EvilDaifu Cruise Whore Moderating Team 5,130 Member For: 19y 10m 19d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 05/07/12 09:22 AM Share Posted 05/07/12 09:22 AM Spotted a white Toyota 86 heading north along Royal Parade, Parkville today. Looks nice in white.- rego TOUGEE I think. Daytime driving lights on looked smick But watched the vid posted in this thread by Dags above (was it destiny - rego was DGS ) and the talk about no low down torque reminded me of what I luv so much about my T - the low down torque and that aural rumble of the exhaust with the back windows down a crack Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/80726-toyota-86/page/6/#findComment-1263344 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henz Tampon inserted, Auto Acquired, next purchase a new handbag Donating Members 9,946 Member For: 17y 3m 4d Gender: Male Location: Vic Posted 05/07/12 09:40 AM Share Posted 05/07/12 09:40 AM They are awesome plates for an 86 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/80726-toyota-86/page/6/#findComment-1263349 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1NSANE Donating Members 279 Member For: 15y 1m 15d Gender: Male Location: South West Melbourne Posted 05/07/12 10:05 AM Share Posted 05/07/12 10:05 AM I like the idea of it. Probably why I have owned an mx5 in the past and have a Porsche 944 in the garage. Not a very original concept though Toyota and probably not worth the hype. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/80726-toyota-86/page/6/#findComment-1263354 Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 7m Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 05/07/12 12:53 PM Share Posted 05/07/12 12:53 PM A sign of the times that simply making a RWD sport oriented car is big news! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/80726-toyota-86/page/6/#findComment-1263476 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macstac Inactive Members 1 Member For: 16y 4m 20d Posted 09/07/12 02:46 AM Share Posted 09/07/12 02:46 AM I've driven one and whilst they are nowhere near as quick as an XR6T (I've owned two FG XR6Ts), they certainly live up to the hype! Build quality is up there - feels a lot more expensive than it is. Handles great in the twisties... feels stuck to the road and every bit as low as the official CoG figure would indicate. Lots of trick bits included in the low price too!My only gripe? I didn't get to spend enough time with it! That will be rectified when mine arrives in October! 2 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/80726-toyota-86/page/6/#findComment-1264626 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shyfrd Turboless Donating Members 5,992 Member For: 14y 3m 28d Gender: Male Location: Geelong, Victoria Posted 09/07/12 08:13 AM Share Posted 09/07/12 08:13 AM Yeh my ex is looking at getting one and heard about the 4month wait..fark! Hope its worth it and no big problems arise Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/80726-toyota-86/page/6/#findComment-1264763 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayjaybrid Member 98 Member For: 14y 1d Gender: Male Location: Albury Posted 09/07/12 04:24 PM Share Posted 09/07/12 04:24 PM is he a midget in the vid ? as the steering wheel looked too high and the distanse from the wheel amazes me that he could corner at all lolBut imo the budget for 1 of these to turn into a lil ripper would far exceed my wages , and my 2 ol 318i e30 bmw's sitting in the back yard sound like they would get the same review if built now in a time when small rwd cars are as common as a well supported polly party . Must say though I hope it is succesful and encourages other brands to follow suit with the concept that a lil rwd car still has a place in the industry . Also been hearing that alot of these are being modded with superchargers which suprises me as I wud think a turbo wud be more suited especialy on a track .that's my 2 cents 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/80726-toyota-86/page/6/#findComment-1264987 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henz Tampon inserted, Auto Acquired, next purchase a new handbag Donating Members 9,946 Member For: 17y 3m 4d Gender: Male Location: Vic Posted 09/07/12 09:22 PM Share Posted 09/07/12 09:22 PM Everything in the cabin is high, to give the illusion of a Low centre of gravity. 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/80726-toyota-86/page/6/#findComment-1264999 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjet Skid Machine Donating Members 1,640 Member For: 14y 1m Gender: Male Posted 09/07/12 11:01 PM Share Posted 09/07/12 11:01 PM Just like a commodore... 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/80726-toyota-86/page/6/#findComment-1265015 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Member 142 Member For: 16y 11m 12d Posted 11/07/12 11:33 AM Share Posted 11/07/12 11:33 AM After watching that review and seeing a 0-100 in 7.5 seconds it made me realise how slow it really is. My old stock Magna would beat it in a drag race to 100. When an Aussie 6 will beat it I would won't something faster given how "fast" it looks. If I was looking at a very good handling car I would also be looking at the Renault Clio Rs 200 Cup. I wonder which would put down a quicker lap time. Weight and power are near identical. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/80726-toyota-86/page/6/#findComment-1266014 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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