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I have a GR Corolla and it's great in the mountains! It's tiny light and fun and fits a car seat (barely).

I wouldn't consider a loud GRC w/ catback a "sleeper" though - it's quite the opposite??

When my wife was pregnant, our garage had an ND Miata (mine), a BRZ (hers) and an Elise (also hers). We pretty quickly decided that we were going to need some kind of car that we could reasonably put a car seat in, and while the BRZ nominally had a back seat, neither of us were interested in trying to fit a car seat and child into it.

We actually did consider a GR corolla, but ended up getting a used evo x that's been pretty fun instead.

Tell me you live in the Bay Area without telling me you live in the Bay Area.

Do you have a lift in your garage?

A lift would be rad, but I think we'd have to completely redo the garage doors to get enough vertical clearance for it. In a couple years I think we're planning to redo the garage so that it's more effective as a workshop, maybe we can include a lift as part of that.

great choice NOT getting the GRC — it doesn't fit a car seat comfortably if you're 5'8 or larger haha

Agreed. I switched to an aftermarket catback (sxth single exit, lol) over the past year and while I really enjoyed the difference in tone, the increased volume level was just barely intolerable. So I'm back on the OEM one.

the stock GRC exhaust is intolerable already; every time I pull into the apt complex where everyone drives an EV, I feel like we're the neighborhood hood rats

for MY2025+ if you're in eco mode it shuts the valve so that's not too bad for me.

didn't know that! have a 2024 Premium and it's still loud

yeah. sadly toyota NA probably won't distribute an update/TSB for it. It's a shame.

If your neighbors are that snobby they can't stand the sound of a stock car that's their problem, not yours.

no one's complained (I don't even know if they notice), I just feel like it's obnoxious - I can feel the car arrive from the apt shaking haha

That, and all the other mods were visual. The car is mechanically stock.

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