GT86/GR86/BRZ

rebel rebel · 11 Jan 2019 at 21:35

Nasher said:
If you look the car up and it says there is an outstanding safety recall it's probably the one.

Yeah that's what it's said since the end of last year.

Alz_D · 11 Jan 2019 at 22:02

Nasher said:
A year old one with low miles probably isn't going to be much cheaper than a new one tbh.

Used demand is much higher than new demand. My local dealer has twice tried to buy mine off me

Picked up my 2017 Orange Edition for under £21k which was a nice little saving 7k on the clock. Still in love with it.

JamesRJ · 18 Jan 2019 at 08:06

I've had two offered to me so far :

GV18BWZ Blue Edition 2.0 Manual + Performance Pack 5669 miles GT Blue £24750
GX66NCN GT86 Pro Manual Lhr Spoiler TG 2371 miles White Pear £21850

Really want a red one

NathWraith · 18 Jan 2019 at 09:00

JamesRJ said:
I've had two offered to me so far :

GV18BWZ Blue Edition 2.0 Manual + Performance Pack 5669 miles GT Blue £24750
GX66NCN GT86 Pro Manual Lhr Spoiler TG 2371 miles White Pear £21850

Really want a red one

IS the performance pack the Clubsport?

If so, worth going for as you get the sachs dampers & brembo brakes.

Lowe · 18 Jan 2019 at 09:28

Blue Ed with Performance Pack all day long. You can't buy a full front and rear Brembo BBK kit for the price difference alone. That's not to take into consideration the better dampers and wheels too. The Blue is a no brainer, it's the best 86 you can buy.

JamesRJ · 18 Jan 2019 at 10:05

Need to see one in the flesh I think, just not convinced with the light blue :confused:

NathWraith · 18 Jan 2019 at 10:12

JamesRJ said:
Need to see one in the flesh I think, just not convinced with the light blue

yeah it's a shame the performance pack isn't available on the standard car as the blue is a bit marmite.

Delta3D · 19 Jan 2019 at 15:05

I think the blue looks much nicer in person than pictures, thought the same about the Orange Edition too

Definitely worth seeing it

rebel rebel · 19 Jan 2019 at 16:14

Yeah I also liked the blue when I saw it at the dealers.

Nasher · 19 Jan 2019 at 17:17

I don't really like the shade of blue but the kit is nice. If you fit Sachs suspension (some of the best stuff you can buy on any car) and big brakes to the standard car it would probably cost around the same.

rebel rebel · 28 Jan 2019 at 18:33

The dealer called today, to tell me they will only be doing the light tomorrow. They said that they won't be doing the recall until Toyota have sent someone down to do "a show and tell" on taking the engine apart.

Steeps · 28 Jan 2019 at 19:26

Yup, the ~150 page picture book instruction manual is too complicated for most techs to understand. Not expecting any dealer to have the training and parts in place until easter, I'm aiming to have mine done with the 6yr service in August. I was aiming to go FI on that service but now I'll have to wait another 6 months to make sure the engine is put back together properly.

rebel rebel · 28 Jan 2019 at 19:37

Yeah ideally I'd like to wait until August/September for the service to be done at the same time too.

Delta3D · 28 Jan 2019 at 22:30

Spoke to my local dealer today (Although I'm not going through them for the recall) and they said they've received some documents about it but still waiting for a training course date for 2 of their mechanics to go on before they can start to proceed.

rebel rebel · 29 Jan 2019 at 11:06

I got a 1.0 Aygo. Vroooooooom!

rebel rebel · 29 Jan 2019 at 13:06

I knew this would happen. Cheeky ***** are trying to charge me for new lights.

It's a known fault!!!!!

Lowe · 29 Jan 2019 at 13:09

Yup, well known issue due to being tightened up too tight. If they won't budge, just do what everyone else does and get Valentis.

rebel rebel · 29 Jan 2019 at 13:16

I wanted to keep the outside as standard.

I have told them it's either been damaged when they took the wrap off, or it should be fixed under manufacture warranty as a known fault. Or it should be covered by the 1 year warranty it had when I bought it. Or else what's the point of a warranty?!

Delta3D · 29 Jan 2019 at 17:10

Just keep at it - if they don't budge complain to head office, will generally quickly get it resolved if it's a known issue as such

rebel rebel · 29 Jan 2019 at 19:27

A guy from the main office gave me a call to say the car will be ready tomorrow, and to ask what I thought of the Aygo. He wasn't aware that the garage had mentioned charging me for the work, and is now looking into it.

Is this a case of the garage manager being on commission, so has tried to charge me?