[Rise]

A huge thank you to everyone in this forum new and old who, over the last year, shared so much information and insight about this car!

Friday morning, after a nearly year-long wait, I took delivery of my GRC. I already had a road trip scheduled for the weekend, and I put 880 miles on this thing in two days. I'll share details about everything in the appropriate threads, but I first wanted to say thank you all for helping me land a car that exceeded my expectations in ways I didn't know were possible.

 

[thereggierock]

I did a thing

 

[ccrook06]

Pulled the trigger on a loaded white cap Core.

I was so on the fence with this thing. Not the GR Corolla in general, but specifically the Core. I don't mind the lack of exterior aesthetics compared to the Circuit, but I had a REALLY hard time with the seats especially coming from a Focus RS and more recently an AMG GLA45 which both have lovely Recaros.

I was planning on waiting for a Circuit as I was totally satisfied with the AMG (incredible little hatchback), but got a call that a loaded Core showed up at my dealer so I decided to check it out on Wednesday. The seats aren't bad, so I decided to list the AMG for sale with the logic of "well, if I can make a good profit on the AMG I can put that money in the Core and upgrade what I want." Listed the AMG on Wednesday, sold it on Friday for a profit, picked up the GRC today. Very satisfied with it, and anxiously getting through the break-in. Also happy to have some additional cash so I can get PPF and tint taken care of ASAP. Very excited to get this thing on a circuit! Mountain roads too, but we've gotten insane amounts of snow in UT this year so that might not happen till Summer.

 

[Cptnslo]

I do love the gla45 and the cla45 I just was surprised at how difficult it was to find the recaros as options. That and the lack of aftermarket was frustrating to me and the aftermarket parts that did exist were ridiculously expensive

 

[ccrook06]

I do love the gla45 and the cla45 I just was surprised at how difficult it was to find the recaros as options. That and the lack of aftermarket was frustrating to me and the aftermarket parts that did exist were ridiculously expensive

Way more of a daily for sure, I never even tracked it. Wonderful daily though. And I agree, it's hard to find one with the Recaros. I guess many buyers didn't want to fork over $2400 on an already $50k+ hatchback lol

 

[GR_Johnny777]

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Pulled the trigger on a loaded white cap Core.

I was so on the fence with this thing. Not the GR Corolla in general, but specifically the Core. I don't mind the lack of exterior aesthetics compared to the Circuit, but I had a REALLY hard time with the seats especially coming from a Focus RS and more recently an AMG GLA45 which both have lovely Recaros.

I was planning on waiting for a Circuit as I was totally satisfied with the AMG (incredible little hatchback), but got a call that a loaded Core showed up at my dealer so I decided to check it out on Wednesday. The seats aren't bad, so I decided to list the AMG for sale with the logic of "well, if I can make a good profit on the AMG I can put that money in the Core and upgrade what I want." Listed the AMG on Wednesday, sold it on Friday for a profit, picked up the GRC today. Very satisfied with it, and anxiously getting through the break-in. Also happy to have some additional cash so I can get PPF and tint taken care of ASAP. Very excited to get this thing on a circuit! Mountain roads too, but we've gotten insane amounts of snow in UT this year so that might not happen till Summer.

Congrats.
Just curious, did you end up having to pay any adm?

 

[ccrook06]

Congrats.
Just curious, did you end up having to pay any adm?

Thanks! No, MSRP only dealership. No dealer add-ons either, just Toyota stuff and taxes.

 

[GR_Johnny777]

Thanks! No, MSRP only dealership. No dealer add-ons either, just Toyota stuff and taxes.

Lucky you.
I'm hoping my GRC purchase experience next month 🤞 will be similar.
Enjoy.

 

[ccrook06]

Lucky you.
I'm hoping my GRC purchase experience next month 🤞 will be similar.
Enjoy.

🤞🏻🤞🏻 Good luck!

 

[buco]

(thank you mods for moving it)

Soooo, this kind of just happened a few mins ago........ Not my proudest moment, but you know

 

[Mishimoto]

Everyone here at Mishimoto is getting SUPER pumped!

 

[Evolved]

Everyone here at Mishimoto is getting SUPER pumped!

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Which dealer did you go with?

 

[Mishimoto]

Which dealer did you go with?

One semi local to us. Fingers crossed all goes smoothly and lands in our R&D facility shortly.

 

[driftingintowalls]

i accidentally posted a review so here's me saying i got my car

 

[wind_slash]

Arrived yesterday, she's still salty but thankful for the factory sealant. Waiting for it to warm up to get pc/ppf. I just finished sending it for the first 30mi tonight (no redline); the shifter is like a hot knife cutting through butter. The throws are similar to my old XRS stock shifter; it was shorter with the TRD tC short shifter (clunky and old though). I haven't driven stick in 2 years, so I was jerking in 1-2 like a noob again 😆

 

[vietataru]

Yup. Same features as my 21 Corolla HB. Though, for the auto down windows, it has to be activated through a dealer, or something like carista. Haven't confirmed if carista will assume this car as my other Corolla though. I'll try that later.

Bumping this post to check if Carista works for the GR Corolla!

 

[Altezza99]

Bumping this post to check if Carista works for the GR Corolla!

Yes, it works on the GRC. You can turn off most of the annoying chimes with it, add more tap to turn signal flashes, and enable the window opening feature with the remote.

 

[Sparkko]

Arrived yesterday, she's still salty but thankful for the factory sealant. Waiting for it to warm up to get pc/ppf. I just finished sending it for the first 30mi tonight (no redline); the shifter is like a hot knife cutting through butter. The throws are similar to my old XRS stock shifter; it was shorter with the TRD tC short shifter (clunky and old though). I haven't driven stick in 2 years, so I was jerking in 1-2 like a noob again 😆

The 1 to 2 shift in this thing is whacky. I've driven many manual transmission cars and never had trouble shifting smoothly from 1 to 2 until this one. I've finally got it figure out, but it took a bit, lol.

 

[driftingintowalls]

Yes, it works on the GRC. You can turn off most of the annoying chimes with it, add more tap to turn signal flashes, and enable the window opening feature with the remote.

can i change it so i can lock the fking car while the engine is running?

 

[Altezza99]

can i change it so i can lock the fking car while the engine is running?

Sorry buddy, that's gonna be a NO. Maybe if you tickle it's balls it might do it?