How Many Daily Drivers?

[suprabad]

I am really curious how many of you drive your Supras on a daily (and I mean everyday) basis?

Also, I'd like to know how many people have only the one car (Supra) and must depend on it totally? How modded is it?

I hear alot of people say that Supra's aren't reliable daily transportation and I disagree. I know cause I only have the Supra and it takes me wherever I gotta go and I have a lot of performance upgrades. Mine is reliable as a stone even with mods :biglaugh:

 

[e90suprat]

I used my 88t as a dd for almost 9 years and it never let me down. I now have a 90t, but I only use it fun, Atlanta traffic sucks ass and it would probably kill the supra.

 

[mkiii222]

Mine has been my only car for just over a year now. I even delivered pizza in it for a while(6 months, but it let me meet the cars 2nd owner and find out that I'm the 4th, original owner was a doctor who got every option, and the 3rd owner is the one that abused it).
I've put 22k on it since the BHG it had when I bought it.
So far it's only needed a new battery(it was a 5 yo battery, replaced with Optima red), new tires(almost time again, Fuzion ZRi, much nicer than expected, but then they are made by Bridgestone), and new hoses(accordian, turbo->IC, and several misc others + clamps, many many clamps). Mainly maintenance type stuff.
Not really modded yet, still working on the minor stuff, and she gets me to work and around town with very little trouble(only got stranded once, and I would have made it to the shop if I didn't back into the grass turning around after an almost overheat).

 

[wingman]

i'm slowly learning that the car has a mind of it's own....If you treat it good, it'll treat you good. if you treat it bad, it'll treat you bad. If you say your sorry and make up it'll run like a champ, but if you ignore it you'll have hell on wheels.

i don't know if that applies to the non-dd's, but I know it applies to me. Having an N/A helps a bit too...

 

[martyn&tara]

Hi my we have a supra each which we use as our daily drivers, we have a further 12 supras which we are restoring and some are show spec and are kept tucked up, martyn does the engines and i do the interiors being a trimmer. they are a hobby obsession and wouldnt dream of drivin any thing else.

 

[aye mate]

My Supra is my first and only car. Mods are in my profile. It has been down for extended periods of time but that was usually because I did something stupid. Its been a great DD, I can't imagine driving anything else for as long as I have driven the Supra.

 

[Supra Blues]

Daily driver here for the most part.

If its raining, I leave it in the garage. The only reason it is a daily driver is because it is much more fun to drive then my 91 Ford Explorer with 190,000 miles and a leaky sunroof.

 

[Mr.PFloyd]

it's my DD. Im 17 still in high school with the fastest car in my parking lot (that includes teachers too hahah). You just gotta keep posting on here and figure out whats wrong and if peeps can help you. If something's wrong. double check everything. if it happens again, then you sure as hell gotta be prepared for the worst. And this is my only car up until the winter. when winter hits, its gonna be bus every morning . hmm maybe if my bro gets a car it'll be a winter one

 

[7M-GTE]

my 89 is my daily driver... and also my only car... it's a bitch to rely on... I've put maybe 3500 miles on it since jan 31st... so it's not very reliable... but I'm hopin that it is when all is said and done...

 

[KevinM]

My white one is a DD. SP63 + 756cc inj = bad fuel mileage for around town.
I have the Maroon one too, but would rather drive the white one.

 

[mkIIIman089]

I only have one car, and like Cryo, I'm 17 and in HS. Supra has been perfectly reliable for me, I keep up extremely well with maintenance and watch my Greddy guages pretty well.
Mods:
Apexi intake
Cooleeze full IC pipe kit
NGK plug wires
NGK Iridiums 1 heat range colder
JBLMK3 EGR block off plates
Stainless brake lines
Stainless clutch line
HTS vacuum hoses
PWR radiator
Blitz rad cap
JBLMK3 turbo elbow
Random Tech downpipe
3" test pipe custom length for nur spec
Blitz NUR Spec
Sparco race wheel
GReddy water temp, oil pressure, fuel pressure guages in center consol
Blitz turbo timer
Spec Al flywheel
Spec stage 2 clutch
Al 1 piece driveshaft
4.30 LSD

 

[whopwood]

One car, driven daily for 5+ years. Has never left me on the side of the road. Although, I have "had" to call in to work a day or two for unexpected repairs


Intake:

- Alamo 2.5" hard pipes
- 57 trim ct-26 (no exhaust clip)
- Alamo IC
- SSQV to atmosphere + recirculating Bosch
- 3" hotwire AFM
- MAF-T


Exhaust:

- Suprasport turbo elbow
- RT 3" DP
- RT 3" cat
- 3" Tanabe Hyper Medalion cat-back


Fuel:

- MKIV pump
- RC 550cc injectors
- Aeromotive 13109 AFPR (3.25 kg/cc base)


Electric:

- Apexi S-AFC
- Apexi AVC-R


Instruments:

- Tech Edge v2.0 Wideband O2
- Greddy electric fuel pressure


Suspension:

- Tokico Illumina IIs
- Borbet Type H, 16", 5 spokes
- SupraSport strut bars
- ST anti-sway bars

Misc:

- metal HG
- RPS clutch plate
- Aluminum 1 piece driveshaft
- G-stop SS brake lines
- one washer on the wastegate actuator to make the AVC-R happy

 

[gixxer750]

mine is a daily driver, its pretty modded and I run it hard on the weekends. I also have a 2005 nissan titan crew cab, but I drive the supra unless I need to haul something. (Truck only has 2500 miles on it, had it for 4 months) The supra has never left me stranded, not once.

 

[MA70Supra88]

My Supra is my only car and I drive it every single day. It has never once stranded me in the more than 4 years that I've owned. It is a stock '88 N/A.

 

[empera]

right now its a DD, but try no to drive it much because of gas and because of rain and such. Hopefully i will have a Subaru SVX soon...as a DD

 

[OneJoeZee]

daily driver and only car for me. normal mods, nothing too special

 

[7M-GTE]

I wish I could say the same as all of you that have never had problems with your supras but mine has left me on the side of the road to many times to count... but I still love the car and out of the year that I've owne my 89 I've only been able to put 3500 miles on it... and the same went with my 87... but I did put a few more miles on the 87...

 

[Loki]

My car was my DD, I never had a problem with it. Then I blew up the turbo, and right up until it spun a bearing I had no problems with it. It wasn't too modded, just a lil bit.

 

[dav_dman]

Mine was supposed to be a weekend fun car. My morning choices are grab the keys to the 1)4x4 pickup truck, 2)SUV daddy car,3)fun-ass-to-drive OldSkool Supra...whadda ya think step into every morning?!?

 

[mazzer]

91 t .daily driver minor mods. bought it with 84k on the ticker2 yrs ago and it now has 99k on it.only left me on the side of the road once and thats due to the BHG(imagine that) when it blew a coolant hose.other than that its been a GREAT car.the short mod list includes,new o.e.m. head gasket w/ arp's @ 74 lb/ft,full port matched head to manifolds,full race grind on valves,polished stock exhaust manif, 3" DP,shimmed WG to 9 PSI, cone filt adapt,type-s BOV and other non-performance mods..im convinced ill NEVER NOT own a supra for the rest of my life be it mkiii or the infamous/ illustrious mkiv. sorry to hear about the troublesome ones.