Stevie72

Ceribok - I.m up for meeting for a cruise Saturday Night - I;m in Manningtree

I believe i will attend - new Member and not far from there. Cheers Steve

Guys just wanted to send thanks to the people who shared my concern about my broken Supra. Glad to tell all that just picked it up, new intercooler and all running well, little bit of smoke but not much (only when i floor it) and serious power there, so looking good. Just going out for another spin - cheers

Decent car - you've got one sir!! Mind you my Audi A3 was a decent little thing and fairly rapid, sorry to see her go, but the big boy's toy won me over!!! can't go to the grave and not drive a Supra!!!! I mean £6k for a near on supercar that makes you grin! My girlfriend said the smile on my face for the first 12 hours it worked was a picture, espcially leaving the Evo 7 behind on the motorway (not too sure he was giving it his all!!!!)

Mid life crises my misses says - yeh right i'm only 34!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PS I always wanted a supra, but back in the day i couldn't afford one - i remember when i picked up my MR2 in 1997 it was £14k for a 1993 and they had a 1993 red UK Twin Turbo with cream leather the same as yours and it was £27k!!!!!

When i was your age i bought a MR2 1993 UK T Bar and paid around 800 quid, although i know that's a goup 16 not 19!! Yeh i have had a quote from some of those companies. I used moneysupermarket.com and that cuts out alot of hassle- then when you get a quote i go direct to the website and get a quote (therefore alleviating the need to pay a premium or mark up to Moneysupermarket!)

Juanchan Budget Insurance but i think the broker is AXA - i work in Banking in relationship ect and 34 no points (although i have a drink driving conviction 2003) premium £440 plus £100Add on's ect so £540 with a hefty excess of £475

Sorry my English is appallling today - that meant to say they took my Audi A3 Turbo 1999 reg with 116k on the clock with FSH for £3k in part exchange and now have it up for £3,395 which is fairly cheap

PS i get the idea they are the sort of garage that gets em from auctions and recoveries re debts ect - hence the reasonable prices. I mean they've a G LIMITED MR2 1995 white for £2,495 which seems pretty good and got my Audi A3 Turbo with 123k 1999 reg for 3,400 which is fairly cheap and my old girl had FSH

Juanchan Yep they have been refurbished recently i have the bill in service book and they look pretty good - the 16inc ones on the N/A look a bit poor but 17inch ones are ok to me. Also want to keep her stock as they insurance companies can get funny! Even though i'm 34 with 9 years no claims!! PS it's a Auto

R Black What would you think the worst could be then? They've said it is now running, but could they be pulling the wool over my eyes?

PS what mileage are you getting to gallon?? I was told 20 odd would be about right?

Thanks Juanchan The other thing i noticed was the security red light was not flicking. I will need to check the immobiliser is working and its just a faulty light!! I thought 6k seemed about right considering everything. I saw the cheapest TT was a RZ 93 for £5k on Autotrader and know the UK ones tend to fetch a little more so happy days (well not just at the mo!!)

PS no banging noise, just power went and would only allow me to do 1,000 rpm and 30mph - was driving fine for 1st 200 miles. In fact in neutral on auto box it sounded fine. It would make sense if the ECU shut the engine down to protect it and the guy said that they allow you to trundle along to get home ect without revving to high and damagin it even more. Also i was low on fuel and he said it could have picked up lots of crap and was chucking that out. Also i checked the Oil and there werent any in it (barely)!!

It's a UK August 1993 TT I have seen mostly import TT for around 5-7k and UK ones for 8-11k for 1995 onwards but are hardly ever for sale. I think it was priced to sell, bearing in mind its scarce history. I will get pictures eventually and will post. But it has no mods just the usual vent on bonnet and 17inch standard alloys ect. Paint work is pretty good and it had just had 400 on alloy refurb and tyres ect.

Silver - in the words of Mr Borat - wow wa wee wa!!!

PS The service hisroty is poor - it was last stamped in 1998 when it had done 98k and then there are MOT slips from 98 - 2006 in which it has done only 30k odd. Seems a little strange, but one owner i believe was a fanatic had it garaged and only did 1,000 odd a year. The garage also had it on their books for 3 months odd and think they wanted rid. I thought 7,000 - 8,000k would be more realistic WITH FSH. But bearing in mind the poor history the price was alot lower. The price got the better of me!!! For 200 miles it was fine, everything working, no smoke ect and then bang it just conked out - surely if it was a dogs dinner it would have hardly made it up the road and the assurance i thought i had was it is a Toyota and therefore bullet proof!

To be honest the place i bought it from seemed ok to me. Got a pretty good feel and they sold fairly decent cars ranging from £16k for a Subaru down to my Audi A3 i traded in!! The lights on the right hand side also appear to be a bit dodgey as the Traction control light was working and then when i had problems it didn't???? I just thought it will now work, now they have sorted out the intercooler? I know from reading the literature on here that the lights on right hand of dashboard are prone to malfunction?

I used the term Garage loosely. The place i brought it from suggested a Garage they use to repair ect. They will not be charging me for the 2nd hand intercooler, so really am at liberty to accept what they say provided it works? To be honest the place i bought it from was one of these places where there is a high turnover of cars and its a gentlemans agreement to take the car as is. Obviously because i had trouble within the first 12 hours, i took it back and they said they would sort it. I thought they would have just sent me packing? 5,995 for a 93 Turbo Auto UK seemed OK to me although it does only have a basic service history and 123k on the clock. Just hope it ain't a dogs dinner!!

I was driving down A12 and floored it, power just went from 4,000 rpm and downwards from there. I could then only get up to 30mph and the garage i brought it from said it had gone into Limp Mode to protect the engine. Took the garage best part of 3 days to find out the problem and said it was the inter cooler was cracked. It was also spitting tons of black smoke!!! Having said that, putting the auto into Neutral and it sounded fine and revved all the way to the redline and thr turbos sounded fantastic? Just pray it was just a minor glitch and the realibility will be there like my old MR2:(

Hello to all. Bought 93 UK TT last weekend and within 12 hours broker down ahhhhhhh! 2nd Hand Intercooler fitted and apparently the garage i bought it from says it's ok now. Will find out when i collect it Friday Night! Anyway looking forward to driving the awesome machine this weekend and just to say hi to one and all. Ps Used to own a MR2 N/A 1993 version and the supra is a beast compared to that!!