[!Aznboi128]

Today is at Toyota HQ in New West they hosted a bit of a celebration for the 86. On lot were a bunch of old school Toyotas and some new check out the pics below.

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[fliptuner]

Awesome meet!

[GS8]

Oh, so that's the pride parade I kept hearing about

:troll:

[mr00jimbo]

Oh yeah, I forgot that Toyota used to make fun cars! :p

That Mk4 Supra is absolutely beautiful.

[jjson]

Oh, so that's the pride parade I kept hearing about

:troll:

:lawl::joy:

That Mustang GT looks great as well! :troll:

[ZN6]

0 Jay-Z, 1JZ, 2JZ

[The Producer]

we were there from roll in until noon - great ae86 representation (and others), but stunned by the lack of FRS cars

this meet should have been huge - wtf FRS/BRZ dudes? did it happen later in the day?

[Suprarz666]

regency toyota had another meet at 6pm.
frs/brz were mostly there.

[!Aznboi128]

we were there from roll in until noon - great ae86 representation (and others), but stunned by the lack of FRS cars

this meet should have been huge - wtf FRS/BRZ dudes? did it happen later in the day?
This is more of a Dori-Kaze meet.

[!Aznboi128]

As said above the Regency meet was filled with FRS/BRZ, the overall atmosphere was pretty good.

some pics below

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[Lancerion]

we were there from roll in until noon - great ae86 representation (and others), but stunned by the lack of FRS cars

this meet should have been huge - wtf FRS/BRZ dudes? did it happen later in the day?

This meet is officially known as "Vancouver 86 Day Classic Car Meet" by the organisers. Maybe that is why the newer cars were not present.

[Inaii]

I'd rather see the classic cars honestly. I'm bummed, I forgot this was today.

[zplusa1]

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[The Producer]

I totally get it - but you also want to have a full meet. the organizers called on FRS's to be brought from the overflow into the main lot to fill it up. The meet was awesome, and the spot was great, just could have used more folks.

[Euro7r]

I totally get it - but you also want to have a full meet. the organizers called on FRS's to be brought from the overflow into the main lot to fill it up. The meet was awesome, and the spot was great, just could have used more folks.

It looks like they wanted this to be more of an exclusive meet based on the invite, rather than an open invite to other Toyota makes.

If I were an FRS owner and saw that invite, why would I even go? Doesn't seem very welcoming to other makes of Toyota. Just my two cents.

[fliptuner]

There was an open invite to the FRS groups

[Lancerion]

the organizers called on FRS's to be brought from the overflow into the main lot to fill it up.

There was an open invite to the FRS groups

Didn't see an open invite to the newer platform on the facebook event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1268743976569289/?ref=br_tf

and according to one of the posts by the organizer on that page:
"Brandon Ryan Gelok
While I would like to point out that this event is more centered around AE86's, pretty much all make/model of oldschool Toyota are welcome!"

Just as EURO7R has mentioned, if the FT86 owners have read all that, why would they even go? Also, if the FT86s were invited then why did they have to park in overflow first then moved into the main lot later? seems like they just want to use the FT86's as fillers/backup in case they didn't have enough "Classics" to fill up the main lot.

[fliptuner]

FT86 group
https://i.imgur.com/naKFmGQ_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=high

RS
https://i.imgur.com/CsKqbhq_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=high

Daily Hive
https://i.imgur.com/db2QWye_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=high

IG
https://i.imgur.com/q6zXW00_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=high

In hindsight, they should've moved the MR2 guys closer to the front. 14 registered FRS's were no shows and the MR2 guys were there at 8:30, ready to go.

[!Aznboi128]

I got there in a Focus EV at 9am so if anyone feels left out it should be me. Everyone was very friendly, the event organizers gave away a bunch of stuff. I doubt they wanted to keep the ft86 group away.

[Lancerion]

FT86 group
https://i.imgur.com/naKFmGQ_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=high

RS
https://i.imgur.com/CsKqbhq_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=high

Daily Hive
https://i.imgur.com/db2QWye_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=high

IG
https://i.imgur.com/q6zXW00_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=high


Other than the invite on FT's fan page, I highly doubt the other three had generated enough exposure to the FT owners...especially Daily Hive and the IG account of an individual person, even the RS event page had only 10 RSVPs compare to the official event page created by Brandon which had over 100 (interestingly that official event page didn't mention FT86s are welcomed at all).

The naming and promotion of the event could have been handled better if they really wanted the FT86s to participate from the beginning when they were planning it. Naming it "Classic" and using words like old school would naturally give people the impression that this meet is intended for older Toyotas only and Brandon's post in the official FB event page saying how this meet is catered to AE86s and old school Toyotas even proofed that point. Their promotional posters didn't even listed FRS so for those owners who may have checked out the event pages in the beginning would naturally think they are excluded or even not welcomed. Makes people wonder if they even wanted the newer platform there in the first place.

Regardless, both meets seemed pretty decent and it would definitely be nice if the old and new cars could be together in one place if there is another big meet in the future.

[fliptuner]

Classic Toyota meet that welcomed and invited the FRS group. I don't see what there is to complain about.

[Lancerion]

Classic Toyota meet that welcomed and invited the FRS group. I don't see what there is to complain about.

Not sure why you see this as complaining rather than feedback on how the organizers could improve the event if there maybe another one in the future. People were wondering why there were so little FT's. Most of us here agreed that if the new platform was there, the meet would've been even bigger with more cars for everyone to checkout and enjoy. Just simply stating some of the possibilities observed as to why might they didn't show based on the way and how this event was promoted.

[duy-]

there definitely wasn't many frs there, but I think that's more because it was put on by dorikaze guys and I don't think they focused on it being an 86 day as much as they did a dorikaze meet. there were lots of guys from Alberta that came down a lots of mr2 owners who were part of the club. I'll pass the feedback along, have all the edges smoothed out by next year.
personally I don't mind it focused on the gt86/corolla but there were lots of nice jdm cars and plenty of room on the lot for them, I might have spent more time looking at the FDs and that one mint Miata. maybe they can do a focus '86' meet next year with parking for all jdm cars

[Indy]

If it makes anybody feel better, the Vancouver Subaru Club meet was on Sunday at Don Docksteader and there were maybe like 3 BRZ's there...so maybe they just don't like big official meets :D

Maybe this guy got lost/confused :D
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edit: just saw in another post that there was a FT86 meet later that was filled...so there goes my "official meets" theory :D

[white rocket]

Sad I missed this. An AE86 is a dream build for me and I would have loved some inspiration. That yellow Starlet is always a treat to see in person as well.

[Gh0st]

lol at the HENTA1 plate..

[Expresso]

How much oil stains were left behind :D

[68style]

How much oil stains were left behind :D

It's true, old Toyota's never die... but they all leak oil lol