looking into buying a TT supra

Spotted this one and it looks very nice and has a pretty decent spec.

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/1550442.htm

What are peoples thoughts on the price and the car overall.

Help needed for a newbie

not too bad, its good its 6 speed. i think your search should continue there are far better ones out there- pm jurgen or look on the for sale classified section on here... whats your budget??

I was very interested in buying the car offered the guy 9k just as an offer all i got was keep your offer bye he put the phone down. Idiot.

Around the 10k mark i guess im looking to buy from a dealer though

TRD sideskirts, front bumper and rear bumper Makes you wonder what else is incorrectly advertised ?

HKS filters being polite aren't the best and the heatshield thing looks awfull, i think you can find much better cars for your money

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The left rear spat looks out of place as well

TRD sideskirts, front bumper and rear bumper Makes you wonder what else is incorrectly advertised ?

exactly, there are far better ones around for the 10k mark

I wonder if he'll get his 10k he wants.

I'd never put the phone down straight away to an offer 10% away from what I am asking, especially for a car at only 10k. I'd always negotiate first and gauge the buyer's seriousness.

Very strange thing to do. I am also equally surprised you liked that car for the price he is asking. How long have you been looking?

It is one of the lesser known 'JZ' models though, so that must be worth some extra money...

Looks expensive to me - I'm sure you could find something better for that money.

If they can't get the add right walk away and go find one owned by an enthusiast and not a trader that hasn't got a clue what there selling.

10K should buy you a nice car, it can also buy you a shed

I looked into that car about a month ago.... the seller is willing to part with it at £9250. However Jurgen has now found me a better one!!!

As mentioned above, theres better ones out there for that money.

Give Jurgen a ring at JM-Imports and tell him what your budget is, I guarantee you'll be blown away at what he can import for you.

Far too expensive, you should be able to get a much newer car for that sort of money.

I don't like it either and I don't trust dealers.

Around the 10k mark i guess im looking to buy from a dealer though

Check out Whifbitz, a very well respected trader on here. They have a TT for just over 10k, and a single for 14k.

If you don't snap one up, I just might do so myself.

 

I don't trust dealers.

jurgen is the man, he will get you a good supra.

wow thanks for the response guys. I'm not too clued up on the supra's to be honest but Ive wanted one for a while but insurance hasnt allowed but now the insurance as dropped quite considerably I'm on the look out for one.

I was quite shocked at the dealers response to be honest!. If he puts the phone down on everyone that makes him an offer below the listed price he'll never sell it and quite frankly he doesnt deserve to sell it with his attitude.

I'm not rushing in and buying any supra so ill continue my search thank your for all your help

The facelifted Supra is from May 96, you should definately be able to get one of those.

There're some nice ones for sale on here, you can also look at the sellers previous posts to learn a little about the history of the car.

Apart from the frankly ludicrous price I would worry about the fact it has no effective air filtration on it, the filter looks old and dirty, suggesting the engine will have breather pretty much unfiltered air for a long time. I would want to do a leak down and compression test on it. I don't trust imports with body kits either, I would want to examine it closely for accident damage. An aftermarket fibreglass bumper is a lot cheaper than OE front end stuff, so I always assume they MIGHT have had accident damage to some greater or lesser degree. It could be a gem, but a diligent approach should be taken with any old car.

another thing that put me off was NO service history at all.

Another thing, buy these cars on condition, not age. They are now old enough now for a really nice 93 car to be potentially better than a ropey 98 car.