Should I buy this supra?

[Dan Swanson]

I noticed one of the people who replied to your thread suggested that you drive an auto and a manual and turbo and n/a. I think thatis good idea. Especially if you not sure what you want. I personally am not a fan of turbo. Turbo's are hard on an engine and are prone to cause more maintenance expense.

I have driven my MKIII, manual, N/A Fuel injected about a 170K miles. with relatively little trouble.

Being used to american cars I replaced the clutch myself at 98K miles om the assumption it was time. It was no where near time. In fact I have saved the old clutch to use again. At about 60K Miles I replaced the timing belt.

I overheated the car due a rubber cap on a pipe blew. I drove the car for several years with no loss in performance fior about four years. But I did have to add water occassionanly. About Once a month when it got to adding a water weekly I took the head off had the valves ground and the head planed and checked the block for being true / flat. I think this was done around 140K miles. Then around 170 miles I blew another head gasket only this time it required immediate fixing. Bad timing too busy working and earning a living to put it back togther quickly. I haved ended up with a car with two stuck valves that wont run.

I have enjoyed driving this car. It has the TEMS suspension that is adjustable for normal and sport. I always drove th car on sport and you could not ask for a better handling car. When my wife drove it she switched to Normal and I almost lost control on few occasions.

The MKIII is my favaortite Supra. I have decided to sell the car as is instead of fixing it again. I have had fun and have gotten too many tickets. I just can not keep my off throttle. But is fun to drive even if it is not turbo.

You should choose to buy a Supra based on it's age and miles based on your ability to work on the car, Or if money is not an problem it won't matter.

Good luck, I hope you come up with a car you love enjoy.

Dan

Originally Posted by toyomeup

so is this a NO? 30,000 does seem a lot for an old car. I know its an auto but Its just the only low mile supra for sale in my area. The rest for sale are high mileage manual

[pwpanas]

Originally Posted by Dan Swanson

...Turbo's are hard on an engine and are prone to cause more maintenance expense....

For what it's worth, I've seen well-maintained (bone stock) Mkiv TT's with over 200K miles, with no problems with the engine or the oem twins.

[Dan Swanson]

I appreciate your comment regarding turbo supras. I guess I am out of touch with the latest info. I am new to supra forum. I wish that I had found the forum years ago. I sent an e-mail to the moderator a day or two ago complementing on what a good forum it is, and very well run.

Dan

[toyomeup]

I also plan to use this car as a daily driver. Im not going to race it just want a sexy supra to drive daily thats why this low mileage supra appealed to me because I didnt want to worry about high mileage supras and repair costs.

[Sixspeedtalk]

don't waste the 30 g's on a n/a

[nathan ferguson]

it kind of depends, because sometimes less milage cars might have been driven hard for short distances which can make them just as 'precarious' as an adventurous-mobile depends how badly you want the car in all reality... if it's completely flawless and everythings perfect then maybe it's worth it? but a tt for the same money can be not quite as good but still a damn nice car.. depends what you gonna do to it and use it for aswell, whether a 'fun run' on sundays or a everyday car kinda thing.. up to you, good luck either way with it

nath