What was it like driving your (or another’s) GRC for the first time! Does it live up to your personal hype?
It's super piercing and annoying. Just BARELY a frequency that I can hear. Maybe it will go away over time like theirs did.Just googled, this thread says it's 15.7 khz.
Blower fan high pitch noise
Hey all, Has anyone noticed their blower fan making a high pitched noise when turned up? My car has this issue and it's driving me crazy to the point where I get a headache when I turn the fan higher than the 2nd speed (with or without AC). The sound is coming from under the glove box around...www.toyotanation.com
I don't have my car yet, but I'm old so I know I can't hear frequencies that high lol.
Driving my buddy's focus ST last night and then hopping back into my GR, that car just felt SUPER heavy, in a sense of the steering was heavy, and the engine did not seem as willing to rev, his car is older (2015). The brakes were not that responsive. And that stick was night and day difference in feel and heft when chaging gears compared to the GR.I'm interested to hear what a normal person has to say after driving all of them. Should be a different perspective than a car reviewer.
I agree with everything you said about the GR, it does feel special with the way it drives and how it sounds.Driving my buddy's focus ST last night and then hopping back into my GR, that car just felt SUPER heavy, in a sense of the steering was heavy, and the engine did not seem as willing to rev, his car is older (2015). The brakes were not that responsive. And that stick was night and day difference in feel and heft when chaging gears compared to the GR.
Now I know that 2.0t in the ST was in every other ford vs the angry 3 cylinder in my car. It just really hits home how special the GR is. While most car makers just take engines from other cars and plop them into their performance cars, Toyota did the opposite and took their special engine and put it into the car.
Overall the GR just feels uber special, the effort that toyota went to, just hits home every time I start the car and drive it.
Also another note hearing the exhaust of the 3 cylinder when somebody else drives it, especially in a parking garage! I was literally jumping up and down with excitement at how awesome it sounds.
The focus RS has a sunroof and Evo had sunroof as well. My current hot-rod WRX has one and I personally love it, but as you noted its not a performance option. But, funny thing about the ARMREST. My WRX does have an armrest, but I'm 6'2 and my arm does not and really could not touch it. They have "armrest extensions" available as a factory accessory, but WRXs don't have "usable" armrests on the 02-07 versions. I think the armrest thing will be a forgotten issue sooner than later. It looks odd not to have the storage of an armrest sitting there, but the actual usable armrest certainly wouldn't sway me at all and I think most buyers will forget about it.I have absolutely no issue with not having a sunroof, or leather, or an armrest.
No sunroof is what seperates a sports car...
The best thing about getting a black car, is that you can get a vinyl wrap in any color you want, and the under the hood and door jams won't look odd being black, vs other colors. You'll also have the best paint protection you can get, you don't have to wax the car ever again, resale value will never take a hit for paint deterioration... and if/when the color wears down, rewrap it. If you get in an accident, insurance covers having to rewrap the damaged panel/bumper....Not really driving experience, but I wasn't excited about black (I preferred either of the other colors first), but from the front, in black it looks far more menacing than the other colors.
I think with some bronze wheels it will look great.
I had a 08 STI, I feel like the GRC is stiffer, which makes sense, the 08 was notorious for having been made too soft, and they updated it really quick.Have owned many cars and trucks and have driven hundreds of others.
But the car to compare this closest to would be the 13' sti hatch I used to have.
Still breaking the grc in but the chassis is stiff like the sti. The sti edges the grc out ever so slightly in that it was a tad stiffer than the grc.
Nimbleness on the road is the same.
Cargo space wise the sti cargo area is more than double the size of the grc cargo area. Both drive and handle similarly.
Definitely rode lower in the subie than the grc. But I plan to get a seat lowering kit for the grc because it's needed imho.