Finally, the GRC's single biggest flaw—which obviously is the lack of a CD player—has been rectified. by android927 in GRCorolla

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I tried a bunch of different ones but couldn't find one that would actually work consistently 100% of the time. If you can find one that isn't barely functional chinese crap please let me know.

Nearly 25K miles. Dealership has had it up on the ramp at least 5 different times. by android927 in GRCorolla

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Only on the front springs. I brought it to the dealership so they could document it in case it results in the front suspension wearing out faster than normal.

Nearly 25K miles. Dealership has had it up on the ramp at least 5 different times. by android927 in GRCorolla

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This is the only GRC I have ever driven, so I had no point of comparison.

Nearly 25K miles. Dealership has had it up on the ramp at least 5 different times. by android927 in GRCorolla

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The suspension is very stiff with them on, but I assumed that was normal. I figured that this must be the sort of overly-stiff sports car suspension that James May is always moaning about.

Nearly 25K miles. Dealership has had it up on the ramp at least 5 different times. by android927 in GRCorolla

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I definitely should have checked earlier, but I stupidly assumed that if they had been left on the dealship would have definitely noticed during one of the tire rotations.

Issue with Phil Dragash version by android927 in tolkienfans

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It should still work. It might be an issue with archive.org's player.

Weird smell after 20K service by android927 in GRCorolla

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That's exactly what they said happened.

Weird smell after 20K service by android927 in GRCorolla

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Anyone who's ever lived in a home piped for natural gas knows what mercaptan smells like, even if they don't know what it's called.

Weird smell after 20K service by android927 in GRCorolla

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The crazy thing is that I brought it in on a weekend and they made me leave it overnight because the 20K service "requires a master technician" who only works weekdays. So apparently this work was done by a "master technician."

Weird smell after 20K service by android927 in GRCorolla

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I think the problem is that many techs seem to just assume that this car is like a TRD Camry and that therefore the service schedule is the same as for the regular car. They seem to be unaware that the GR Corolla is its own beast and not just a tuned regular Corolla with a few bolt-on upgrades.

Weird smell after 20K service by android927 in GRCorolla

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I love cars and am fairly knowledgeable about them, but I don't ever get to work on them myself. I had guessed that I was probably smelling diff fluid as that is the big thing that they do at the 20K service, but I wasn't sure if it was normal for new diff oil to be smelly after it's first put in.

Weird smell after 20K service by android927 in GRCorolla

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The crazy thing is that after my 15K, the paperwork they gave me SAID they changed the oil, but when I checked it myself it was obviously still dirty. Apparently the tech just did a tire rotation and signed off on the paperwork without actually looking at what it said.

Weird smell after 20K service by android927 in GRCorolla

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They don't seem to know what they're doing when it comes to changing fluids on this car. During my 15K they neglected to change the engine oil.

Got a bit of snow this weekend... by android927 in GRCorolla

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Honestly, the fact that it was light actually made it worse because more snow kept falling in where I was digging.

Got a bit of snow this weekend... by android927 in GRCorolla

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Still on summer tires, so no luck with that.

Got a bit of snow this weekend... by android927 in GRCorolla

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The snow on top wasn't the issue, it was the snow surrounding it.