Bro, I wouldn’t have accepted the car. What they did is fked up. I got my car fresh off the truck with 3 miles on the odo and 5 miles after they filled it up.

Wait, why is everyone so keen on taking their car to the dealership for maintenance? Free oil changes?

Yeah free maintenance interval services for the first 25k miles or 2 years. I personally have never had a new car before and taken my car to a dealership for oil changes (always did them myself) but if they're free, might as well.

 

So has anyone found any fun dirt roads to test their GRC out?

 

Anyone here have a lift I could use for 1-2 hours for a GRC project?

 

Hey yall! I know you guys are located on the upper part of the state, but if yall ever find yourself down here during this time frame we're getting a meet up of the socal owners together! It would be great to have some norcal owners stop in whenever theyre in town!

Socal GRC / Meetup Saturday Cruise (10/07)

CRUISE DETAILS UPDATE: So unfortunately the 2 HWY stretch to Mt High is closed so we’ve created a new route map for this canyon drive. Meet up: Azusa Costco 7AM Drivers meeting: 7:30AM Drive: 7:45am Note: Please bring walkie talkies if available so that we can sync up and utilize them for...

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Checking in from Oakland! Got my car Labor Day weekend, loving it so far and can't wait to push it once the break in period is done.

 

Whats up guys. Ill be hanging out here this weekend in case any of you are close enough to attend. Super chill morning meet and a lot of great builds to check out. I do suggest going early to get a good spot as it fills up quickly once 8am hits. LMK if any of you are going I'd like to park with you all since I've only seen 1 other owner so far lol.

 

Does Sunnyvale Toyota have any hidden add-ons or markups or any of that bullcrap? Trying to de-risk my purchase... I've got multiple allocations, and kind of need to decide which dealer to go with.

 

bought a rav4 from Sunnyvale this year and they told me they don’t do markups. just watch out for any random stuff they try to add on.

 

Hey yall, got knicked by the SF muni bus and need to get paint corrected. Anyone have a trusted detail/paint shop around?

 

is your GRC ceramic coated? I’d check out Dynamic Detailing in Santa Clara for paint correction, ceramic coating and PPF

 

Thanks fellas!

 

I'm going to start looking for a shop to paint my circuit wing stanchions/uprights red (when they get here). Any recommendations?

 

Hi All,
NorCal GRC Club is hosting a meet in February. If anyone on here is not part of our Facebook group, please join! All details are there.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/811684390581053/
Big thanks to my co-host @Kong_grz for all the support!

Here is the link and flyer for the next event:

NorCal Toyota GR Corolla / GR Supra / GR 86 Event

Event in Novato, CA by Victor Starr and Alex Kong on Sunday, February 18 202413 posts in the discussion.

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23 CE, Grass Valley work in Sacramento

 

23 CE, Grass Valley work in Sacramento
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Come out to our meet on the 18th!
There is a caravan being planned from the Sac area.
More details in the FB group: Log in or sign up to view

 

Roseville checking in.

 

Santa Cruz 🏖
24' SS Red Premium 🚘
Proud father since October 23' 😅

 

since you’re in Santa Cruz, there’s actually a Cars and Coffee I’m going to tomorrow morning. You should go!

 

Anyone in NorCal have the Magnaflow exhaust on an otherwise stock car? Looking into getting one as my AWE Touring is too loud for my taste, but would love to hear it in person before plunking down the cash.

 

That is why I decided on the SXTH Element midpipe due to this. I think the best upgrade from stock is APEXi but then that is just based on the videos. In person is way different.
Hopefully you get to hear it in person. Let me know I would be interested to hear it too and compare it with your AWE.

 

Yeah I have the factory exhaust.

 

Totally random but has anyone taken the GR Corolla to chain controls at Tahoe before, with snow tires but no chains installed? I've heard Caltrans will not let you through if they think your car isn't "worthy".

 

I haven’t taken mine up but Ive chatted with a white CE owner on snow tires, should be no issues. This car is on par w any subie that goes up and I’m sure CHP knows

 

Newark checking in!

Picked up my 2024 Ice Cap Circuit Edition on 3/6/2024!

 

Going up to Tahoe right now with my Corolla with crossclimate2s. There should be a blizzard up ahead. I’ll report back how it feels haha

 

The car is a blast in the snow with CC2s.
However Caltrans stopped me saying this car doesn't come with AWD, and I was adamant that this new Corolla model has AWD. He asked me to prove it, so I tried doing a burnout with TC off but it had so much grip that it just stalled haha (it was also 2am because CA-50 was closed and I was barely online) He let me past because from past experience FWDs will absolutely wheelspin with that hard of a launch. I also learned you have to hold down ESC to get the TC all the way off.

I'm not sure what documentation I should provide for next time...

 

I feel like showing them the rear diff and axles should be plenty to prove it’s AWD.

 

saw some dude on CA-88 last Sunday around 5pmish in a Black core (unsure) with a rooftop box that saw me and flashed highbeams to presumably say hi, and we split off somewhere on CA-88.
wonder if you're here!

 

San Francisco checking in.

Picked up a GRC Premium March 25, 2024 from SF Toyota @ MSRP.

Looking to do a car meet at Lake Merced Parking Lot or at WestLake shopping center in Daly City.

 

You mean March 25th? haha

Looking to do a car meet at Lake Merced Parking Lot or at WestLake shopping center in Daly City.

Do you have a flyer? Have you hosted car meets before?

 

You mean March 25th? haha

Do you have a flyer? Have you hosted car meets before?

* March haha.

Never hosted but it would be cool to meet some GR owners. I think the Westlake spot would be better since there is food spots and a Starbucks. I’ve been to a few car meets there and it’s been chill every time.

 

What’s the go-to dealership in the Bay Area? Looking to get my “first” oil change done and hopefully an alignment covered under warranty. Stevens Creek is closest to me so I was just going to go there but wanted some input from others.

 

Avoid Toyota Sunnyvale. Went in for an oil change, and they didn’t do the oil change.
Didn’t even say sorry.

SC dealers are notorious for having lots of ADM and having a “fuck off if you can’t pay” attitude since the clientele is rich. Especially like Porsche.

I’d just take it there and double check everything.

 

Avoid Toyota Sunnyvale. Went in for an oil change, and they didn’t do the oil change.
Didn’t even say sorry.

SC dealers are notorious for having lots of ADM and having a “fuck off if you can’t pay” attitude since the clientele is rich. Especially like Porsche.

I’d just take it there and double check everything.

Bummer… @hatsunearu any details? I’ve been doing all my own fluid changes bc I don’t trust dealers, but I was counting on Sunnyvale as a plan B based on @Tonka ’s experience below

I’m happy to report that I had a great experience with Sunnyvale Toyota’s service department. A few of the employees there own GRC’s, everyone was super friendly and seemed to know what they were doing. Bonus points for the Morizo sitting in the showroom to stare at while I waited. They brought my car out, didn’t do any “road test” bs, didn’t wash it as I had as

 

Maybe I should give them another try, but the service advisors were rude, lacking in empathy, and lacking in empathy experience.

The person must have thought my oil change interval was 1yr/10k which is all other Toyotas, and didn’t order an oil change for my car. I talked to the manager as to why there was no mention of oil change in the receipt, and they said to come back next time, which I guess is an appropriate response, except not a word of apology was given.

Just read the reviews and avoid the knuckleheads I guess? It’s kind of a crapshoot.

I’m very confident in my wrenching abilities since I work on my track car, so I don’t mind missing out on dealer work which I am almost confident that I will do a better job than them.