Well, I'm back home after a 6.5 hour round trip WITHOUT the damn Supra.
The seller said that it had been fully converted to UK spec and that it was all documented. Yeah, right, all that was documented was that the speedo had been changed from KM TO MILES :-(
All the rest of it was pure J-spec (apart from the rear spoiler, which was invisible :-) )
Now I've got nothing whatsoever against J-spec cars, in fact I'm 99% sure that if I get a Supra it will be J-spec, but, what pisses me off is all the misdescriptions. OK it had the bigger spec brakes, but I've seen a fair number of facelift models with that.
Nothing whatsoever had actually been converted.
On speaking to the seller he knew that it should have had a rear wing, but "forgot" to say" and said he thought it made them look like a boy racer car anyway!!!
I did drive it up the road, would have been rude not to use some of his petrol :-) and it drove OK, but just didn't hit the spot somehow.
The 2nd turbo came in at 4000 rpm but not really with a rush, and although it certainly was a quick car, the gearbox maybe felt a bit "flarey" and I just couldn't seem to get comfortable in it. (Unlike a GZ I drove last week,which seemed a lot better somehow)
Maybe it was the seat, I seem to remeber that the GZ (a'96) had 6 or 8 way adjustable seats, where this RZ-S only had 4 way seats (backwards and forwards and the back incline was adjustable) whichever way I moved it I just didn't feel supported and because of my size, 6'4" I seemed to be staring at the roof rather than through the screen. I've never had that problem driving a Supra before, but I have to say that this was the first facelift car that I've driven.
It did have Full Toyota service history (meaning the apprentices changed the oil & filters and the mechanics took some rubber off the tyres on a test run :-) and all for only £65 per hour!) and was low mileage (36000)
Both headlights were full of condensation and would have needed removing, drying and resealing at the very least and probably replacing if the truth was known.
The seller had changed the battery and lost the stereo code, but assured me that it worked. He said that he didn't know how to enter the code but he had the manual and just obviously couldn't be arsed to read it :-(
I tried to make him an insulting offer so I could make my leave, and he damn well nearly accepted it, phew that was too close! I definitely could have knocked 2 grand off the asking price but it just wasn't the car for me, I wasn't really too keen on the colour either but would have bought it if everthing else had been OK.
So I'm still in the market for a car
Twin turbo
getting more and more towards the idea that its got to be 6 speed.
probably facelift model and later (96-98)
Large brakes and 17" wheels a must
Completely standard inc wheels if poss, but NO other mods whatsoever
Low mileage (circa 40k or less)
Colour, black, silver, purple, blue etc but NOT red or white
Must be excellent condition or better (I'm VERY picky :-))
Probably J-spec, but I may look at a '96 low mileage 6 speed UK car :-)
Sensible viewing distance from Sutton, Surrey
Anyone got anything please email me
Geoff
