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I caved and booked a viewing with the red TT in Manchester I feel guilty, don't judge me Scooter! It seems mechanically sound, paintwork doesn't bother me as frankly the more deteriorated the exterior the less attention it will probably attract. I'd rather risk eating repair bills for 2 months than spend 2 hours every evening swarming over marketplaces (and I think my girlfriend would have killed me if I kept umming and arring any longer) THIS COULD BE IT BOYS

Aside from Autotrader/Pistonheads/Forums/Gumtree/Ebay/Cars&Classic are there any other classifieds anybody can suggest?

Wow you're fast! 6 days and 23 hours left It looks really clean, might be worth viewing but would be a nightmare to get over there. I hate it when they're auctions though as I always need more than 7 days notice to book a viewing, and people that win the auction just to VIEW the car kinda annoy me.

Surely rough paintwork isn't enough reason to be up for that cheap? Have you seen it in person? It's a really long way to go to risk disappointment.

Appreciate the offer I don't think you'd need 10-2000, there's a gorgeous red auto TT on ebay at the moment for £6500-£7500! Can't for the life of me understand why it's been on there for nearly a month! The auto gearbox doesn't REALLY scare me off, it's the combination of Auto and 225bhp, with Supra maintenance costs, 20mpg and all the fun stuff that comes with 20-year-old cars thrown on top! Just doesn't seem like a combination that screams "buy me instead of a 3-series". I might just have to test one...

Hmmm you're starting to convince me. Sure you're not in cahoots with Keron? I am starting to think spending an extra £1,500 just for clutch doesn't make a lot of sense....

Yeah I'd noticed that, it does look lovely, probably the best condition I've seen. It's 3 hours away though and I'm yet to be convinced on the NA-Autos, I just think it'd get a bit boring to drive. Saying that I've still not driven one so I could be completely mistaken! Thanks for posting!

That sounds suspiciously like a blank cheque. Pretty lucky they're not going through insurance, I've heard some nasty horror stories of certain insurers waving their hands in the air without a single clue how to source/fix/value repairs on Supras, leading to nasty Cat D classifications.

Are there even that many issues that can cost much to fix on an NA-5 Supra? Surely worst case scenario this 'huge' problem is a £500 job.

Certain cheaper Supras seem to have very high numbers of previous owners (10-15+), would this put some of you off? It suggests that nobody has loved the car enough to warrant keeping it for any length of time, but it also suggests some of those owners have bought it, poured money into it and then pushed it forward. What do you fellas reckon?

Has anybody got any insight/experience with how much it would be to have an aftermarket front lip and rear spats removed? They'd need to be cut off unfortunately as they're fitted and fiberglassed(?)

Had to delete entire post after actually looking at your car. Aesthetically it's incredible, infact the only two Supras I'd compare to yours were listed at £35,000-£45,000 last month (although both had 600hp+). Will dig out the pics in my lunch break. It's difficult, very little to go on. A couple went from £10,000-£21,000 over the last couple of months but yours does look very special, although perhaps not to everybody with that colour Incredible bay though mate.

Could finally be the one!

Might be able to nip by this afternoon, just getting some insurance quotes

PM'd!

It'd be a real shame to break it but you can get some REALLY clean NA/Autos for £4,000-£5,000, let alone cat D

It is indeed... some really interesting cars are coming and going at decent prices, there always just seems to be a deal-breaker to get in the way.... normally location/colour/suspicious circumstances. Seen a few NA-5's at 4-5k that look interesting, but they're always just a bit too risky to really jump on.

Bump..... even considering NA/Autos now...

I thought brakes were a giveaway?

A lot of that is likely because we associate with UK roads, which are rarely straight. Unlike our friends across the pond. While still probably god-awful, 1000hp might well be much more 'usable' on their side of things.

Can't comment from experience but everything I've heard/read suggests 500-600 is where the magic happens. Would like to be corrected on this but apparently beyond that the power-band in 2nd gear to 80-100mph which just wouldn't be fun off the track.

Haha you might well be right, but some are much louder than others, if enthusiasts and "car-guys" want to admire it, that's totally cool with me, it's when you're driving something that attracts the plod, kids and just about everybody that it'd start to get uncomfortable. Most people surely just assume it's an "old-looking sports car"?

The clutch I guess primarily, although you are starting to make me consider that spending an extra £2,000 to be able to use a clutch is pretty dumb on paper.... Gah, here we go again, decisions decisions. I guess driving it wouldn't be quite the same, and I'd be left feeling like I really HAD spent £4,000 on a car just for its looks. Don't get me wrong, I completely agree how it looks is very important (and a reason for the price) but I kinda just want to look at it myself . I don't like attention being drawn to me/my car (perhaps I'm jaded, I've never had a car that hasn't been vandalised....).

God damn....... it's beautiful.