Why an 86?

[Ivan141]

jamiemirror Wrote:My wife insist
but I stil resist !

I bet there are times when it's the other way round

[jamiemirror]

But Ivan, I live 800m away from student campus

[RoninMax]

For me, It is the History behind it. For the era of AE86, They are well known in the race world. JTCC, FIA Group A, Group N, Macau 1600 etc. AE86 is dominated all those races. Back in the days that I can purchase a AE86 for 800 USD in 1995, but now......................

Also, it is fun to drive because there is not much you can do about the suspension (rear suspension). These kind of characterics of the car make me needed to overcome using the driver's skill. Trust me, This car can teach you the skill you need for racing a rear wheel drive car. It is fun when you are racing in the track and make the newer car to yell the way because you and AE86 is faster

Finally, The suspension tech is still 20 years old, so somehow in the future I may race in the other toyota rear wheel drive car. But now, Let my AE86 become my teacher to teach me how to drive him 110% in the track.

[NickBW]

RoninMax Wrote:For me, It is the History behind it. For the era of AE86, They are well known in the race world. JTCC, FIA Group A, Group N, Macau 1600 etc. AE86 is dominated all those races. Back in the days that I can purchase a AE86 for 800 USD in 1995, but now......................

Also, it is fun to drive because there is not much you can do about the suspension (rear suspension). These kind of characterics of the car make me needed to overcome using the driver's skill. Trust me, This car can teach you the skill you need for racing a rear wheel drive car. It is fun when you are racing in the track and make the newer car to yell the way because you and AE86 is faster

Finally, The suspension tech is still 20 years old, so somehow in the future I may race in the other toyota rear wheel drive car. But now, Let my AE86 become my teacher to teach me how to drive him 110% in the track.

It's so great to here someone in this country that is aware of the ae86's accomplishments outside of drifting or bodykits or cartoons. lol

By any chance do you(or anyone else reading this) have a link or resource with more information about the ae86's racing past and accomplishments? I have searched and searched and searched and the only thing I can find is a few scattered mentions and word of mouth from other people(almost none of which being ae86 drivers/enthusiasts interestingly enough..).

As for why I got an ae86.. well I needed something with a roof and backseats so that eliminated the miata and mr2's. ae86 popped up forsale and it was abit of a spur of the momment purchase. I like to think of it as a more practical Cosworth Escort rs1600 BDA.

[Wraith]

I've been in love with the "AE86" corolla since I laid eyes on it. My neighbors had a AE82 (in USA we just refer to them as "old corollas") and I liked it for some reason. The first AE86 I remember seeing was when I was 11 years old, It had the amazing pop up headlights which I love so much in a car, it had style.. nice body lines and character. I like aloooot of cars.. and when ebay first came out (like 5 years or more) I searched for all of my fav cars. The 1984-87 Corolla became one that I searched. I remember a 1987 GT-S with power windows (Hatchback) sell for 1400US in very good condition. My dad paid for half of my first car so I had no judgement of what transmission type.. it had to be auto and 90+ Honda. I ended up settling for a 1989 Celica GT covertable. Then went a 1988 Prelude. Still wanting a AE86, not for drifting... but just for the style. The first drift videos come out.. I'm shocked... theres that little corolla making those tires cry for mercy! I get my first AE86 SR5, my friend says its got the "White Panda" paint job like Initial D, I asked him what it was... watched the video and it was only fuel to the AE86 fire. I also played Gran Turismo... bought it after fully building my CRX, then I fully tuned it and won a few races... it wasn't very fast or good at handling compared to other cars but it just had style.

[banpei]

NickBW Wrote:It's so great to here someone in this country that is aware of the ae86's accomplishments outside of drifting or bodykits or cartoons. lol

By any chance do you(or anyone else reading this) have a link or resource with more information about the ae86's racing past and accomplishments? I have searched and searched and searched and the only thing I can find is a few scattered mentions and word of mouth from other people(almost none of which being ae86 drivers/enthusiasts interestingly enough..).

We tried to start a thread about that a long time ago:
http://www.aeu86.org/viewtopic.php?t=480

AFAIK the ae86 was quite known in the touringcar competions around europe, especially on Francorchamps.

[robokill]

fell in love when i was 8. Saw one on holiday and when i was 13 i started searching for all the info. When i reached 16 i had found almost all sites and info available. then i met initial d n1 but not realistic. (trust me you can't beat a R32)

Never the less i knew which car i wanted. found one when i was 17 but my dad din't allow me to buy it. ending in buying one when i was 19. Still driving it now for the last 2.5 years!

[JamesAE86]

old Japanese d1 and touge drift vids made me fall in love with the car, and everything I've learned since has only increased it. inital d, my own trip to Japan, driving it, reading up on it etc. etc.

[ae86_sr20]

A freind braught me for a spin in his when i was only about 15,just fell in love with them after that,ive had over 20 now and plan on havin a lot more,long live the hachi..

[mr monster]

i first saw one when i was at church i was 9 or 10 i think,it was a white sr coupe that a woman owned and i kept staring at it every sunday till one day it went missing then not too long after a guy had a black gts that i kept seeing only thing is he never drove it slow lol soon after i help a guy with a white gts he owned i got to drive it a little bit think it was then i really got hooked on them (i had just gotten my license too ) every one was on the kp starlet craze mostly because of rallying and tried to convert me to that tellimg me they were heavy and slow lol but i wasnt having it lol so 7 years later i now own 2 and rolling a shell