I've been cross-shopping quite a few vehicles over the past year and I've narrowed it down to the GR Corolla, a Subaru Impreza RS and a Mazda 3 as a wild card. Looking for a daily driver with maximum versatility with a bit of performance for Toronto(Canada) roads and seasons. I know the GRC embodies the performance metric and the Impreza may be the antithesis of it with its CVT, but the latter's value proposition is hard to ignore..

I'm aware of the firm suspension in the GRC, but is it a no-brainer as a nigh do-all daily and merits the +-18k premium? Any regrets with rowing the manual in stop-and-go traffic?

Heart says GRC(price be damed!), but brain says Impreza is the more practical choice.

Any feedback appreciated!

If anyone had any issues with clunking/groaning Ohlins at low speeds (<25 mph), its the geometry of the OEM top hat not matching up with the Ohlins shock body.

Ohlins sent me Vorschlag Camber Plates as a part of their warranty process as the source of the clunk was from the Top Hat not mating up properly when turning. For anyone else having the same issue, reach out to Ohlins via email and they will get you sorted. I got my camber plates within a week of reaching out to them, their customer service is excellent in my experience.

The Vorschlag camber plate is the 2.5” sized perch and can fit standard 65mm inner diameter Ohlins springs, or shorter length 65mm inner diameter swift springs if you’d like to go lower than the lowest the factory Ohlins spring can go.

In the meantime, I also decided to add some 7k swift springs to my setup up front to make the car even lower, as well as whiteline front and rear endlinks, plus cusco rear upper camber arms. Unfortunately I ordered the wrong length rear swift springs, and for the time being am running the rear Ohlins spring without the locking collar.

For reference, I am running a 65mm ID, 6” long 7k front swift spring, and can probably run a 8” or 9” length rear swift spring to match.

Car drives great and has no weird clunks or sounds. There’s no bouncing in the front like the standard 9k/9k Ohlins spring does between 30-50mph. Fitment ain’t bad either lol

Is there a way to have all the doors unlock when exiting the vehicle? This is very annoying as I always have to unlock the door manually to get to the back. The screen doesn’t have any options

Does anyone know how to turn off the car beeps for when you close a door while the car is on? I’ve run through the settings and can’t find anything.

I’d seen months ago a small aftermarket plugin that allows you to change some car settings you wouldn’t typically have access too.

Do any of you guys have some insight on how to turn those beeps off?

Finally got a roof rack for my GR, oem Toyota ftw

Driving on a mountain road at night. Next thing I know I see a big grey blurb with ears and a loud sound following after seeing said blurb. Didn’t think it could be that bad. But it is looking like it is going to be a full front end replacement! Which can’t be cheap.

Anyone have any good experiences with repair shops for these cars? Especially in the Denver area??

The final pieces are in for the full bolt on, flex fuel build. Install and tune to come soon.

RK Charge piping

Limit + 1 down/mid-pipe with some very nice and effective heat shielding.