Well I have a new addition to the supra garage. Ever since my dream car was killed this summer I have been without a reliable daily driver, not counting the Nissan Titan. I almost bought a gorgous grey mk3 from florida except it was a na. I love Ken's blue, but it's a hardtop.:3d_frown:
Along came a low mileage california car. While it's not 3E5 its just about as close to perfect as a 20 yr old car could be. So I would like to intruduce you all to my new 89. She is a Burgandy, Turbo, Targa 5 speed, ABS, TEM's w/ mint grey leather!!:love:
She's bone stock and the engine bay is filthy, which is not a bad thing being that the less hands that have been in there the better. I ran a carfax and that came back whistle clean. I contacted a auto appraiser and he checked out the car for me. So I flew out on Tuesday to pick her up and drive her back.
I wasn't able to get extra time off from work or arrange for the car to be kept out there like I had wanted (I was hoping to take a week off and make a nice vacation out of the drive back.) Anyways I barely made it back as it was, with flooding rains in California, and AZ.
I exchanged the cash for the keys at 9:30 pm. Arash the owner asked if I wanted to drive it before we consumated the deal. He must of thought I was crazy as I told him I already know how they drive. He pointed me to the 101 and I was off. Man the joy of how well these cars ride and feel is just simply bliss!
The car needs little. A spiky temp gauge caused some worry.:nono: The oil pressure read at just above 40lbs, and the car felt great. Needless to say I was keeping my eyes on the water temp. I got 25mpg @ 80mph, 26mpg @ 80mph and 29 mpg @ 65. So at sunrise in Palm Springs the rain finally quit and the sun was awesome. I took my camera but really didn't stop for shots. Go figure.
As the desert heated up I turned on the A/C(blows ice cold btw) and was cruising along about 1hr outside of Phoenix I noticed the temp was up there. I pulled over and let everything cool down. I called a couple friends in AZ and got into Pheonix as I my mind raced with the dreaded fears of BHG. :: angry :: I pulled into a oil change place and asked them if they could do a compression test(this was already done but I wanted to check it myself). The compression test went great and then they pressure tested the cooling system for leaks.....none!! I breathed a great sigh of relief as I was thinking I would be renting a trailer and truck to get her home, or leave it there and have Clint/Zerocool do the headgasket for me. So I had them replace the thermostat and the waterpump. I got to visit my dad and picked up the car in the morning.
Leaving Pheonix to Tuscon a M5 was in a big hurry and I tagged along doing quite a few 70 to 110-120 pulls. Car ran like a top...well for stock. It was Thursday and I should of had plenty of time to make my 7pm start on Friday. I forget how big tx is. I got stuck in some pretty bad fog, in 8am traffic in San Antonio. What should have been a 30 min turned out to be 2hrs and I started doing the math on how many miles left to go and hours before I had to start. My math concluded that I wasn't going to make it. After 3 phone calls I was able to switch time starts and just barely make it.
Enough yacking already on to some pics. These are the ones Moe took.
Along came a low mileage california car. While it's not 3E5 its just about as close to perfect as a 20 yr old car could be. So I would like to intruduce you all to my new 89. She is a Burgandy, Turbo, Targa 5 speed, ABS, TEM's w/ mint grey leather!!:love:
She's bone stock and the engine bay is filthy, which is not a bad thing being that the less hands that have been in there the better. I ran a carfax and that came back whistle clean. I contacted a auto appraiser and he checked out the car for me. So I flew out on Tuesday to pick her up and drive her back.
I wasn't able to get extra time off from work or arrange for the car to be kept out there like I had wanted (I was hoping to take a week off and make a nice vacation out of the drive back.) Anyways I barely made it back as it was, with flooding rains in California, and AZ.
I exchanged the cash for the keys at 9:30 pm. Arash the owner asked if I wanted to drive it before we consumated the deal. He must of thought I was crazy as I told him I already know how they drive. He pointed me to the 101 and I was off. Man the joy of how well these cars ride and feel is just simply bliss!
The car needs little. A spiky temp gauge caused some worry.:nono: The oil pressure read at just above 40lbs, and the car felt great. Needless to say I was keeping my eyes on the water temp. I got 25mpg @ 80mph, 26mpg @ 80mph and 29 mpg @ 65. So at sunrise in Palm Springs the rain finally quit and the sun was awesome. I took my camera but really didn't stop for shots. Go figure.
As the desert heated up I turned on the A/C(blows ice cold btw) and was cruising along about 1hr outside of Phoenix I noticed the temp was up there. I pulled over and let everything cool down. I called a couple friends in AZ and got into Pheonix as I my mind raced with the dreaded fears of BHG. :: angry :: I pulled into a oil change place and asked them if they could do a compression test(this was already done but I wanted to check it myself). The compression test went great and then they pressure tested the cooling system for leaks.....none!! I breathed a great sigh of relief as I was thinking I would be renting a trailer and truck to get her home, or leave it there and have Clint/Zerocool do the headgasket for me. So I had them replace the thermostat and the waterpump. I got to visit my dad and picked up the car in the morning.
Leaving Pheonix to Tuscon a M5 was in a big hurry and I tagged along doing quite a few 70 to 110-120 pulls. Car ran like a top...well for stock. It was Thursday and I should of had plenty of time to make my 7pm start on Friday. I forget how big tx is. I got stuck in some pretty bad fog, in 8am traffic in San Antonio. What should have been a 30 min turned out to be 2hrs and I started doing the math on how many miles left to go and hours before I had to start. My math concluded that I wasn't going to make it. After 3 phone calls I was able to switch time starts and just barely make it.
Enough yacking already on to some pics. These are the ones Moe took.
, and yeah Texas isnt exactly small haha. Glad your trip was good, as for the spiky needle, mine does that sometimes because the plug isnt exactly on there, so if i turn hard enough it may move a bit and spike my gauge all the way.
