 and £6K as good. IMHO

Toyota USA reckon they will pull plug on GT86. Iirc

Tony

mickp

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The lack of power has held sales back. Needs more poke.

Henrik

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I think this is one of the main reasons too. It looks like a fast sports car, but in reality the performance is a bit "meh" IMO.

neil-h

Plenty of used GT86s around that price bracket these days. Then the Fensport turbo kit is £4k ish, get that on and you've got a proper weapon with something resembling everybodies favourite engine.

Carnut

The power always seems too be a issue until I watch something like this.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JUhLXvxlQR4#

ditchmyster

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Interesting test, the way he talks about it reminds me of the MX5, fabulous car to drive but totally lacking in power, which is why I never got one when I was looking, it's not that they don't get a move on through the twisties it's just that it's so well balanced that you very quickly reach the limits of it's power capabilities and are just left wanting more and to push harder, which in turn becomes very frustrating rather quickly. Which is what I suspect would happen in the BRZ or AE86, shame they didn't do a more powerful variant, I think it would have been quite successful and dragged the lesser variant along with it, somewhat like the STI and WRX, they could have then had a truly hardcore version and charged a premium then made the WRX version significantly cheaper for us paupers, as opposed to ending up with a car that is neither here nor there thus losing sales and probably going to go out of production.

NormantheDog

Cosworth are now providing power upgrades but they are starting to look expensive compared to other options for the car and will still invalidate that 5 year warranty

_Viktor

if you need more power you are missing the point...
it ments to be a handling car.. not a point n squirt.
Iv driven a demo for a 24hr test drive and if felt several steps on from my Impreza on balance.
If I didnt have 3 young kids I might be tempted

ditchmyster

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Victor I get the point of the car but even my 330bhp STI Type are started to feel slow and reaching it's power limit was not difficult once I learned how to drive it, I could drive it like a loon or just go very quickly from point to point but it was lacking power none the less, it gets boring simple as.

Henrik

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Most people are not driving gods, who will come even close to what most cars can do in the twisties.

The one thing that almost everyone can manage, and that gives a decent "rush" if you have enough poke, is to floor the throttle on a dual carriage way, or up a motorway slip road etc etc, and feel pushed back into the seat. This, and looks, is what most people want from a sports car, IMO. It doesn't matter that it handles brilliantly (for most people), if the straight line performance is crap.

T5NYW

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The BRZ we were lent couldn't keep up within the hire Astra deisel I had. The only way to get it to accelerate is throw it over a cliff.

Yes I do "get it" but not at that price. Better options out there. In the wrong price bracket by £5k IMHO And hence why Toyota bailing out of GT86.

We've taken 2 mx5 to the ring 3 times. Great fun. Underpowered yes but fun and quick in twisties. For me Mx5 and mods better and cheaper all day long.

Tony