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Originally Posted by Chad86
I think this is as close to the real GT86 we will get except for small items being added year by year. I think we're just lucky to get this car period. Just buy it and 86 it by adding fogs and GT86 badges and call it a day. In Ireland this car costs $40,000 so you won't hear me complaining!
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I think they'll continue making these "special editions" adding a bit here and a bit there instead of matching us to the rest of the world and that is the game I hate that they are playing.
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was willing and expecting to pay close to $40k as I'm in Canada and that's about what I paid for my TRD Celica in 2003.
I tried to get the parts from Toyota but they basically told me to go fuck myself. I was more than willing to do a conversion, I did so with my old Cavalier (yes there was a Toyota Cavalier), but not after the way the company has been acting lately. I'm also the one who made the post (in my sig) of what you need to do a conversion to an GT or GT Limited from an FR-S.
I also wouldn't be complaining if I was in Ireland as it's a proper Toyota with everything from day one. Not the case in North America.
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Originally Posted by hushypushy
My thoughts:
-Fog lights will surely be a dealer option (they already are)
-86mm exhaust tips failed the US regs for some reason, doubt we'll see these
-Badging. The steering wheel 'Scion' and floormat 'FR-S' will stay. This isn't a Toyota 86, it's a Scion FR-S. And the red 86 fender badge is ugly, I like my silver one.
-Install your own brake pads, like any other enthusiast would on any sports car. Come on. Furthermore, the economy brake pads suit 99.99% of buyers. The car definitely needs better pads, but that's a TRD-type accessory.
-Full red interior? I will simply say that is not to my taste, and there's probably a good reason they don't offer it stateside (no one would buy it).
-2014 cars get the knee pads
-the armrest is an armrest...regardless I don't want it. I put stuff in my center console all the time anyway.
-Trunk lid liner is worthless. It's a waste of weight and personally, I like to see my naked trunk.
-This is the one point I agree with you on, haha--the top spec FR-S should have the extra lights like the BRZ does.
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The fog lights have "been" a dealer option since two months after the car was released yet you mysteriously can't get them.
The 86mm exhaust tip is a joke as people have imported them, they simply screw onto the existing exhaust. There shouldn't BE anything to fail an emissions test. This "failed the test" excuse is what they used for the frameless mirror, oh wait, that's on this thing. Isn't that interesting.
As for the badgeing, why put an 86 logo on the car at all then? hmm? It's also a Toyota/Subaru everywhere else not a Scion. It wasn't meant to be a Scion, ever. You also clearly have no idea what you're talking about with you saying the "red one is ugly, I like my silver one" They're both silver, the difference is that one has black accenting and the other is red. It differentiates an 86 RC and 86 G, from an 86 GT and 86 GT Limited.
Red and silver
Black and silver
Pads are a stock option, should still be available here. That's the point. I shouldn't have to. Am I capable of doing it myself? Yes. That's not the point. You also defeated your own point by saying the car needs better pads.
It's not a full red interior, it's accented....
Click They also did that with the last gen Celica, mine happens to be a blue interior but they offered a red as well. It does sell. Other manufactures do this with their cars as well, it's not new, people like it, it sells.
Trunk lid cover is worthless and a waste of weight? HA! Especially after your comment about the brakes. HA! Seriously, that things weight won't make a difference and it looks far better, plus it's sound deadening. Extra quality.