Toyota Supra - Talk to Me

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So, I'm finally (nearly) in the market for a Mk4 Toyota Supra after a stressful 6mth finding a good E55 for my dad. After rooting through a billion bull****ters from West London, Midlands and Bradford, I found a sweet 1 owner, low mileage E55K in Derbyshire. That car is now home and awaiting a full detail before enjoying life being lovingly cared for.

Anyway, I've hankered for a Supra for a long time, but I was either too poor, couldn't run two cars or tied up with other stuff. Now I'm finally where I need to be, having pushed hard to buy my first home, having given something back to my family for their support and just generally otherwise spunking money on in-home tech, renovations, social life etc.

I've done some homework, but can anyone talk to me about issues, reliability, things to check when viewing etc?

The holy grail is of course the 2JZ-GTE but I'm not strict, all it needs to be is manual. The reason I say is that I am no stranger to tuning, so an NA is likely to be turbocharged at some point however, I'd like to know the viability of doing that vs. just plumping up for a 2JZ-GTE (factory twin turbo) in the first place.

Basically, throw me any info.

This will be primarily a Summer car run alongside my C63, kept well for investment purposes now I have space to store it.
 
I'm not aware of a Toyota Supra that could talk to me.

Are you thinking of an early Austin Maestro?
 
Plenty of imports always available cheaply, but I'd go for a UK Spec TT with 326bhp. Manuals were around £12-£15k when I last looked.

My brother had one, second owner, FTSH, around 70k but was an auto.

Loved that car and he sold it too cheap a few years back
 
No, its a request for conversation about the car.

Yes. I was deliberately misunderstanding for comic effect. I promise I won't do it again...

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Talk to me...

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Wasn't that the Night 2000?? That could talk back.
 
If you want one that's turbocharged, buy the GTE.

While boosting the GE is perfectly doable, it's dead money, shelling out lots to achieve without any benefit in residual value.
 
There are a lot of great clubs that you should check out before buying a car. I used to co own Outlawjapclub they have a few nice supra along with the supra owners club just to mention a few.

Hope you like the car and good luck.
 
The Toyota Supra is / was a fantastic car. But are you SURE it's an investment?

Which is more value today: a 1980 Datsun 280ZX (absolutely the bees knees in its day),
or a 1980 911, 928 or Mercedes 500SL?

The Supra is a great car, and a joy to use. But an investment decision? Not so sure IMHO
 
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The Toyota Supra is / was a fantastic car. But are you SURE it's an investment?

Which is more value today: a 1980 Datsun 280ZX (absolutely the bees knees in its day),
or a 1980 911, 928 or Mercedes 500SL?

The Supra is a great car, and a joy to use. But an investment decision? Not so sure IMHO

You must have lived through a different 1980 to me. The 280 zx was ****e then, ****e now. Never ever heard anyone call one the bees knees. Ever. Unless it was a poor and under endowed American with too much chest hair, a medallion and a penchant for nylon blouse- style shirtings.
 
Supra's have always been underrated. Its super car performance with the right tweeks for hot hatch money. A friend of mine has one its been fettled. He wont let on to what degree. It sat on the back bumper of a Lambo up to 180mph + on a private road of course. He used to attend a Supra meet at Santa pod and said any info or contacts etc were all there in abundance. Various owners clubs and specialist tuners etc. Quite often good cars for sale too.
 
You must have lived through a different 1980 to me. The 280 zx was ****e then, ****e now. Never ever heard anyone call one the bees knees. Ever. Unless it was a poor and under endowed American with too much chest hair, a medallion and a penchant for nylon blouse- style shirtings.

But taking everything into account the 280z is a great investment although for most of us we have already missed the boat.
Also prices are crazy at the moment on so called investment cars how can Ford Mexico and Cosworth be worth upwards of £70 k in mint condition?
 
Supra was my dream car until husband's friend mis-informed me that they were unreliable. I then went for a Celica T Sport and to be honest apart from the radiator going after getting back from the South of France in it and the secondary air pump seizing I've had no problems with it at all. She's now sitting on my drive and has been for 18 months and still starts first time
 
Well, TBH, the particular one I remember was owned by a very wealthy and smooth IT Salesman in 1981, and was much admired across the sales team, until a "a poor and under endowed Jewish London boy with too much chest hair, a medallion and a penchant for nylon blouse- style shirtings" lost control of it in the wet on the way home to Highgate and destroyed his right knee on the Datsun's ignition key.

"Different times" but it WAS the equivalent of later Japanese supercars like the Toyota Supra, Nissan 300ZX and Mitsubishi 3000GT.

Let's remember that even then the Mercedes SL was seen as a "Hart to Hart" or Bobby Ewing chariot of choice.

But point remains: is it really an investment? Or just a pleasure?
 
For elimination of doubt: Here is a youtube of the Austin Maestro that could "talk to you."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH8orI8jdCA
That's so dated, it's like something out of Space 1999!

Supras were a good looking car back then and as I recall a lot of red ones.

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