Fuzz420
Are U Here 2 take My Baby
I love the car as a dd, I just wish i had more power sometimes for these pesky newmodels out now.I like the comfort of the interior on long treks to school, its always comfortable, 8-way adjustable seat ftw
Daily driven supras?
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I'm selling my honda hybrid and just using my supra as my daily driver. This is becaue I work at home now and don't commute as often as I did before.
It will be fine for running to the grocery store, going to the bank, etc... plus everytime I've had my supra fixed for this or that... and let it sit just to find out the problem was never really fixed or led to another problem. If you drive it everyday even just 5 miles you can really work out all the bugs much quicker and get it running reliably.
I would never use the supra to commute 50+ miles every day though.
It will be fine for running to the grocery store, going to the bank, etc... plus everytime I've had my supra fixed for this or that... and let it sit just to find out the problem was never really fixed or led to another problem. If you drive it everyday even just 5 miles you can really work out all the bugs much quicker and get it running reliably.
I would never use the supra to commute 50+ miles every day though.
I'm using mine as a daily until the winter comes around again. I'm getting about 20mpg which is better than my sisters olds achieva.
DD driver here!! people get mad at me for havong a supra thats running! gas is expensive, but hey... if ya want to pass people all the time, ya better get used to paying the price..
Same here, love my supra as a DD, i get around 20-22 when i don't boost a lot. When my supra see's downtime for maitenance or upgrades i miss it terribly. Oh and the power never gets old either, in fact the car never seizes to amaze me with it's power.
I drive mine hard.. and when it breaks (not if cause I know it will break sometime) im not SOL trying to bum a ride to get to work.. I can beat the shit out of it and not worry about it..suprageezer said:
yeah as a side not i drive mine 20 kms a day, 5 days a week tops. So i dont know much about longer disances.
I daily drive my 1JZ-GTE Supra. To work and back... at night if I go out... everywhere. But not to the gym! I got in my mother's Terios, so I don't sweat my Supra seats 
... I know, I'm a bastard. But she'll change that vehicle this year anyways.
I don't know about gas, since the speedometer isn't working (bought the cable, but it's not installed yet). But it doesn't seem awful when I drive normally (no boost). If I drive it very hard it will be worse, of course... but when you daily drive these cars, you learn that you don't HAVE to rev it up to 7,000 every chance you get. =)
... I know, I'm a bastard. But she'll change that vehicle this year anyways.I don't know about gas, since the speedometer isn't working (bought the cable, but it's not installed yet). But it doesn't seem awful when I drive normally (no boost). If I drive it very hard it will be worse, of course... but when you daily drive these cars, you learn that you don't HAVE to rev it up to 7,000 every chance you get. =)
My '87 NA started life as a second car (when it was new).
Then in mid life it bacame a daily driver until the leaking HG because too much. Then on the rebuild, it went to a turbo and a daily driver for a few years until CA smog problems. Now its just sitting waiting for another rebuild. I'd rebuild it except if I did, I wouldn't have any use for my 4-runner. The supra got about 20 mpgs and had plenty of power. The 4 runner gets 18 mpgs and no power.
Then in mid life it bacame a daily driver until the leaking HG because too much. Then on the rebuild, it went to a turbo and a daily driver for a few years until CA smog problems. Now its just sitting waiting for another rebuild. I'd rebuild it except if I did, I wouldn't have any use for my 4-runner. The supra got about 20 mpgs and had plenty of power. The 4 runner gets 18 mpgs and no power.
I DD all my supras when they ran, rain, snow or whatever its a car and its mment to be driven. I take care of the one i have now since everything is still new. Never though about getting a beater.
tomz.
tomz.
I drive mine every day and have put about 70K miles on it since I bought it. It has been through a rebuild and a new headgasket later but thats all I have done in 8 years. Funny thing is, of my 3 cars it is the only one running right now.
Thanks guys. What about the exhaust, as long as you don't have a heavy foot I suppose it isn't too loud after a while? Or does the exhaust always sound great to you guys?
I looked around and couldn't find the MPG thread (if there is one?)
How many miles do you get to the gallon of gas?
I looked around and couldn't find the MPG thread (if there is one?)
How many miles do you get to the gallon of gas?
The exhaust? Have you not seen how big the mufflers are? This is one of the quietest cars ever made. If you go to open pipes, that is different.
The car serves as a great daily driver. Comfortable seats, good mileage, isolated from the outside world with the windows up and top on, what more could you ask? Better in the snow would be ok I guess.
The car serves as a great daily driver. Comfortable seats, good mileage, isolated from the outside world with the windows up and top on, what more could you ask? Better in the snow would be ok I guess.
Nick M said:
Sorry, I have not been around supras long enough. Just from the videos I have heard with aftermarket exhaust it sounds loud. I've been listening to kwantes (sp?) goliath video...it sounds amazing.
Thanks for the mileage thread, it would have helped if I spelt it right...Thanks.
