My 1st Supra: I put a deposit on a '91 tonight!

finaltable · 05-27-2007, 11:24 PM

A good friend had a new '86.5 when I was in HS (that makes me 36 for the math impaired) and I have wanted a Supra ever since. Today I put a deposit to give me first option on a '91 NA automatic for only $2,100. I am not happy about the automatic but the car is very sound mechanically with only 104K miles on it. The leather inside needs work but the engine sounds good and has been maintained by a very reputable mechanic in my area. Unless my mechanic says not to buy it I will get title late this week. My wife wasn't happy about the idea of a two door car (we have two kids still in carseats) until she opened the door and said "this door opening is huge!"

I was this close to giving up on finding a MkIII that hadn't been either beat to Hell or modded that I almost gave up and bought a 300ZX. This one showed up on autotrader yesterday and I gave the deposit this afternoon.

I figure I'll get around to converting it to manual (and maybe 7M-GTE or GTTE) someday but first I had to get a good platform. I have no interest in racing; I would take a brand new stock 5M NA '92 if I could get one. But I am smiling just thinking about walking out the door and seeing this beauty where a Camry used to sit in my carport. They are both white but oh what a difference between the two.

05-27-2007, 11:24 PM	#1
finaltable 3" Exhaust Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Texas Gulf Coast Posts: 99	My 1st Supra: I put a deposit on a '91 tonight! A good friend had a new '86.5 when I was in HS (that makes me 36 for the math impaired) and I have wanted a Supra ever since. Today I put a deposit to give me first option on a '91 NA automatic for only $2,100. I am not happy about the automatic but the car is very sound mechanically with only 104K miles on it. The leather inside needs work but the engine sounds good and has been maintained by a very reputable mechanic in my area. Unless my mechanic says not to buy it I will get title late this week. My wife wasn't happy about the idea of a two door car (we have two kids still in carseats) until she opened the door and said "this door opening is huge!" I was this close to giving up on finding a MkIII that hadn't been either beat to Hell or modded that I almost gave up and bought a 300ZX. This one showed up on autotrader yesterday and I gave the deposit this afternoon. I figure I'll get around to converting it to manual (and maybe 7M-GTE or GTTE) someday but first I had to get a good platform. I have no interest in racing; I would take a brand new stock 5M NA '92 if I could get one. But I am smiling just thinking about walking out the door and seeing this beauty where a Camry used to sit in my carport. They are both white but oh what a difference between the two.