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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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Phil
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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11-01-2008, 04:12 AM
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Every one's thinking of the car in the wrong way. This will be a daily driver not a race car. this car is pretty much brand new and looks great plus its a supra lol just the name makes it special we all know that. $30,000? look around thats alot u could buy lease used M3 for that. But if u want a daily driver that looks sexy but can't back it up buy this car but u will get laughed at when u get ur ass kicked by a V6 stang.
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11-01-2008, 05:47 PM
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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. Last edited by pwpanas; 12-10-2008 at 03:53 AM. |
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11-03-2008, 07:32 AM
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7,000 MK4'S IMPORTED TO THE US??!! How could that POSSIBLY be??!! DO YOU THINK THE BIGGEST SUPRA MEETS IN THE U.S - SUPRAS INVADE VEGAS AND SUPRAS INVADE TEXAS - WOULD HAVE SO MANY COME EVERY YEAR IF THERE WERE ONLY 7,000 OF THEM HERE?!
Check the for sale forum. See how many people are selling MK4 TURBOS FOR LESS THAN 30GRAND! They may not have low mileage, but you'd be surprised. But Ethan does have a point. You would get spanked by a V6 Mustang. Not if it was a turbo...but I digress. You should go ahead and get a used M3 or something else so u can look good in drive fast with low mileage, low maintenenance and be happy with it...because you're not going to race it obviously. That's what Supras were made for. The movies glorified it and made it more desirable, but they were made for racing. If you don't want that, IMHO it's not for you. If you REALLY wanted a Supra, You'd find a cheaper one and not care about the mileage nearly as much because you'd KNOW that it wouldn't matter because of the quality, reliability and potential. You'd KNOW more about the car and wouldn't want to baby it. You want a quick, reliable, good looking $30,000 low mileage coupe? Buy a used 350Z or a Mustang. |
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