Just bought a GT86

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nickfrog

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20,874 posts

216 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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Nothing short of a revelation. You can do pretty much what you want with it, in or out of corners. Gob smacked that a manufacturer have the balls to sell something like that.
It really makes Audi a boat manufacturer in effect.


chopper602

2,172 posts

222 months

Tuesday 11th November 2014
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Great to see someone else stop listening to the 'not enough' brigade - enjoy!

I do !

GravelBen

15,656 posts

229 months

Wednesday 12th November 2014
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Very nice smile

I'm looking forward to the day when they're in my price range!

LasseV

1,754 posts

132 months

Wednesday 12th November 2014
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Nice car! smile My favorite new car in the market at the moment and i'm little bit jelly. In a good way of course smile Drive a lot and enjoy it.

LasseV

1,754 posts

132 months

Wednesday 12th November 2014
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Nice car! smile My favorite new car in the market at the moment and i'm little bit jelly. In a good way of course smile Drive a lot and enjoy it.

grumbledoak

31,504 posts

232 months

Wednesday 12th November 2014
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Good to hear this. I am pretty much sold on getting one next anyway.

patmahe

5,744 posts

203 months

Wednesday 12th November 2014
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Congratulations, would love one of these, just need price to drop and life to stop getting in the way. Please update this thread every now and then then with how you get on with it.

nickfrog

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20,874 posts

216 months

Wednesday 12th November 2014
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Thank you all. After 4 days, I am still gob smacked at how good the chassis is. It is totally neutral and balanced. But what amazes me is how they have made it so progressive in the way it loses lat grip, even in the traction zones. It basically gives you almost a second of warning as there is so much feel through the wheel and the seat, you know precisely what's happening at all times. It is so predictable. It feels exactly half way between a Cayman and an Elise in terms of feel, feedback and NVH. Which is exactly where I want to be for just over £16k with 3 year warranty left. I might give in and get grippy tyres as the Primacy will not withstand track use...
The engine? The jury is out. It does match the chassis perfectly in terms of delivery and peakyness but it's a bit gruff. It's is so low though and that helps the front end so much, you can forgive it that.
If anyone has been put off by the power and the 0-60 time (which is not a reflection of the true performance of the car at all) then it's their loss and helping initial prices to settle at their natural levels.

Edited by nickfrog on Wednesday 12th November 21:43

Trailhead

2,628 posts

146 months

Wednesday 12th November 2014
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Lovely

nickfrog

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20,874 posts

216 months

Thursday 13th November 2014
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james_gt3rs

4,816 posts

190 months

Friday 14th November 2014
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How does it handle compared to a Boxster?

Robert Elise

956 posts

144 months

Friday 14th November 2014
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james_gt3rs said:
How does it handle compared to a Boxster?
Boxster is composed, solid, even graceful. Undoubtedly wonderful engineering, and entertaining. The GT is lighter, lively and bobbles along uneven roads. It is more communicative though, and more fun at lower speeds on B roads. Both great cars and not really in direct competition to my mind.
someone earlier put the GT between Porsche and an Elise, fair point i think.

RacingBlue

1,394 posts

163 months

Friday 14th November 2014
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Lovely - one of these will likely be my next car once they've dropped a bit in price.

Trailhead

2,628 posts

146 months

Friday 14th November 2014
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Most of my post seems to have been missed off!

Tried to say lovely looking car. How does it feel in terms of speed?

I love the look of them, but can't help but think they are quite slow for a sports car? It seems a bit silly to me to have a sports car that is slower than a diesel estate?

Genuinely interested about opinions on this because they are a lovely looking car. Just seems a shame they dont make a fast variant!

Red Firecracker

5,276 posts

226 months

Friday 14th November 2014
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To be fair, my Elise is probably slower than a lot of diesel estates. Many more things ultimately define a car as a 'sports' car than pure speed.

Lovely looking car, OP. Definitely considering one of these as my next daily.

dufunk

182 posts

122 months

Friday 14th November 2014
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A turbo version will arrive, 270bhp in 1230kg will see 0-60 in low 5's faster than most hot hotches as they have more weight. The FA20 engine is a capable tuner quite alot in japan with 350bhp on standard internals. Thing about NA is the response you get compared to turbo plus you can go into corners quicker and brake later tiff needle tested it in isle of man and up against a 265bhp megane and it was only 2 seconds slower on the lap time they arent as slow as on paper suggests. Only 2L diesel that would be as quick is a 1 series m sport.

nickfrog

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20,874 posts

216 months

Friday 14th November 2014
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Trailhead said:
Tried to say lovely looking car. How does it feel in terms of speed?

I love the look of them, but can't help but think they are quite slow for a sports car? It seems a bit silly to me to have a sports car that is slower than a diesel estate?

Genuinely interested about opinions on this because they are a lovely looking car. Just seems a shame they dont make a fast variant!
You would need to define "sports car", "fast" and "slow" first.

On non-eco tyres I am confident a GT86 would out brake and out corner (at the apex at least) many "fast" "sports cars".

But in a straight line ? Well, it's comparatively slow and therefore certainly not for everyone. But to me a sports car is for corners.

A sports car is a car that you have to drive skilfully to extract the best out of, however "slow" that makes me as a driver.

nickfrog

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20,874 posts

216 months

Friday 14th November 2014
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Robert Elise said:
james_gt3rs said:
How does it handle compared to a Boxster?
Boxster is composed, solid, even graceful. Undoubtedly wonderful engineering, and entertaining. The GT is lighter, lively and bobbles along uneven roads. It is more communicative though, and more fun at lower speeds on B roads. Both great cars and not really in direct competition to my mind.
someone earlier put the GT between Porsche and an Elise, fair point i think.
I would go along with that. I did come up with the notion that it's halfway between a Cayman and an Elise, despite the figures.

To some that will be the worst of both worlds, to me it's the best of both.

It actually is trickier to drive than the mid-engine low PMOI Boxster/Cayman up to the limit of adhesion but easier beyond...

keo

2,022 posts

169 months

Friday 14th November 2014
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I had a very breif test drive of a GT86 today. I am going back to have a longer drive next week. Is an engine noise streamed into the cabin via speakers? The noise sounded very artificial which i didnt like, but maybe i would get used to it.

I liked the gearbox/ seating position and steering feel. I also like the look of them and interior. I do not want heated seats/ acres of wood/ leather. I am buying this to have fun in so stuff like that is not high on my list of priorities.

GrumpyTwig

3,354 posts

156 months

Friday 14th November 2014
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dufunk said:
A turbo version will arrive, 270bhp in 1230kg will see 0-60 in low 5's faster than most hot hotches as they have more weight. The FA20 engine is a capable tuner quite alot in japan with 350bhp on standard internals. Thing about NA is the response you get compared to turbo plus you can go into corners quicker and brake later tiff needle tested it in isle of man and up against a 265bhp megane and it was only 2 seconds slower on the lap time they arent as slow as on paper suggests. Only 2L diesel that would be as quick is a 1 series m sport.
I know tiff took the GT86 around the IoM but I can't find any mention of a Megane doing a lap, any idea where it was published?