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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
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10-07-2008, 02:44 PM
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Well.... If you have 30k that you can invest... then store the car for 10 years and sell for around 50k......
sure buy it... What do you want to drive ? Do you want a std ? Do you want a faster then stock supra ?Do you Want a turbo ? ( o yes you want a turbo ) Main thing is... 30k is alot of money.. If you were real rich you would not even ask.. YOu just buy it and then sell if you dont like.. But fact you ask.. means 30k is a big investment and you want to make right choise... have you driven a std & auto ? If not dont buy till you atleast drive both... Have you driven a stock n/a compaired to a suped up turbo supra ? Do you even want Red ? Now you can buy a higher milage car cheaper.. then have moded and rebuilt.. and end up with just a little more in car.. but it will be more to your likeing ...and Rebuilt ready to pound on... what do you really want ? |
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10-10-2008, 11:07 AM
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10-07-2008, 07:13 PM
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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 Quote:
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10-08-2008, 01:29 AM
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Phil '94 Supra Turbo, 6spd, 'APU'+ Displacement is no replacement for boost. Life begins at 30psi. NB: Please consider posting any help requests in a new thread instead of asking me for help privately. About 99.9+% of the time, private help requests end up covering great information that could be very valuable to other forum members. If you have a good reason for needing the help request to be private, I'll consider it. If not, then why not give everyone else the opportunity to pitch in too, and/or learn from the information? Remember, there's no such thing as a dumb question. We're all here to help within this family of Supra owners. |
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10-08-2008, 09:29 AM
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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.
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10-09-2008, 01:09 AM
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Phil '94 Supra Turbo, 6spd, 'APU'+ Displacement is no replacement for boost. Life begins at 30psi. NB: Please consider posting any help requests in a new thread instead of asking me for help privately. About 99.9+% of the time, private help requests end up covering great information that could be very valuable to other forum members. If you have a good reason for needing the help request to be private, I'll consider it. If not, then why not give everyone else the opportunity to pitch in too, and/or learn from the information? Remember, there's no such thing as a dumb question. We're all here to help within this family of Supra owners. |
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10-10-2008, 11:39 AM
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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.
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10-30-2008, 05:16 PM
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that red supra is for sale down the street from me, i have the white one you may have seen floating around. i've talked to the guy, and driven it. 30 grand is NOT a good deal. if red is your only catch phrase then buy one and paint it YOUR RED because its basically a 98 SE (i like to say "Stripped Edition")
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sorry officer i thought you wanted to race. 
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10-31-2008, 11:48 AM
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If I were in the market for a MK4 Supra, I would NOT spend $30,000 DOLLARS on it if it wasn't modified, ESPECIALLY if it wasn't a turbo!! They didn't cost much more than that brand new!! The turbo model was a little over 40 Grand. Correct me if i'm wrong...
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