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Rhubarb and custard is a traditional combination.

I believe the TRD 320kmph gauge was an option on the Series 2 Supra so its an old clock for sure with this one having the 'k' black painted over.

The spedo picture says 28k km which is around 17k miles. You have it advertised at 28k miles. Also, is it right the car missed out on 9 MOT's, only having two tests in the last 11 years? That does give a pretty big history gap but if genuine, a 17k miler is indeed rare.

I used mine today, it was lovely. I do find it more useful in the cooler months though as an invaluable aid to maintain clear glass.

A lower resale value so you get to give someone a cheaper car.

Its near certain its the fluid level indicator flashing at you.

I'd much rather have original 20 year old paint still sticking to the car and looking OK than a shiny new respray hiding god only knows. Just a personal choice I guess.

You can dash mount your mobile phone and use free recording and GPS location/speed apps. I've used AutoGuard. Works well on Samsung phones. For the price of a £3 phone screen holder and £3 for a in car charger its worth looking at.

Lots of us sell things online these days through eBay, Preloved etc but when it comes to receiving payments on delivered goods it usually comes down to PayPal which has tremendous issues. Firstly, if everything goes well, its expensive. Very expensive. Secondly, there is no consumer protection offered because its a cash rather than credit transaction. Thirdly they have no customer service to sort things out as any problems just end up in a online driven FAQ loop or e-mail correspondence with multiple CS reps that again has for me turned into another never ending loop. There are lots of companies that offer to handle credit card transactions for sellers but very few that don't operate on a subscription basis which for the occasional seller is just not appropriate. The dreaded PayPal can handle credit card payments though as said previously their charges are horrendous. I have used SumUp for the last two years who offer a PAYG service on credit card transactions. Payment can be made there and then with a phone app and card reader fitted to your phone jack. The card reader costs £50 so I conduct transactions via the same app that sends a SMS payment request to the customers phone. They simply enter their card details online using the SMS link provided and you get a text message as soon as payment is made. Its secure, can be done there or remotely, its fast and the money is transferred into your bank account monthly. For anyone conducting regular but not everyday selling who wants to avoid rip off charges without having to pay subscriptions and have credit protection in force for the customers then I can't recommend SumUp enough.

First up, Pay Pal sucks. it sucks because they freeze your account at any opportunity, be that because of a customer complaint or because they feel like it because you may be laundering money. I'll repeat it, PayPal suck. The second reason they suck is the fees are ridiculous. Repeating again so hopefully people get the message, PayPal sucks. Onto the problem any goods that are sold do need to be fit for purpose and as described. So if the gearbox is shagged it is down to you and they could sue you for the cost of the gearbox, labour and expenditure in gaining recompense if it ends up in court. You hopefully took down the serial number and some pictures of the box as shipped to ensure they haven't just swapped their old knackered box and claiming it is the one you sent. Also, if you did sell it a sold as seen without any guarantee, basically for spares or repair, then they wouldn't have a leg to stand on. It is a common ploy for car dealers on eBay now to say the car should be purchased on the understanding it is for spares or repair so if it runs, its a bonus. Purely to cover all eventualities. PayPal will close ranks on this and at best will freeze your account and at worst simply refund the buyer. Actually freezing the account can be worse as you see write ups from eBay power sellers who have had their PayPal accounts frozen for months with no one to take to, because its all menu FAQ and email to a different service representative each time loop. I'll repeat again - PayPal sucks. My advice to anyone retailing anything via eBay beyond what you are more than happy to wave bye bye to that payment has to be Cash on Collection, or BACS pre payment or credit card. Credit cards is by far the best approach for anyone buying and a million times better than PayPal sucks. For anyone not set up to take Credit Card payments there is a good outfit SumUp (they are German) who do a pay as you go transaction charge that is much lower than PayPal sucks. With credit card payments you are covered, the customer is covered and PayPal sucks is not in the loop.

Can someone move this to the technical section?

I've looked at buying in Blitz components from Japanese suppliers in the past but always found the freight frightening as they don't seem to bother with cheaper surface options and air freight is expensive. Consequently I've tended to buy from Continental Europe or USA suppliers when they are significantly cheaper than UK retailers, sufficient to justify a few days to a couple of weeks transit time on the parts. For anyone considering buying outside of the EU don't just get sucked in with the headline price as VAT and duty will be added once the parts enter the UK. This is a good site that'll work out for you what a delivered duty paid price will be from any source. http://www.dutycalculator.com/

I'm going to have a little dig so forgive me. Can't see the point in putting an 'I paid' on a for sale of second hand goods ad. You probably overpaid. £450 does look a lot for a second hand exhaust system when a new one is £500 + VAT. There is the 68100 Blitz exhaust for sale on eBay Japan for ¥ 54,432 (direct from the factory). That's £280. Maybe someone should organise a club multi-buy?

You might find this video useful Failing that there are plenty of vehicles that spec in the Denso Type 10PA17H compressor so it should be an easy to find scrapper part.

It is really difficult to attempt to track down the part when I don't even know where it came from within the car. Try this site, you should track it down by knowing where it is used. http://www.toyodiy.com/parts/g_J_1993_TOYOTA_SUPRA_JZA80-ALFQZ_3.html

If you want to find out the part number of any and every clip, stud, push pin, tack, hanger, and odd job fixer ever employed by Toyota here is your plastic plug dream: http://www.fixag.ru/klipsy_toyota_lexus_1.html I reckon it could be 6792132010

Is track day insurance a big deal? As in what would it normally cost. It came as part of my classic car policy and it's not something I'm burning to take advantage of. I'm just curious to know how much people would normally pay for track day insurance as a one day or full year cover.

I felt an appreciable difference on my uprated Supra with the Whifbitz larger side intercooler. How much of that was down to cooling efficiency over the old one due solely to the fins on the old one having turned to powder is impossible to say. When the new intercooler was fitted I felt the car got most of its mojo back from what I could recall from when it was a new car so its probably a case of a fully functioning unit is more important than size. My wife hears that a lot.

I changed my power steering fluid because it was starting to smell. Prevention is always far better than a cure. Dip your finger in and if its darker or smelling less than sweet than new fluid then change it. If its darker and gritty that's not a good sign.

My car was BPU'd from near birth as I purchased the car when it was 2 years old and last time I checked it was still churning 340bhp at the drive wheels. As far as I'm aware, being a Jap import, its running the original ceramic turbos with 110,000 miles now covered. Engine is as sweet as the day I bought it and replacing the clutch plus fitting a new intercooler last year helped the straight line acceleration considerably. So expect the high mileage serviceable items to need attention well ahead of a BPU power unit.

I can't remember what a stock one sounds like. The Blitz fitted to my car is loud sounding like a load of thick phlegm about to be ejected..

Depends if you are talking side or front install. If side I'd ask Garage Whifbitz as I fitted one of their units that is much larger than the stock intercooler and that's pretty much as big as you can go for a side mounted one.

Does anyone fit budget tyres to their Supra? I've driven hundreds of miles at the limiter in my Supra without any fuss, shakes, rattles or rolls. Usually on Continental or Pirelli tyres.

Why would anyone take a risk on such a critical component? For the sake of £100 risk screwing the bottom end of your engine. I thought the Toyota UK prices were a bit steep on this pulley so I ended up buying a genuine Toyota one from a US dealership. Paid the price, paid air freight, paid import duties and was almost £100 cheaper. That was around a year ago so may not be as advantageous now the £ has slid a bit against the US$. The story line remains though, you don't need to just buy genuine parts from UK suppliers. I just purchased a OE throttle body for my Audi via a German outfit for 40% of the price from Audi UK.

I can't see those numbers being correct. I reckoned from the numbers that used to be on sale there were about 2500 at their peak made up of roughly 500 UK-spec and 2000 J-spec which would break down somewhere around a 1000 turbo cars and 1500 na. That's all guesstimated but I don't think it'd be a million cars off. So its surprising how far the numbers have fallen but really - that far? Then again I haven't seen any round here for a long time; other then my own of course. See that almost daily.