[Damian1985]

Hi all,
Am very excited now, I had my Celica's MOT booked in today and while it was being done I was allowed to have the GT 86 demo for a few hours! I now CANNOT wait til end of September!

The drive is sooo nice compared to my Celica, the road noise is much less as well. And the noise from the engine is just gorgeous! I drove on a variety of roads, in steady traffic the mpg was around 39-41 mpg, but when I took it back to the garage it was reading just under 37! that was after a blast down some twisty quiet roads. Very impressed with the economy side. The only thing I would rate the Celica higher on is practicality. Would quite like to see split rear seats when they update in a few years.

Very happy today. haha
Damian

 

[ICantAffordAnLFA]

Was it the 200bhp model or a 175'er?

Glad you liked it; a great car

 

[Damian1985]

The Celica was the 140 model, can't believe how heavy the clutch felt on it when I got back in after driving the GT86 all morning!

 

[Ade]

Was it the 200bhp model or a 175'er?

Glad you liked it; a great car

Lol

 

[Celica66]

Think he meant the GT 86 ....

 

[Angel C]

Would quite like to see split rear seats when they update in a few years.

The GT86 does have split rear seats, I was shown this on the test drive I had.

 

[Keethos]

^^ really? When they say split rear seats, they mean for example a 40:60 split where the rear seats are split into 2, one side is 40 (1 seat) that you can fold down on it's own and then you have the 60 (central and other seat) that again you can foldindependently. I've only ever seen the GT-86 with the back seats all coming down as one piece.

 

[Angel C]

If memory serves me correctly (and I admit I was distracted by the wonderful car and test drive I'd just been on), I'm sure the seats came down one at a time but I can't confirm if they were a 60:40 split... though can't see them being anything other than that realistically. Hopefully one of the lucky gits who has their car

can confirm the way the rear seats operate.

 

[Damian1985]

Nope the rear seat is one piece. Not split.

 

[Speedymurr]

yes the rear seats are solid and not split.

 

[Celica66]

well thats clear as mud then..!!

 

[Angel C]

Thanks for clearing that up guys, at least the seats do fold down and I wasn't imagining that.