mawby Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 I bought the car from CJ for Tigger's birthday back in 2007. It has been in storage for the last five months and we've decided the time has come to go back to being a one Supra family, so the car is up for sale. The car is completely stock engine wise, and fairly stock body wise, the only modifications being; Lexus blue paint 17” alloys BLITZ Nur-Spec Exhaust Blue LED dash Greddy boost gauge Kenwood stereo (Or maybe Sony - can't remember now) Headlight washers removed Interior carpet died black J-Spec Bilstein shocks TRD springs (lowered) Being a UK car you get all the extras; Larger brakes Glass headlights (these will be swapped for the plastic J-specs on my car soon!) Heated leather seats Active spoiler Bonnet vent Larger injectors Larger fuel pump More powerful steel turbos! The option to safely use normal unleaded petrol The car was put into storage on the 17th July last year. It currently has no MOT or TAX. It had a full service done on the 03/05/2008 and is now due a service. The car has approximately 220,000 miles on the clock but don't be put off by that! At the same time as the last service the car also had the valve stem seals replaced and the cam belt changed, so it doesn't smoke at all. Whilst this work was being done the garage commented on how clean the inside of the engine was and that they would never have guessed it had done over 200,000 miles. That being said, the car is 15 years old and is far from being 'perfect'. When it went into storage there were a couple of problems with it. Sometimes when the car had just been started the active spoiler will come down and go back up a couple of times. It's more likely to happen if the car is slowly moving forward and turning tightly to the right. This isn't a big problem as you can just disable the active spoiler for now. The car did appear to be losing a little coolant, but I have hopefully found and fixed the cause of that whilst it's been in storage - a lose hose as shown in the picture below. [attach]103442[/attach] The are a few spots of oil under the car. Nothing huge but they are there none the less. They appear to be coming from the rear of the engine but I haven't had the time to investigate exactly where from. One of the VSV's would occasionally stick. You'd notice it because you'd be waiting for the second turbo to kick in and it wouldn't. It's very intermittent and it would normally work fine again a few seconds later. As far as I know both turbos are fine. They definitely both pull very strong when the VSV is working. Although the paint is a lovely colour it would appear the respray was done on the cheap. It is obvious to tell - if you look close enough - that the windows and lights were all left in when the respray was done. Thankfully the original colour was blue so this doesn't stand out and no one has ever noticed it until I've pointed it out. There is a spot of rust on the boot, which is becoming more common on these cars as they age. As far as I know this is the only spot of rust on the car. [attach]103440[/attach] And if you're being picky, the wheels could do with refurbishing. The worst one is pictured below. [attach]103441[/attach] This thread has a lot of pictures of the car plus details of some work we did to it, including the infamous electric boot release for anyone wanting a laugh! So there you have it. It will be a shame to see the car go given the effort that went into getting it in the first place, but hopefully it will go to a good home. £5,000 no offers. If the car doesn't sell at that price I will look to put an MOT on it, service it and fix the active spoiler etc, but the price will definitely go up once the car is back on the road so this is a limited time offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Jesus christ thats tempting. Especially as I can vouch at just how reliable TT Supras are at higher miles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 £5k! You'll have your arm ripped off at that price. I would say good luck, but I doubt you'll need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Is that Storm Blue (the stock UK blue)? It looks very blue, almost RSP blue. Very good price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawby Posted January 6, 2010 Author Share Posted January 6, 2010 Is that Storm Blue (the stock UK blue)? It looks very blue, almost RSP blue.It was originally storm blue (interior shots here show the original colour) but it was re-sprayed by a previous owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPRALAND Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Amazing price:) Be ready to receive some mail from overseas:d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weskereric Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 OMG, this mileage could be a record of reliability Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomgeer Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Very cheap for a uk spec, good luck with the sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathanc Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Meh, if you are not that far away from me I will snap that up from ya! 2 Supras will look great on my drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Absolute bargain this. Couple of little niggles as you say but nothing that would put anyone off IMO. Good luck with the sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra-mike1984 Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Priced way too cheap in my opinion. Absolute bargain for someone willing to spend a bit of time getting it back to perfect conditon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 stunning looking car - best of luck with the sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonardjon Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Wow good price and just shows that these engines can go the distance! Good luck with the sale - not that you'll need it! Seems a very honest ad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinboy Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Great car, unbelievable price. Hope this goes to a member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Very nice! Loved the electric boot release part! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawby Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 Small price update. Although I've had some interest I suspect no MOT might be putting people off. So, for £500 I will put an MOT on the car. Otherwise the car may be heading off to Germany soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Very nice! Loved the electric boot release part! I've had that installed too. Totally changed my life Good luck with the sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigger Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Small price update. Although I've had some interest I suspect no MOT might be putting people off. So, for £500 I will put an MOT on the car. Otherwise the car may be heading off to Germany soon. Really? I will miss my supe:( and I will sulk a lot, but I know it's for the best as it means the veyron is just around the conner:D I've had that installed too. Totally changed my life Good luck with the sale Yeah it doesn't work very well does it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I drove this around for a while before selling it to Mawby and I remember it being a really nice car. At this price it is a steal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawby Posted January 24, 2010 Author Share Posted January 24, 2010 Sold to the man from Germany. Deposit received and it will be heading to it's new home in March. Now who's going to tell Tigger for me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawby Posted February 20, 2010 Author Share Posted February 20, 2010 Well that's one UK spec less in the UK. It was picked up today and is on its way to Germany as I type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPRALAND Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 A lot of uk spec finish in france or germany:d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz1 Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Well that's one UK spec less in the UK. It was picked up today and is on its way to Germany as I type. its actualy on its way to mine:D and then to germany, i might nick some bits of it first;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Well that's one UK spec less in the UK. It was picked up today and is on its way to Germany as I type. I wonder if there are more UK specs outside the UK than in it yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPRALAND Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 I wonder if there are more UK specs outside the UK than in it yet? Honestly i dont think for the moment. But in a couple of year sure it will be the case;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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