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Shneebs, where are you based, you might be able to get a member to show you there Auto TT to see if you could live with it, otherwise a rethink is needed given the Manual asking prices

Prices are one thing sales another, I think we've only had one or two over £30K buyers here haven't we? Not sure what's the most someone's paid for an NA that we know of? but these all seem to be over £20k now, are they going abroad US etc?

It's so rare to see one out and about now, I regularly travel up and down through Petworth, a frequent route to Goodwood and see all manner of special stuff and very rarely a Supra. Not sure about everyone else but general sightings have really dropped off for me in recent years.

I know it's a one way ticket one so I just hold off selling. I get my head turned by the odd car now the prices are higher but not enough to switch. It's not the same now re spares and a smashed side window or minor bump and parts can be hard to come by or extortionate, so potentially more stressful owning one than days gone by? Not sure I could buy one at current prices if I was out of the market, I'd love a manual NA but I'd find it very hard paying over £20K for one. If I sold my manual 645 V8 I 'might' get £7K so 3 times more, just can't justify it. The other sunny weekend though and I dusted her off for a stag do, driving it home friday from work sat at temporary traffic lights window slightly down I get a "is that a Supra" shout from someone going the other way, Saturday on the M27 heading to karting I get a wave of acknowledgement from a guy in a GT2 RS Porsche (all £300k of it!). Arrive at the karting and two staff come out to chat about it. Sunday the biker photographer at Bury Hill in Sussex takes a snap of it, which I bought a few days later...........it just has a certain something, I think just seeing one can give some people a mini buzz and I definitely got one taking it out again. The value doesn't really matter to me, I mean it's nice it's more valuable and I sometimes think of getting a new GT(R)86 or a Mkv Supra in a year or two when it might be a straight swap, but right now i'm staying put. Buying in at the lower prices makes it easier to use and not worry, if I lost it all now i've had my value from it, if I'd paid over £20K it would smart to lose all that. Reminiscing a bit here, but I can't think of anything in the car market today comparable to what the was Supra was like in say 2004/5, what top end performance car is remotely cheap these days? looking back it was criminally under rated/valued back then but glad it was as it let me get on the Supra Journey back in 2000/01, ok I can't swap every year these days but at least I could then.......feel so lucky.

It just takes enough to believe that's now the price and then a few to pay it. It almost doesn't matter if the price you think/know you can sell it for some time later will be the same or more. A bit like all the time we used to own/buy/sell 5-13K Supra's and NSX's were always £25-35K and never seemed to come down to next to no money like the Supras did.

Andy Blyth might know..........I'll keep searching his threads

vrx8 if manual is essential?

Wow Rob blast from the past! Hope you are keeping well

This mentions the reset, but I can't see the exact procedure....opps yes it does see below. Try reset the ETCS-i system – Turn the key to the “ON” position but don’t turn over the car, put your foot completely down on the throttle “Gas” pedal for 30 seconds, you should hear a beeping/humming sound while the ETCS-i system resets, turn the ignition to “Off”. Now turn the car back over and re-test to see if you have any symptoms

some interesting info here, but I was trying to find a VVTI throttle body reset procedure for you and might help........will post another link if I do!

Could be worth a try? I got to the checkout and over $200 shipping and then duty etc on top but might be an option https://www.toyotapartsdeal.com/oem/toyota~condenser~assy~cooler~88460-14310.html

There were no open large case diffs so small case I'd say.....

possibly this one......that a Top secret kitted car right? (excuse my ignorance!) https://www.goo-net-exchange.com/usedcars/TOYOTA/SUPRA/700100239430211202002/index.html

Very interesting, the guy in Big Supes link I saw on another video and he worked for Phizer for many many years, then went into consultancy including getting compounds he worked on back from Phizer and progressing a whole business from this (Phizer supported ie no ill feeling between the two ever both made a lot of money from it) that he ultimately sold. So he's one of the exceedingly rare people who is knowledgeable and able to speak their minds as they aren't worried of monetary consequences, equally he could easily just remain quiet but his conscience/integrity won't let him?......the argument around symptoms seems sound/logical to me?

injectors? possible just try and test they are firing?

not sure he ever drives it

definitely interesting, let's hope something isn't mutating in a cow/horse/camel etc right now just waiting to come back to us at some point and it's just the helpful Mice!

It's so so tricky buying one now IMO, anyone on here from the old days (ie me) can't quite wrap their heads around the prices and you have very few restored ones (if you find one they might well be worth the premium) so not only are the prices high but the aging issues often there too. I'd say the import method is not a bad one Jurgen has vast experience so you should get a good base, just everything 'Supra' is now pricey, and used parts even are hard to find, astronomically priced or both!

I think i did my last one from above, it's a bit awkward/tight and once off it's not light and other than the small front pulley there is not much to grip with fingers.

I think the cooler pipes are just attached to the alternator with a single 10mm bolt and just removing this gives enough room to get it out (it might be important to access the other bolt I can't remember). The connector has I think the usual pinch at the top and lift off but the lift is tight and I normally use a stubby flat screw driver to lever the bottom of the outer casing from the base ie encourage it up as you pinch (I'm sure it's pinch but some connectors have a lever out tab just in case)

This is a good source for general info, lets you read the info on VIN's etc MKIV Specifications http://mkiv.supras.org.nz › specs

Triple check they know about the large front brakes (could be why they recommend A disk on the front?) Stock 17's are 8.0" and 9.5" and 50 offset. so the 8.5" fronts and 35 offset means fronts will be 15mm further out due to the offset (50-35) but also a 1/4 " so 6-7mm out, so overall the rim will be 21-22mm further out than a stock 17". Using the same method for the rear 7mm + 6-7mm so 14mm out. I'd imagine these will be recommended so as not to rub, they might not be 'aggressive' enough for some though. If you can find out the offset and widths of your current wheels (inside the spokes?) then you can work out how much further in/out the new wheels would be which might be of more help to you?

Also a few NA ones on ebay that might be worth having as a spare/testing/backup one.

Some politicians with resolve.............wonder how they'll do?

At least (for the time being - although frontline NHS staff are) we can watch from the sidelines at others bringing in mandates, it'll be interesting to see what reactions there are in Europe next year. https://theconversation.com/why-the-uk-shouldnt-introduce-mandatory-covid-vaccination-173179