Watch the police union step in and ole Cap’n retire with full benefits.

Having had the CX-5 Turbo before I traded it for a GR Corolla, I can confidently say that 87 made zero difference in the low end. Which is where the car spends most of its time. Having used 87 in the cold dead of winter, I may as well be using premium since the intake air and charge cooled air post intercooler is…

Can I do both as fun and reliable? Currently have my fun DD, the GR Corolla. Veloster N is still in the stable as a track car, but will be replaced at some point by a CT4V Blackwing in a manual whenever mine gets allocated and built. Single and no kids means my money goes to M.E. My Enjoyment. Halfway there in the 2…

Aw yea. I’m all for the tacked on wide body fender flares from the factory. Can’t wait to see it revealed.

Mine does have the performance package with the diffs. The AWD system only routes power front to rear, not side to side. The LSDs would route power to the wheels that need it most. LSDs would be noticeable at the limit and corner exit. The LSDs allow you to get on the power sooner as well. Just meandering about town…

One more thing to add. The regular Corolla Hatch weighs 3060 lbs. The GRC weighs 3250 lbs with a wider body and AWD. So the weight gain is not even 10% over the base Corolla hatch. Take in to account the extra bracing, beefed up suspension components and subframes, etc. The 3 cylinder turbo weighs much less than the…

Let’s say the Core/Circuit is 5 seconds slower than the Morizo in that track, and I’m being very generous here. That’s still 6 seconds faster than the Evo SE. That’s not a small margin. To be fair to the Evo, the SE had the 5 speed. If it had the DCT, it would likely be 7 or 8 seconds slower than the Morizo, which is…

She got a big booty so I call her big booty.

It will neither outhandle the best in its class like the CTR, or embarrass V8s like a DCT Golf R from stop light to stop light. If you want an Evo, just buy an Evo. The GRC is not an Evo. If you buy it thinking that it has the overhead power potential of an Evo, you will be very disappointed, and will hate this car.…

Yup. But it’s easy to get this car track ready. The water cooling is very efficient and I’ve never seen it go above 200F. It’ll probably need an oil cooler though, but high quality oils can maintain their form even at high temps, so it may not be super necessary. Brakes and intercooler, and it’s practically good to go.

I wont be able to track mine until late April because I live in the midwest. But people in California and places with nice weather have already tracked their. The general consensus is that the more torque that is distributed to the rear, the more slipping the clutch has to do. That slip will cause heat and eventually…

I’ve been on the wait list since March 2022. I was pretty high up in line. This wasn’t even supposed to be MY GRC but the guy ahead of me couldn’t get a co-signer and financing(go fucking figure), so I was next in line. Complete surprise. I realistically wasn’t expecting to buy one until fall 2023 or early 2024. I was…

I took delivery of a fully loaded white Core about 2 weeks ago and I share the same sentiments. It’s a phenomenal car that harkens back to the 2000s when STis and EVOs ruled the roost. It feels old school and new school at the same time. The new school stuff is mostly imperceptible to the driver. The engine shakes and…

I’m all for car free city centers but a lot of major cities don’t have great public transport that spans entire metro areas to bring people to the center via buses or trolleys. Greatly expand public transportation first. Then go car free. Otherwise, people are just going to drive and park slightly further away from…

Damn. And here I am wanting, nay, demanding factory OEM repair/replacement parts for if I ever get in to an accident in any of my ICE cars. Any time I switch insurance companies, I have to ask them if they approve factory OEM replacement parts or cheap out and use 3rd party copies.

I know I’m just as tired as I think I am all the time.

1%er problems.

Having driven an XRS hatch back in the day, I can confidently say that the GR Corolla chassis is in a different league altogether. It’s not even worth trying to come up with an analogy to visualize a comparison between the two.

Having recently took delivery of a GR Corolla, it too is a $40k drivetrain with a free body(albeit cool looking) on top. Granted that the interior isn’t as terrible as ANY of the Evos of years long gone. You can really tell where the money went. See, at least with the GR Yaris, it gets a bespoke chassis. With the GR…

Fitting that the front end looks like a previous generation Elantra. Since Nissan of today is what Hyundai was in the 90s and 2000s.