Marcus GTE

I remembered the Jim Bowen story right away. what colour do you want? “Oh, gravy!”

did you try Lancaster?

Lancaster insurance had the best price for me. very pleased with their quote. 1500 miles, commuting, £150 excess, private drive, agreed value, European breakdown, legal cover, salvage buy back. happy days

£35k

They wouldn’t accept my BPU modifications, which is a shame because they agreed my agreed value no problem and said it’s something we would love to put on the books. Haggerty.

One of the most helpful insurance thread contributions I’ve seen ive been with Lynbrook for years but they have changed from using ERS and I’m not sure I’m as happy with them anymore. I like the look of Haggarty and their vibe on their website seems to tick all the boxes. Wouldn’t have contacted them without the heads up, so thanks in advance of a quote from them.

Replying to your original post: as a few have said a bit about already; it’s how you drive it. you can have lots of fun with the TT Auto below 100mph on A and B roads. Granted it won’t slow down to 10mph for a slow bend then rocket you out like a hot hatch, but for sweeping bends that you are talking about (must be if you’re reaching those speeds) then as has been said, try it in 2 with O/D off. Try changing down from D (o/d off) to 2 for a sweeping bend (or d with o/d off if the speed of the bend still has you up around 5k), keeping in the sweet spot of around 5k rpm; tease the throttle gently and the power is instantly there as the turbos are fully awake; lift off and enjoy the engine braking and exhaust noise. To me, this is the most enjoyable and rewarding way to drive a supra.

It’s best to just lift off a little for the last couple of minutes of your journey. They are now seen as an outdated gimmick

No I’ve not tried anything yet. Keep us updated if you try something on how it goes.

I’m having the same issue. It comes and goes. It first happened a few years ago and sorted itself out but I noticed it’s back now. You may find that cruise control doesn’t work either. I searched and found that it can be to do with a speed sensor fault. There are meant to be resistors in the ECU that commonly blow that may need replaced. I got a bunch of them on amazon the other week but it’s not an urgent job for me just now and was planning on more research before tinkering with the ecu

That’s what I have too. I like it, but put it this way; it needs to be a worthwhile task to lift it out

I managed to get a new oem alternator for a UK auto from Keron, but I can confirm that, apart from it being thin on the ground in the wild, it’s discontinued from Toyota and no longer available. UK Auto (TT) alternator part no- 27060-46111

Are you 100% sure your battery is working perfectly. I’ve just had to replace my alarm, but it was potentially battery issues. Was showing fully charged on ctek but halfords tested it and the battery was gubbed.

I have an SGS low profile one. It’s very well made but almost Impractically heavy if you need to move it without rolling it https://www.sgs-engineering.com/tj3lp-low-profile-garage-trolley-jack

Welcome, looking forward to your updates Did you buy it new?

I’ve spoken to him thanks and he was helpful with the original alarm issue, but we are at opposite ends of the uk Hornet is all I can get locally just now and seems to satisfy insurance.

It seems beggars can’t be choosers. The only car alarm installer that’s able to get a hold of anything only has A hornet alarm available. Apparently they got 7 in from Germany this week, otherwise there are none in the country.

Can anyone recommend an alarm to replace the uk factory one please? Something that will keep the insurance happy, and on that note is there anything worth thinking about on that front? Cheers

I still have mine in use!

They are works of art. Always happy to plug these and was doing so only last week. Also nice to get a new line on the F1 connection. That’s really cool.

I sold my bitcoin last week when it was at a year high. Waiting until it dives to buy again. Been holding it for over a year through the good times and the bad.

I’ve looked at pictures of that alarm kit and was wondering where the part with the small antenna gets installed? Kinda looks like the old mobile phone steals you used to have to pull out.

He’s lucky he didn’t kill anyone. Could have been kids out playing in the street. Between this and his reason for the ban he sounds like a respectable gentleman.

Good idea. We could even share what we have requested so not to duplicate?

I’m looking into this at the moment. I need a new alarm after the original one has a fault. I’m hearing that it may be preferable to fit an older model alarm due to the thicker wiring that’s used that matches the era of our cars; with modern alarms having wires that are a bit thinner to match modern wiring looms. Just what I was told.