NorCal (Bay Area) OFF-TOPIC Chat Thread

[strat61caster]

Originally Posted by funwheeldrive

Lucky you!

I've had mine for 3 years and it chirped since day one. Maybe if you had to listen to it daily you would see more of a benefit of having it replaced for free with a unit that is supposedly chirp free.

Have you tracked your car? Whatever noisiness was left was gone after my first track day.



Smoke 'em out.

Edit: They never bothered me when I had them, the amount of time I spent idling was far outweighed by the time I spent driving it.

[Clipdat]

Good old Italian tune up!

Originally Posted by strat61caster

Have you tracked your car? Whatever noisiness was left was gone after my first track day.



Smoke 'em out.

[funwheeldrive]

Originally Posted by strat61caster

Have you tracked your car? Whatever noisiness was left was gone after my first track day.



Smoke 'em out.

Edit: They never bothered me when I had them, the amount of time I spent idling was far outweighed by the time I spent driving it.

I've been to Thunderhill a couple times. Still can't kill them.


It's a minor annoyance, but if I could choose between living with them, or getting rid of them, I'll pick to get rid of them. Your opinion may vary.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by finch1750

Life is too short for boring cars. DD included

Originally Posted by tigermack

Yaris can be fun, you can chuck those suckers in the corner.

Tell that to the Yaris owners who auto-x their Yarii and post fastest times of the day. lol.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by jsimon7777

Geeze. Family of 12 and four fridges?

LOL. Nah, one trip a week to stuff the fridge/freezer (becomes empty by the end of the week). I'd need a truck if there were 12 of us

[strat61caster]

Originally Posted by funwheeldrive

It's a minor annoyance, but if I could choose between living with them, or getting rid of them, I'll pick to get rid of them. Your opinion may vary.

I'd rather live with them than spend an hour trying to convince a dealership to do it, not to mention the risk of having the tech take apart the car and put it back together and being without a car for however long.

There's already too many of these cars burned down due to messing with the fuel lines.



High five to you for tracking your car, there will be many unloved 86's on the road for far too long.

[BigFatFlip]

Originally Posted by funwheeldrive

The newest pump released several months ago seems to eliminate the crickets for the majority of owners in this thread

Originally Posted by strat61caster

I was going to say that the pumps still chirp... Then I remembered mine has been silent for 3.5 years of my 4 year ownership so what the fuck do I know.

FWIW 4.5 years of Shell v-power and never heard them again.

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

But I must say, it's a lot easier and quicker to just throw things into the Yaris hatch and not necessarily have to play Tetris to fit everything in. So far, haven't had to split up the grocery run.

I'm gonna have to agree. The BRZ worked pretty well as a kid hauler, grocery getter and DD considering it was a 2-door coupe. Now that I got a 5-door hatch though, damn, being able to just "toss" stuff in and driving the whole family in comfort is pretty nice.

[Clipdat]

Ended up ordering the made in china weather tech knockoffs: https://www.amazon.com/3D-MAXpider-C...7201012&sr=8-1

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

Ended up ordering the made in china weather tech knockoffs: https://www.amazon.com/3D-MAXpider-C...7201012&sr=8-1

I thought you were against knock offs? Otherwise you could have saved a crap ton on those side fins

[Clipdat]

HOW DARE YOU!

Originally Posted by finch1750

I thought you were against knock offs? Otherwise you could have saved a crap ton on those side fins

[BigFatFlip]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

HOW DARE YOU!

Chinese knock off? C'mon man...

[Clipdat]

It covers more of the dead pedal and it looks to be a grippier material than the weather techs!

Originally Posted by BigFatFlip

Chinese knock off? C'mon man...

[My Key]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

It covers more of the dead pedal and it looks to be a grippier material than the weather techs!

please take pics. i am also interested in these

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

Tell that to the Yaris owners who auto-x their Yarii and post fastest times of the day. lol.

Yeah, and Im sure it fun for autox but I imagine its not as fun trying to keep speed going up the Altamont. Hell, thats hard enough in the FRS lol.