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Which supra is better..
im tryin to choose between these 2supra's. I want the cr thats gonna lat me longer w/o problms and which ever one will hold better re-sale value if ie ver sell it. Cars are in teh US but im in canada
CAR 1 93 supra, automatic, non turbo, 97,000 miles, reconstructed title (no fram damage), 2 owners, characol in colour, paint is great, interior shows wear, hole in front bumper but car comes with do-luck stlye bumper, 19" wheels...got him down to 13,200 US CAR 2 93 supra, automatic, twin-turbo, 170,000 miles (100,000 on tranny and engine), clean title, 1 owner, characol in colour, great condition (havnt seen 2 many pictures though), completely stock.asking 17,500 ill prolly offer 16,000 what you guys think these cars are worth, and which ones a better investment |
is car 2 in texas and did u see it off autotrader?
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id go turbo with car 2...though i would think car 1 would get u better resale since it has lower miles
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Car#2, assuming it's had proper & regular maintenance, compression #s are good, boosts well, drives smoothly, etc.
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This is a no brainer. The turbo car willalways be more expensive and hold its value. The flipside to that car 2 will have more of a pronality of something malfunctioning becasue of the turbo kit. So its a hit and miss issue.
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no its not off autotrader, plus i will be flying down their and checking it out beore any kind of payment, seller has agreed (owns his own dealership)
Well car 1 is outta the question, just because ir ather have sumthin thats already turbod, and i dont want to get sumthin with a salvage title, because you never know. With car 2, before i buy it im going to take it to a toyota dealership and get it inspected, now with their 100 point inspections, do they check everything, compression tests, leak down test, whether the body is straight, mathcin vin# etc. Or is it more of a visialy look at say brakes, exhaust systeme etc? I do plan on doing a signle turbo upgrade etc, with the automaic tranny will i loose a lot of power, like is it worth getting a auto supra, half the people say its a waste the other say go for it. I just wanna make sure that if i get teh auto i can still make it fast, and not have tuners saying you can go past 15psi cause the tranny will break etc |
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i hear ya, how are teh supr auto trannys? heard they built them pretty strong, oh ya the tranny has 20k on it, not 100,00.
well i was gonna buy a stall converter, and also bypass the rev limiter. Stupid noob question, but when "bypassing" the rpm governor, it allows me to rev higher, but whats the point since the tranny will shift by itself way before the redline??????? Bottom line on the car.....Does 16k flat US seem like a really good deal on a 93 TT thats stock/clean/clear...170miles on body..20miles on tranny and 80 miels on engine? and lets say the car is in perfect runnign condition i see the car as my dream car, but at the same time an investment |
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yea if i do ever sell it, it owuld be for a reason beyong my control hehe
well if the auto does bug me i guess in the future when i have soem coin laying around ic an do a swap to manual, still seems cheaper than to turbo a N/A fromt eh price of NA/T kits go for |
i just need sumone to steer me intot he right direction, i know i want this car BUT, adults are saying the mileage is too high (even though only th body has 170,000).
What is the going rate for a 93 supra TT auto with that many miles on it? not blue book, but real street value? You can take the engine has 80,000 and tranny has 10,000 into consideration if you want, i rather have a price just on the car. Im just used to having newer cas, but its time for a supercar :) |
brother, this car is a supra, its in more demand now than it was during production meaning no matter what the price will be up there. im sure im gonna get bashed for this... im thinkin even just the car, no motor or tranny, will be 8k+.
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ya i dont think i would sell it anyways, only reason i ask is because the folks dont think the car is worht too much because od 170,000 miles on the body. They dont know anything about supra's and howthey never go for blue book value etc. Im just tryin to tell them as much i can about how rare they are down here. I am paying for the car, but they are the type of parents that will bug me about it, since im going from a 2000 car to a 93, but ive spend enuff in my acura, and it isnt clsoe to enuff, its a family car and ive finally realized. GO big or go home right
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hey skilmatic, do you have a email address. Reason im asking is the seller sent me some pictures, and i just wanna show someone to give me any advice, if they can see something that might be fishy.
Im not sure but on one picture, the front supra logo seems to be characol (same colour as the car), do they usually come stock in silver or ogld? |
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sorry for the delay, pictures sent
thanx |
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Ok now ask him to send you pics of the license plate and tell him to give you the vin#. If he doesnt do this or gives you an excuse its a fraud.
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i think one pof the pics had his rear license, he gave me the vin and it checked otu clean, guanteeed by carfax
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ya that was agreed upon right away, he said he wants payment in cash, or chque but i have to wait till it clears, but i cant because i cant waste a whole week downt heir waiting for it to clear.
Plans are to fly down their, buy the car and drive it back. He owns a dealership and states that he is bonded etc., and i just setup an inspection with SGS, he actually said get one done ASAP because after x-mas hes going to be opening up offers to others Ive been talking to him for about 2 weeks now, he seems, he was sking 17,500, he said he can ive me soem what of a deal because im flying down their etc. He than told me straight up that the lowest he will go is 16,000, and i agreed because that was gonna be my offer. I dont know but he seems legit, willing to take cash/cheque i person, ive talekd to him numerous times on the phone. It took him a week to get morep ictures because he was sick, most scam artiists would try to get them ASAP to get your moeny quikc, but ya. As long as the SGS inspection goes well, ill have a new supra the fist week of january :) |
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ya he seems legit, the only thing i worry about NOW is that it might have been rebuilt privately.
I took his exact address, and posted it in yahoo.com, it came up with a repair/collision shop. So asked him if he owns a repair shop. He said no his dealership was called xxxxxxx, and that the repair shop is his parnters, the owner is his friends. Now thats fine, he owns a dealership and his parnter which he told me about a long time ago owns a collision shop. This makes me think that the car might have been in a car accident and their collision shop jsut fixed it. The carfax report came back clean, carfax buy back guarantee good. let me know what you think, and what steps i might be able to do to check if its been repaired. PS: I already sent an inspection through SGS, so maybe they will find sumthin, but i dont think check to see if the body is straight etc |
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Now motor wise look in the engine bay for any signs of engine removal or installation meaning look for any dings or scratches in the engine bay that would be caused by a motor. Also look at the frame to be sure that there is no frame damage. If there is then it has obviously been in an accident. |
if say a lot of work was done at toyota, would that work be on a carfax report?
he said he has a lot the receipts from toyota but car fax olny reports 1 lube/filter changew |
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