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Im a lead foot ... I pretty much have been driving it as I normally would. Hard. At 1400kms in 2 weeks. F*cken love it. By the way I had 22km's on my car when i picked it up ... the average fuel consumption was 22L/100 when i picked it up... funnily enough, i drive it hard and im averaging 10-11L/100 So only explanation is the 1st 22km's of my car was thrashed hard. So I guess toyota/dealership ran it hard for me. |
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LMFAO . . . what's the tread depth on your rear tyres then ? So I assume you don't have the idle/cut out problem? This is good ! PS: Remember ppl's - one of the cars main parameters / traits is to be driven sideways, just be mindful of any nearby trees or poles . . . |
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10-10-2012, 12:26 AM | #17 |
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no idle problems... pulled a 2nd on a bend... sideways... Couldnt wipe the smile off my face...
who cares about the tyres... will just put another cheap set on for fun. Now. got to search for that U.S thread about created a switch to turn all nannies off with 1 flick. rather than the press and hold crap. |
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10-10-2012, 12:53 AM | #18 |
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@ZZT86 - In the same boat as @st162celica
I drove mine hard right from teh get go, no issues at all As I said in a another thread, the biggest issues I have had are a couple of little rattles |
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10-10-2012, 01:04 AM | #19 |
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it was made to be driven hard...
revs down low dont excite... Was the same as my 3sge celica. fun but get it between 5-7k and the real fun begins. I love pushing cars to their limits rather than have to ease off cause theres too much power.... i dont know. Thats just me |
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Got 10000km's nearly and most of my driving after 1000km has been hard.. and I have to admit those issues occurred once during a night going home.. engine was cold.. never came around again.
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Any idea what batch that are effected? I got a June build with 12,000kms and no issues so far. But then again with in 24 hrs of owning it I was doing Putty Road.....I did stick between 3-6k rpm.
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According to the detail from the very original article, anything delivered after mid-August should have no issues. See :http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dl...-sporty-coupes
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I took delivery of my BRZ today. 8 kms on the car on pickup. Got through 3 sets of lights before the idle started feeling a bit rough (~500 rpm). Got through another 3 sets of lights before I had the CEL flashed at me (15 km!)... Called the dealer, they had no idea what was going on, ended up dropping it off for them to look at it.
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The original article is based on comments from Subaru and Toyota in North America. The reason this is important is that US regulations are far more relaxed than EU/ADR certification ... |
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Should've held my tongue..
Only tonyt cruise control light turned yellow and won't turn off..malfunction in cruise control..Speedo doesn't work as well.. it accelerates and stays on 0.. after going in 2nd gear the Speedo starts to slowly climb.. no cel nothing..
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Why? It's there for yours/everyones benefit !
With regard to the ECU re-map I would have thought this applies worldwide regardless of region or regulation ! It's happening here aswell as in the US. There are several issues to be rectified with this car, that's just one. It's unforgivable that a new car have so many mechanical/electrical/construction issues right from the get-go, really. |
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I'm saying that the author has good copy & paste skills. All but one paragraph are inline with the Auto News article. Didn't even wait for quotes from Toyota or Subaru in Australia ...
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Each country has different regulations. Australia is definitely one market which requires government approval for software changes, which always takes more time than countries like the US, where no approval process is required. |
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