5 Thing I Hate About My Toyota Corolla AE86

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[sushpants]

I stopped chasing speed and went after driving excitement. 300hp minivans and Camrys will smoke me on a straight any day but my ae82 is still the most thrilling car I have ever driven.

[TheIronpusher]

Man you'd go crazy if you saw my 86 in the early 2010's. Red panda GTS hatch, all stock, interior red panels all clean, no cracks on dash, fully functional AC. That was my first car, my favorite car. Unfortunately around 2013 I went through some rough financial times and had no choice but to sell it... I sold it for $5500. Shoot me.

Today I make decent money, I have a GT86 to daily and a custom built turbo MRS (10s car) for fun. I've driven s2000s, STIs, every gen MR2, Corvettes, you name it. To this day nothing compares, I would give anything to be in my old 86 banging gears with the TVIS activated engine screaming feeling like a bat out of hell as a prius gently passes me.

[speedstars]

Some people have a hard time understanding that it’s not all about speed lmao

[JohanGavieres]

5 things I really hate about a AE86

1. I don’t own one
2. I don’t own one
3. I don’t own one
4. I don’t own one
5. I don’t own one

[SidewaysGts]

My biggest complaint about my ae86

Everyone in my life wants me to sell it.

Ive had this car for nearly 20 years. Bought my GTS for just over 2 grand (and that was "oh man, theyre starting to get expensive". damn drift tax). Now it seems theyre pushing 20-30~ in good condition. My fiance / family / friends / etc insist all the time oh man, sell it- you can make so much on it. Why dont you sell it. Think of what you could do with all that money.

Didnt buy the car to make a profit. Never going to sell it. Stop asking.

[CoreysZ]

i get the constant: "You should put an LS in it!" "Put a 1UZ in it..." "My friend has a ____ engine in one"
To me, being able to wind a 4AGE to high RPM and listening to the sound is 75% of the experience! It's ok to be slow.. just enjoy!

[ripamoramee]

Lol that whole thing about the vin, was shaking my head on RCR’s video about the car

[keyboardmechanic]

I'm sorry, I can't abide the prius comment. Lots of AE86 have the beams engine which doesn't scream through the gears to get to speed, but the 86 never boasted speed. If you watched Initial D the only benefit the car had over all the others was the drivers understanding of inertial drift especially on the downhill. The 86 was about balance and handling, and I doubt prius ever challenged the 86 on the touge.

[aefiend]

Some of my friends asked me if i would ever get another one. I tell them "I love them, but not at these prices". I've had 4 of them, but that's when they were under $2000 in pristine condition. Those days are gone.

[skrachvynl]

Agree with the hate for the community. And I'm talking about the ones who have only in the last 5-10 years gotten into this car. The the people I know personally with an AE86 have had the car before then are cool, knowledgeable and friendly. It's this new generation who are inflating the prices, either for the cars complete or for parts.

[decipherman]

its a fun car. not for speed....well thats depends on your set up how u make it fast 😏

[_zenyobi]

The worst part is, The AE86 isn't made for American road. It's made for Japanese road that were narrow and small.

It's considered "slow-ass" In America because American road is too damn big and just long straight without end. Those big n wide road is only unique in America.

It's also the case with many JDM like Subaru WRX, Miata, GT86/BRZ, and other 1600cc-2000cc Japanese cars. Those cars were considered slow in USA without mods, it's not in Japan.

But those cars handle very good in those japanese road because it has proper balance and it can go way faster than traffic while still easy to control since it's not too powerful.

Too powerful car that went above 200hp is quite hard to control in Japanese road.

[SidewaysGts]

1 more small thing about the "vins" on these cars, ae86, ae88, etc.

Theyre not "ae86s" because of the vin. Ae86 doesnt refer to the "vin", it refers to the *chassis* of the car.

Whether its an Sr5 or GTS in the states, both have "ae86" stamped onto the firewall chassis because theyre both ae86s.

[LawrenceRoy]

The only thing I hate about the one I owned 30+ years ago is the fact that I sold it.

[jufrabappa]

My twins would probably eat that prius for lunch, my red kouki 86 have a 20v black top engine, and my white zenki 85 have a sr20dett wich is pretty scary and speeds like a bat out of hell...

[GunnyHemiPlymouth]

You able to put like a classic industries AC on these? At least the interior part, then get like a 2000s Corolla compressor. Will it look hokey? Sure, but will you be cool? Yes ❄️

[saproductions]

I’ve never seen a trueno coupe lol only see the sr5 coupes

[underscr]

I'm honestly kinda glad regularcars said that the gts wasn't an actual 86 because the less attention on this thing the better the prices are gonna be.

[oscaritorubi]

completley agree on the pices of parts, everything is super expensive, when my fenders got ruined i had to resort to wide fenders because oem resellers were out of the question, ive had to resort to replica parts because oem or aftermarket is too expensive, i love my ae86, hate the market

[annienguyen]

My 86 originally didn't come with AC and I added factory AC in but run R134a freon. AC isn't that great though. Above 95f you're better off just rolling down the window. 😢