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Asked JM what Supras are about at the moment and even a fairly standard TT6 with 100k km landed , taxes paid is looking around £23k now. Looks from FB activity like a fair amount of Japanese Supra exports are going into Germany at the moment.

Flat battery - that's all

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was that a bump by any chance?

Probate on my father-in-laws estate lasted almost 9 months. His car had to receive independent valuations which for your family is great news. I used webuyanycar and submitted that for probate. Now the last time I checked on that site with my Supra the valuation was £600 so you should be able to get away with that for the probate and anything else on top when sold will effectively be free of death duties. the solicitor agreed to release the car once the value for probate had been defined.

Can't blame them for trying. I hope they fixed the air con for that and not just hope no one will notice it isn't working. Also you have to hope they will be up front about the mileage discrepancy in the MOT history records and not just claim the miles are genuine. Its a small operator with no history or contact details beyond a mobile number so probably not.

I lost a case when the seller provided a tracking number. Idiot actually did send an A5 envelope registered mail with the tracking number. Problem for him was the item couldn't fit into an envelope so he was prosecuted by the police and ended up going inside for 6 months as a repeat offender. PayPal never did refund my money, because he provided a legit tracking number. Didn't matter to PayPal he ended up being prosecuted and jailed, that tracking number was solid gold to them to get out of giving a refund.

Only if you dad comes too. I'd miss the 5 mile daily runs otherwise.

She was taken in. She got carried away by the whole two days, no other way would she tell me to go and get a 2nd Supra. I do wonder how long the madness will last though.

I had my suspicions but didn't want to offend.

The White one, looks fantastic. Thanks to you and your dad polishing it. Anytime you 2 are in or around Shropshire do drop in. I have cloths and polish waiting! Hope you have decided to keep yours.

Nice one. Saves me from wrestling with my dark side.

So its a double your money sale. Fair play if they get it. Mind you they had better had fixed the a/c for that price. New condensers are, I've been told - a discontinued item and very expensive to fit even a recovered or refurbished one.

It is especially as its hard to get an original air box these days. Engine bay looks like its been a little neglected generally and who sticks a HKS sticker for the sake of it?

Just come up on PH. Anyone know anything about it as its claimed to be a 19 year import but with only two UK owners. It has MOT history mileage discrepancy covering 3 years so may not be everything it is claimed to be so does anyone know the car at all? Reg N613NGP, White TT6. http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/toyota/supra/-1996-toyota-supra-last-owner-16-years-original-white-twin-turbo-6-speed-manual/6475260#

But it does have to be said the level of organisation you and Jackie put in makes it a pleasure and smoothly run show to attend. And lets not underestimate the sticky buns you provided at the end of the show!

Thanks Greg, The Q was to check it was an original manual and not an auto conversion as that does affect the potential historical value, considerably. I'm going to muse a little about my ideal for a second Supra choice as my preference, as you are aware, is very much for stock so a single would be a total diversion for me. But I do have a stock example already and buying a spare 2JZ-GTE engine would be a sensible investment as well as either a spare unit or to have an option to return a modified car to stock when the values veer that way to make a retro conversion a sound economic choice.

Argh you have me wondering now. was it originally a UK TT6?

Did you ever share that with your wife? its a big service bill even before the labour is thrown in. As a side interest how does insurance fare on this relative to say a run of the mill TT?

Have you ever tried a dialogue with PayPal and been successful?

Why would anyone HID the fogs?

Assuming you paid by Credit Card then there is full recourse against the credit company for a refund as a HOL ruling did ratify that UK credit protection does extend to overseas purchases. If you paid by PayPal - that's a big mistake as they don't exactly have a fantastic reputation and there are plenty of threads on them detailing how shitty they can be.

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Great set of pics there Jackie. The cars all went down really well with the crowd; a good colour and spec mix. We were only missing a stock UK car but Mark (blythmrk) who I chatted to yesterday is localish and keen on adding one of his cars to the line up next year (I have PM'd Ian about that). For anyone like me who has never showed before its a great venue to show off your car. Had lots of people asking if I'd sell mine to them so for anyone considering selling theirs its an open market with hundreds of potential buyers turning up and there were on top of that 4 people I talked with sold on or already seeking out a Supra for the first time. I thought my late entrant would be the patina car with it original paint and lack of bling but I was amazed and really quite made up how well it was received by the punters and Toyota GB group that visited the stand. Although I'm a shy kind of guy who doesn't come out to this kind of event often I would definitely be interest in helping out again next year if there are slots available.

Hi Greg, you did seem a restless Supra owner at the show. Jake is up for a big single seeing he got a strong offer for his at the NEC so may be worth having a chat with him.