Red 2012 Toyota GT86 - Daily Driver

Red 2012 Toyota GT86 - Daily Driver

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x9wfm

Original Poster:

101 posts

100 months

Friday 23rd August 2019
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When the 86 met it's older cousin






Picking up our new dog



And then giving it a thorough clean afterwards!




On a drive out with friends in their red edition Focus RS and a Hyundai I30N.






With the same Hyundai I30N in the middle of nowhere




And finally, a skyline of Nottingham with a very angry looking sky in the background before the commute home






That's all for now - thanks for everyone's comments. Have a good bank holiday!

P.S. If anyone fancied browsing more pictures of cars, I have a Facebook page for the cars and coffee meets where I upload all the photo's I take in monthly albums which you can find here; https://www.facebook.com/bellcarsandcoffee

Cheers

DannyScene

6,637 posts

156 months

Saturday 24th August 2019
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That's a great looking 86 mate, the alloys spoiler and splitter really set it off

I keep hoping the older models will drop into my dismal budget sometime soon

Shadow R1

3,800 posts

177 months

Saturday 24th August 2019
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Enjoyed reading about this car. smile

Paul S4

1,183 posts

211 months

Saturday 24th August 2019
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Great write up and a good read.

I had a similar dilemma with my Alfa 156... I liked that car so much that I kept it for far too long...and it ended up costing too much !

I only sold it when I had to....the chassis rails get corroded so ended up selling it for 'spares' to an Alfa specialist ( who had done a lot of recent work on it anyway, so he got nearly all his parts back !)

I have now got a car that I am happy with, although some would say it's far away from the Alfa 'ethos'.....being a Volvo C30 R-Design, but I have done a few mods to it and it actually handles just as well as the Alfa and is cheaper to run with a daily commute of 350 miles per week, very low VED etc

You will find a car to replace yours....it took me a few months of driving other cars and I spent a few long trips to view cars.

rickygolf83

290 posts

162 months

Saturday 24th August 2019
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Every car i have bought in the last 10 years I still own, love is a strong bond to break! lol!

Need to cut the fleet down from six though, wife running out of patience and empathy!

what is making you want to sell?

Looks and sounds like you really love this car, if its the expired warranty guiding you to sell, put some cash into preventative maintenance (oil starvation prevention, baffled or dry sump etc..) and keep it.