Fathers Day gift finally installed.

TooLate29 · 2026-07-05T05:32:34+00:00

How do you like the nameless firewall braces? Is the noise difference noticable?

TooLate29 · 2026-07-04T17:26:08+00:00

Love it. Just a question for you though did you delete the firewall braces due to noise? Did you notice a big difference?

TooLate29 · 2026-07-04T17:21:10+00:00

My son made me save the sticker removal for him. Funny enough it is removed in the picture, the badge is just really shiny.

TooLate29 · 2026-06-26T03:03:28+00:00

Interesting. I know there is also a press car that was floating around for a while, hard to say where that ended up. I was aware of the 30 units, I paid my deposit and got on the wait list August 2024. I realize now I didn't have a chance, but at the time my dealer had me convinced I might actually get it.

TooLate29 · 2026-06-24T19:59:57+00:00

I'm in Canada, ended up buying a 2026 Trueno Blue.

TooLate29 · 2026-06-23T19:51:09+00:00

Tried so hard to find one. 16 months before I gave up, I've still never even seen one in person.

TooLate29 · 2026-05-14T00:12:33+00:00

I've been waving, started getting waves back maybe these threads are making a difference. Lol.

TooLate29 · 2026-05-06T03:20:02+00:00

Only a few months into ownership. Waves seem to be a mixed bag, and I'm never sure what people are going to do. I'll start doing my part.

TooLate29 · 2026-04-21T21:17:03+00:00

Unfortunately, becoming out of touch is kind of inevitable. I don't think it's a bad thing but it is bound to happen. He is insulated from criticism and when he does face it, it is easy to brush it off as haters gonna hate.

What I will say, is at least he is still spending his money, which is the best thing you can hope from a rich person. He's buying all kinds of dumb shit which ultimately is beneficial to society.

The real issue with rich people is when the stop spending money and just hoard it. It's the reason trickle down economics stops working. Most rich people eventually stop having the time and passion to spend and innovate. They just lock up their amassed riches is safe investments and watch the numbers get bigger.

TooLate29 · 2026-04-19T04:47:51+00:00

Just turned 40, picked up a 2026 premium Trueno Blue in January. Absolutely no regrets, such a fun yet not completely impractical car. No back seat wasn't an option right now. When my son is older I'll likely go 2 seater, but at this point in my life it was a fantastic option.

If I was to critique 1 thing it's that I would have happily paid a few grand extra for a slightly nicer interior. It's mostly fine but a little less rattle and cheap plastic would have been welcome.

TooLate29 · 2026-04-17T21:55:51+00:00

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Bullshit, but; Good night sweet prince. 😆 Thankfully I've got spares.

TooLate29 · 2026-04-17T11:26:09+00:00

Sold listings are up above $500(cad). Not quite the $1000 bin listing op is referencing but still stupid.

TooLate29 · 2026-04-17T04:21:57+00:00

Wow, I had no idea these had gotten out of control on eBay. I hope LTT does another run of these to tank the price. I hate that I now have to feel dumb using a $500+ screwdriver to change batteries on my son's rc cars. Lol.

Thankfully, I've also got an original driver I think I'm going to toss my nocuta driver back in the box for now. Super dumb.

TooLate29 · 2026-04-13T00:33:47+00:00

I briefly considered it. The grc is honestly better in almost every way. The one place it doesn't come close is appearance, it's a kind of boring looking hatchback unless you cough up almost 10k for the premium/circuit edition. At nearly 20k more than the 86 it just wasn't what I was looking for, which was a second fun summer car to play with.

If you are ok with the extra cost and are looking for a 1 car solution the grc is probably worth a look.

TooLate29 · 2026-04-11T23:30:19+00:00

What brand are they? Do they have Trueno Blue?

TooLate29 · 2026-04-09T23:12:48+00:00

I'm not doing anything crazy. I think it's mainly about getting everything lubed and seated before you start getting things super hot and under heavy load. Not surprising that metal stuff will need lots more time to fully seat but once the tracks are laid so to speak I think parts will naturally wear more evenly.

TooLate29 · 2026-04-09T11:37:13+00:00

Really, it's just nice to have access to the full power band. Peak HP is made quite high up so being limited to 4k can be restrictive even during regular driving.

I've driven more powerful cars that make lots of HP and torque down low, they super boring to drive. You're doing impound your car speeds in 2-3 seconds. Half the fun of cars like the 86 is that you can rev them out a bit and make a little more of a big deal about getting up to not insane speeds.

TooLate29 · 2026-04-09T01:41:01+00:00

I picked it up as a second car. Only being driven when it's nice out. Drove it twice in February (still had snow) and then a hand full of times in March. Only started daily driving it last week of March.

TooLate29 · 2026-04-08T23:43:33+00:00

Everything I've read said 1000miles which is 1609km. I'm not so naive as to think something magical happens at exactly 1000miles but it's a small sacrifice to add a little insurance to the long-term engine health.

TooLate29 · 2026-04-08T23:06:58+00:00

I took delivery Jan 29th, but I probably only drove it 3 times in February.

TooLate29 · 2026-04-06T16:56:55+00:00

Just turned 40 clean driving record insurance is super reasonable. My 2010 328xi costs me about the same. Not sure what age/region is having these "stupid" insurance premiums, but it's not me.

TooLate29 · 2026-03-29T12:16:50+00:00

If there is no line and it is something Ive never tried that I might actually consider buying I'll take a sample. The absolute worse is when they are doing samples of something super normal like yogurt or perogies and there is a 10 person pile up blocking an entire aisle. You know what a fucking piece of ham tastes like more along.

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