My first Supra

[MattMPG]

Afternoon everyone,

 

Some of you may remember Spunkmeyer's post about gauging interest in a potential sale - well one thing led to another and I purchased my first Supra from him! I don't know how many of you are familiar with the car, it's been on the forum with Christian for the last 5 years since it was imported by Jurgen at JM.

 

She's a 2002 TT VVTi Tiptronic in 202 black running full BPU - serviced by SRD and looked after well by the previous and only other UK owner.

 

I'm slowly getting used to the interest and looks that you get whilst driving around - she will be a partial garage queen only seeing sunny days but got to be driven to truly enjoy the experience!

 

 

For now, she's just had some paintwork done - bonnet, spoiler, front and rear bumper respray; new floor mats (still have the originals that will be cleaned and kept) a full wash, wax and polish and a quick wipe around under the bonnet.

 

New silicon hoses will be going in next week when I get around to doing it too.

 

I'm looking forward to meeting some of you, attending some shows and any potential meets when circumstances allow

 

Matt

[Annabella]

Classy looking car that, enjoy!

[tayr]

Was tempted to buy this! Welcome to ownership

[Pudsey]

Congratulations on the purchase.

 

Welcome in

[hamzahkhan]

I was also tempted by this, she is a beaut! Congratulations, spoil her and enjoy the journey.

[Dnk]

looks a great car and with what looks like a complete stock airbox set up, rare these days.

[Morpheus]

She's a beauty!

 

A Black Beauty.

 

Black Liveries Matter!

 

I went to buy a black one and ended up with a silver one as the seller had it resprayed and whoever masked up the lower edge of the tailgate glass trim overlapped onto the existing paint, leaving a horrendous gutter rut when it was peeled off! Other than that it looked nearly new like yours.

 

A word of caution in case you're a natural risk taker like me who sometimes just wants to see what happens and damn the consequences;

 

Due to the oodles of low end torque, please do NOT floor it uphill in the rain on a slick, worn out stretch of tarmac on the way home from Sainsbury's after being hyped up playing Gran Turismo on your racing sim and thinking that your PS3 track skills will translate into actual road skills.....

 

They actually do!

 

I saved it from fishtailing completely out of control by a knat's whisker but not before suddenly aiming straight at the car next to me to the left on a dual carriageway as I attempted to overtake and then 90 degrees in the other direction toward the central reservation!

 

It was at this point of no return (home!) that sheer survival instinct took over. It was skill or be killed.

 

This is why slow drivers are a danger to the travelling public and should be banned.

 

I actually failed my first driving test for going too slow; 30 in a 40. That and hitting the opposite kerb on a particularly difficult mini-roundabout and being told to pull over to inspect the wheel damage! Or was it nearly running someone over as he stepped in front of me waiting at another roundabout and "Not appearing to know what I was doing" lol.

Edited July 18, 2020 by Morpheus
Added cleverness. Nope, hang on, stupidity. (see edit history)

[Morpheus]

Mine's still bone stock apart from the mod's.

 

Where are the Mod's anyway? Are we self-regulating and decentralized now like the Chaz/Chop Autonomous Zone in Seattle?

 

Speaking of airboxes, having owned two MkIII's before the IV, I broke an air filter lid hinge off by trying to open it the same way as I was used to. Must have been dark or I'm a dork. One or the other. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. If it is broke, don't fix it in case you break something else in the same general area. Saves a lot of double handling!

 

That's why I waited for my water pump to wear out so it rattles about 5mm T.I.R. before doing the full timing belt and head gasket/decoke. I cannot stress enough how handy those mechanic's stethoscopes are! Bloody hell are they loud when you bang the probe on something. Definitely worth the £3 investment, I'd say. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ogquaton-Stethoscope-Automotive-Diagnostic-Convenient/dp/B07TBJYZ8X/ref=sr_1_45?crid=3VD0CMCVL7YTW&dchild=1&keywords=mechanics+stethoscope&qid=1595094664&sprefix=Mechanic%27s+stethoscope%2Caps%2C151&sr=8-45

 

After that will be a full set of Cusco coilovers and motorised adjusters with uprated sway bars and a carbon fibre rear strut brace that probably won't make any noticeable difference but looks cool as hell. Shame it won't be seen or felt. Or even driven....

 

I have the same front brace as our new members' here but in vanilla polished aluminium. I didn't notice that one either except for maybe some placebo effect. Need to drive it about, take it off and drive it again straight away. The 19" lower profile tyres/wheels with a wider stance definitely made a huge difference though over stock 17's. Night and day. We'll see what the Cusco G Sensor unit says once the whole lot is fitted in 20 years.

 

Will I be devaluing my car to do the suspension work, since it's bone stock except U.K. headlights and front brakes and the aforementioned Cusco front strut brace? Still factory speed limited to 112mph too. I don't think the engine has seen more than 3600 rpm.

 

looks a great car and with what looks like a complete stock airbox set up, rare these days.