JDM GT-Apex Trueno in the Alps #

[decryphe]

Thanks, yes, approaching 10 years! Still love it just as much, it's my favorite car by far.

Yes, the A/C works. It was converted to R134a already in Japan from the original R12 cooling medium.

[sheppardpat47]

(03-19-2026 11:00 AM)decryphe Wrote:  Thanks, yes, approaching 10 years! Still love it just as much, it's my favorite car by far.

Yes, the A/C works. It was converted to R134a already in Japan from the original R12 cooling medium.

You're so lucky, I tried converting without changing the seals and it worked for 6 months until it leaked lmao
It was stupidly cold though! Glad yours was converted before you got it, I still need to figure it out xD

[decryphe]

Some impressions from TuningMasters at Hockenheimring. Was fun meeting up!





About 3:30h of a drive on the Autobahn, pretty comfortable with earplugs. And it still goes past 180km/h without issues.

[decryphe]

Just wanted to bring some happy news. The 86 is going to be a family car!




Pic related: Bringing home furniture from IKEA. Fits half a kitchen.

The drawer cabinets and drawers aren't actually intended for a kitchen, they're going into the office. Kitchen drawers are just built waaay sturdier because they have to survive much more abuse, and everything non-kitchen at IKEA just felt terribly wobbly and weak and generally wasn't even that much cheaper.

[Ivan141]

Congratulations, great news! You like like a very happy swiss tomato!

[banpei]

Congratulations!
So what role is there for the Camry then?

[decryphe]

(08-31-2026 04:33 PM)banpei Wrote:  Congratulations!
So what role is there for the Camry then?

Helping out when salt appears on the road. It's currently on the lift, need to replace a CV main seal and weld the exhaust.