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I figured its better to add to an old thread than start a new topic on the same old. Things have moved on in the last 13 years though, I'd presume there are many more low annual mileage cars than there were back then and with that increasingly there will come the temptation to lay those cars up over winter to assist in their preservation and also save a few pennies on road tax when the car is unlikely to be driven anyway. The rather sad future for Mk4 Supras all over the World will be ever towards garage queens par excellence and this side of the 40th birthday when road tax exemption will beckon it'd be natural to expect fewer will wants to spend high £'s mile on road tax across a full year tax period? Maybe this will end up with some very nice examples coming up for sale in years to come as people tire of having the space dedicated to a car that largely isn't used and decide instead to cash in.

I've decided for the first time in 20 years of ownership to put the Supra on SORN for 6 Winter months of the year, starting the end of this month. I'll start it every month and let it get up to temperature and just run out of the garage and then back into the dehumidified garage. I'll leave the battery on trickle charge and probably do little more than polish it a few times before it gets taxed again next April ready to get its annual garage visit for a service check over and MOT. It'll be strange having a car I know I cannot drive but fortunately there are a few others here that I can. From a car I would do 12,000 miles a year in once its now struggling to do as much as a mile a day so road tax really has become an optional expenditure.

It all come down to history check. A stamped up service book, though these are going more to manufacturer online records now. So its going more to keeping hold of your invoices for work and servicing done in the future. Then all those old MOT certificates. This car is low mileage, only did 18k in its first three years according to the MOT history so its unlikely to be a ragged every day leased car. The DVLA does say there is one BMW safety recall still outstanding for the vehicle though.

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m3 cutters is the best resource for anything M3 related and has a lot on rod bearing failure and has a good classifieds section to. The rod bearing issue is a common fault but also fairly uncommon which must mean the car overall is pretty reliable. Some discussion on whether using a thinner 40 grade oil helps as the thick 60 weight OE spec oil on cold startup could be too thick for the tight race spec bearing tolerances. Lots of background reading spread widely on the internet available on this for anyone interested. Seems also a lot of owners ignore the 12k BMW service interval and change oil at 6,000 mile intervals to try to avoid any bearing issues.

There is one listed on e-bay at the moment for a 93 - 96.

That's where the drop link from your anti roll bar goes.

If you can stretch to £35k you should seriously consider that car, if its still available. Pictures look amazing and it'd come with some kind of dealer warranty so any little problems should be fixed at no cost other than returning to car to them for the work, so that's going to depend how far 'top secret' is from London. I'd be tempted to go have a gander if it was closer. Supra price rises have slowed, maybe even paused after 4 years of particularly strong growth but the industry has Supra TT6's matching NSX prices in a few years and it also tops the Hegerty strongest interest activity and price rise list. So if its an investment car rather than a car for everyday use then it's unlikely to let you down and if it's an everyday car you are after they are so reliable it's unlikely to let you down.

Looks like new, which is fantastic achievement. I'm trying to get the will together to tackle my front end. Got all the parts just lacking the motivation.

I had a first drive in a Supra Auto only this week and was taken with how smooth the gear transitions are in general city driving. I own a 55 year old auto and a 10 year old auto car myself and they both are good drivers but for those lanes and fast B roads I'd take a manual out of preference for no other reason than gear changing when you time it spot on the sweet spot for engine and transmission in perfect harmony is a pleasure that you don't get involved with in an auto car.

How you sell it depends on how you want to sell it and how quickly you want that sale. Quickest would be an eBay auction if you can stand the fees so better an eBay classified or Piston Head advert. If its a little ropy with a few scrapes then you'd probably be looking low teens thousands on the car; I expect the auction dealer would be more in the sub ten thousand level. If you want a cross section of opinions it'd require a bit more information on service and general history plus and a few photos. To give you a guide a TT6 would scrap these days at over £10k so a complete car with MOT and a good runner is North of that.

If you were referring to the 2019 May Day bank holiday then there may be a trader or two will attend the site between now and then. Keron doesn't tend to do sales though so maybe just one other. You'd be best looking on their web sites or the Scooby forum is usually good place to look for latest discount information from the usual vendors.

I don't understand why people would be happy putting £30 pads onto their Supra, probably allied to £40 tyres.

Never convinced with these Europarts discounts. Checked a new Supra battery, Bosch S4 024 and even with their 40% Bank Holiday discount it can still be bought for the same or even a few £ cheaper elsewhere before any discount code is applied.

I'll put it out there it was me that went to view the car yesterday and levelled an offer. Cash wedge in pocket ready to leave a good deposit but although I made what I felt was a fair and reasonable offer it wasn't a deal clincher bite your hand off offer and then there was still bits to be taken off and put back onto the car to get it back more to stock that its was left parting ways to have a little think on the offer. 24 hours later it's safe to assume I'm not going to be the car buyer. Lee is a really genuine seller and even went as far to arrange to get it up on a ramp at a nearby garage. It's a good car and it also has, in Supra terms, a really big history file. The thing with a sale, anything is only worth what someone with their face in front of you is prepared to pay and after inspection it didn't have me thinking I'd be stupid not to to part with £19k of my own money. For anyone on the look out for a UK Auto TT it's well worth a viewing. If anyone intends taking the journey over and would like an impartial on the car ahead of that feel free to ask.

Arm bushing or joints don't go from being fine to causing instability by simply loosening and then tightening some cam adjusters to set the alignment. As other have typed, the silicone can be easily reapplied, it has nothing to do with the operation of the ball joint. I'd check they actually tightened the cam bolts back up to the specified torque and also that they haven't just stripped the bolt thread by tightening down on the cam bolt rather than the nut which would then allow the cam to rotate on and along the sub frame slot that the bolt feeds through and with that moving the toe setting on the wheel onto wobble setting. You'd need to take it to another alignment shop to get that checked, I'd recommend having a spare cam bolt and nut set in case one on there has been thread stripped.

Might be worth your while adding what it is running at and whether the frame, transmission and engine bushes remain OE, are were uprated to poly or all switched to solid as that'd have a big effect on handling and noise levels.

Presumably if the transmission hasn't been changed and its running stock 2JZ internals the car is running well short of its 'capable 750HP'?

Evin has pretty much covered it but it'd be best to find somewhere were someone can move the car at least once a month. It only needs moving 50 yards forward and back. That'd retain the boundary lubrication on all the engine and transmission parts throughout any term storage and prevent flat spots forming on tyres. After a couple of years anything not immersed in oil will be then be very much on a dry start. In the old days a common ploy was to add a squirt of diesel to the bore of an engine that had been stood to lubricate the cylinders and oiling the cam/rockers then hand rotate the engine a few revolutions before attempting to start the engine.

There are three Premier Inns at the venue which are showing booked through third party booing sites but have rooms available through the Premier Inn own web site so it looks like availability is limited. Anyone thinking of staying the Saturday rate is 50% higher than the Friday night rate.

You should noticed the difference on the new bushes and wheel bearings, its like back to the new car stiffness and poise and road noise rumble level. Is that greasers you have on the roll bar bushes, never seen that before on a Supra? If it runs into the bush and helps eliminate the conical wear on the roll bar tubing its a well worthwhile mod.

Hi Ian, always figured variety is best for any show stand so hopefully fresh volunteers will flood in but I can be your backstop to put my car on stand over the show if others who haven't done it before don't come forth. I would need to book a hotel and arrange transport to and from the event so there would need to be venue hotel vacancy as I'd rather not be stranded miles away with no wheels. I'm presuming you will be travelling to the show each day seeing its fairly local to you rather than staying in a hotel?

I was just comparing the Torque GT picture with the others. The lower lip just looks to be ill fitting compared.