This IS a pretty long post...however if youve ever wondered my background with the car...heres your chance to find out 
Id like everyone to read everything i wrote...but i doubt that will happen SOOOO theres cliffs at the very bottom. Thanks!
Well...This coming February will be the 4th year anniversary of me buying the supra. And i just wanted to express my thoughts and feelings with everyone.
First off let me start by saying that regardless of any of the issues i have had with ANY of you (granted there havent been many)...i want it to be known that i know in person we would all get along. We all have different opinions on things and i realize sometimes i might come off a bit brash. However im not meaning to come off as sounding condescending....at least most of the time
Anyways.... when i bought my car i really didnt know much about cars in general, let alone supras. Ill be the first to admit that I wanted a mk4. However i found the mk3s to be just as appealing and actually in my price range. So i decided to buy one and make a go of it.
Little did i know where this car would lead me. I found my car on ebay of all places. After VOWING not to buy a white supra....guess what color i got ... It was in pristine shape with only 44k miles on it. Pearl white with burgandy leather interior. 5spd turbo and targa top...cant ask for much more. I wasnt big on the white...and definitley not the burgandy interior...BUT something just called out to me about the car....I couldnt pass it up...even at the, what now to me, would be a hefty price tag.
I was living in CT at the time and the car was in Virginia. I grabbed a train to Maryland and (of all things) a fellow MK4 owner picked me up (we had never met in person before this) and drove me down to VA to pick up my future car. Again little did i know that this car would bring me as many friends as it has and Nick (MK4 owner) was simply the first.
After i picked up the car i couldnt get over it. Even having the clutch go out on me on the way back because of the previous owner. I had it replaced and all was well again. I LOVED the car and couldnt help myself from turning around to look at it when i was walking away from it after parking.
About a month went by and i got the dreaded BHG...now at this time i really didnt know to much about the car and between school,junior hockey, 40+ hour work weeks and supporting myself in the expensive CT area i didnt have much time or space to deal with it myself. I had a local mechanic do it and called it a day.
Until i drove down to FL to visit family and right around GA the hg blew AGAIN. Apparently mister mechanic didnt do some things right .....
THIS was the turning point for me and the car....I could have just sold it...BUT I COULDNT....no....I WOULDNT. I asked for the help of any of the local supra owners and met another very good friend of mine to this day. We ripped the entire engine out and commenced on a rebuild. Top to bottom not a single thing was missed. I couldnt help how happy i was working on the car.....thinking im building this thing with my own hands....
And thats basically where it started...i spent countless nights and days doing nothing but readings on here and various other sources and acquiring information. I decided that wasnt enough and started thinking of things i could do MYSELF as my own "invention".
About 6 months about the rebuild i had a HORRIBLE thing happen. A rod bolt SNAPPED in half...and threw a rod through the side of my engine. a FREAK accident and nothing i could have done about it. I wont lie...i cried...i didnt know what to do...the car i loved so much had given up on me AGAIN.
By this time i had met NUMEROUS people through this car...and the simple love of it had made us great friends.... many of which i am BEST friends with now. I made the decision that this car will be with me until i die. No matter WHAT. I bought a JDM engine and dropped it in.....started right up...and all i heard was knocking...turned out to be a bad wrist pin...again terrible luck.
I took the JDM engine and my previous engine and built a new one. This time ARP throughout and a HKS MHG..... i didnt know how to reuse the MHG so i took some advice from many people. The car purred amazingly...but i had bad feelings about the MHG reusage..... sure enough about 2 months later it quit on me and BHG AGAIN. This time i knew it was MY fault.... So i tore her down again and slapped a Cometic MHG on it. Been fine since.
This car gave me more problems to test my nerve and my sanity (and my wallet) then anything i could ever imagine in the first two years of ownership. However the past two years have been nothing short of incredible with her. I have had ZERO problems that i myself havent caused. And she made it from FL all the way to TX and back with ZERO problems whatsoever. And i had the time of my life there meeting some of the people i have talked to all these years.
Because of this car i took a toyota T-Ten course and graduated at the top of the class. I really took it for myself but i am now certified in about 10 different toyota specialities and im also ASE certified in two areas. These are accomplishements that i cherish.
I guess what im trying to say is to all the "newbs" with the car. Dont give up on them so quickly if you really enjoy it. If i had given up on my car at the first second or even third hint of problems...i have NO idea where i would be in life right now. BUT i can tell you i wouldnt be surrounded by many people who i have me through this car and are best friends now. The car to some is just that...a car...but to MANY others...its more...its a lifestyle...a community. The car can be more then just transportation if you let it. It can bring you happiness in more ways then just acceleration.
And to all the guys who i have made friends with....or hopefully helped...or even made fun of.... Its been great getting to know each and every one of you the past 4 years...and you better believe ill be around for the next 4 and hopefully more. To everyone who actually took the time to read this i greatly appreciate it. To be honest no words can express how this community has effected my life. I hope each and every one of you have a wonderful New Year and upcoming year in 2006. Salud.
CLIFFS: I bought car 4 years ago, had NUMEROUS problems.....pushed forward and never gave up on the car....car has brought me nothing but happiness the past 2 years...along with numerous friends and an awesome community. If you want the sappy yet "cool" version...read the real thread Happy New Year.
Id like everyone to read everything i wrote...but i doubt that will happen SOOOO theres cliffs at the very bottom. Thanks!Well...This coming February will be the 4th year anniversary of me buying the supra. And i just wanted to express my thoughts and feelings with everyone.
First off let me start by saying that regardless of any of the issues i have had with ANY of you (granted there havent been many)...i want it to be known that i know in person we would all get along. We all have different opinions on things and i realize sometimes i might come off a bit brash. However im not meaning to come off as sounding condescending....at least most of the time
Anyways.... when i bought my car i really didnt know much about cars in general, let alone supras. Ill be the first to admit that I wanted a mk4. However i found the mk3s to be just as appealing and actually in my price range. So i decided to buy one and make a go of it.
Little did i know where this car would lead me. I found my car on ebay of all places. After VOWING not to buy a white supra....guess what color i got
... It was in pristine shape with only 44k miles on it. Pearl white with burgandy leather interior. 5spd turbo and targa top...cant ask for much more. I wasnt big on the white...and definitley not the burgandy interior...BUT something just called out to me about the car....I couldnt pass it up...even at the, what now to me, would be a hefty price tag.I was living in CT at the time and the car was in Virginia. I grabbed a train to Maryland and (of all things) a fellow MK4 owner picked me up (we had never met in person before this) and drove me down to VA to pick up my future car. Again little did i know that this car would bring me as many friends as it has and Nick (MK4 owner) was simply the first.
After i picked up the car i couldnt get over it. Even having the clutch go out on me on the way back because of the previous owner. I had it replaced and all was well again. I LOVED the car and couldnt help myself from turning around to look at it when i was walking away from it after parking.
About a month went by and i got the dreaded BHG...now at this time i really didnt know to much about the car and between school,junior hockey, 40+ hour work weeks and supporting myself in the expensive CT area i didnt have much time or space to deal with it myself. I had a local mechanic do it and called it a day.
Until i drove down to FL to visit family and right around GA the hg blew AGAIN. Apparently mister mechanic didnt do some things right
..... THIS was the turning point for me and the car....I could have just sold it...BUT I COULDNT....no....I WOULDNT. I asked for the help of any of the local supra owners and met another very good friend of mine to this day. We ripped the entire engine out and commenced on a rebuild. Top to bottom not a single thing was missed. I couldnt help how happy i was working on the car.....thinking im building this thing with my own hands....
And thats basically where it started...i spent countless nights and days doing nothing but readings on here and various other sources and acquiring information. I decided that wasnt enough and started thinking of things i could do MYSELF as my own "invention".
About 6 months about the rebuild i had a HORRIBLE thing happen. A rod bolt SNAPPED in half...and threw a rod through the side of my engine. a FREAK accident and nothing i could have done about it. I wont lie...i cried...i didnt know what to do...the car i loved so much had given up on me AGAIN.
By this time i had met NUMEROUS people through this car...and the simple love of it had made us great friends.... many of which i am BEST friends with now. I made the decision that this car will be with me until i die. No matter WHAT. I bought a JDM engine and dropped it in.....started right up...and all i heard was knocking...turned out to be a bad wrist pin...again terrible luck.
I took the JDM engine and my previous engine and built a new one. This time ARP throughout and a HKS MHG..... i didnt know how to reuse the MHG so i took some advice from many people. The car purred amazingly...but i had bad feelings about the MHG reusage..... sure enough about 2 months later it quit on me and BHG AGAIN. This time i knew it was MY fault.... So i tore her down again and slapped a Cometic MHG on it. Been fine since.
This car gave me more problems to test my nerve and my sanity (and my wallet) then anything i could ever imagine in the first two years of ownership. However the past two years have been nothing short of incredible with her. I have had ZERO problems that i myself havent caused. And she made it from FL all the way to TX and back with ZERO problems whatsoever. And i had the time of my life there meeting some of the people i have talked to all these years.
Because of this car i took a toyota T-Ten course and graduated at the top of the class. I really took it for myself but i am now certified in about 10 different toyota specialities and im also ASE certified in two areas. These are accomplishements that i cherish.
I guess what im trying to say is to all the "newbs" with the car. Dont give up on them so quickly if you really enjoy it. If i had given up on my car at the first second or even third hint of problems...i have NO idea where i would be in life right now. BUT i can tell you i wouldnt be surrounded by many people who i have me through this car and are best friends now. The car to some is just that...a car...but to MANY others...its more...its a lifestyle...a community. The car can be more then just transportation if you let it. It can bring you happiness in more ways then just acceleration.
And to all the guys who i have made friends with....or hopefully helped...or even made fun of.... Its been great getting to know each and every one of you the past 4 years...and you better believe ill be around for the next 4 and hopefully more. To everyone who actually took the time to read this i greatly appreciate it. To be honest no words can express how this community has effected my life. I hope each and every one of you have a wonderful New Year and upcoming year in 2006. Salud.
CLIFFS: I bought car 4 years ago, had NUMEROUS problems.....pushed forward and never gave up on the car....car has brought me nothing but happiness the past 2 years...along with numerous friends and an awesome community. If you want the sappy yet "cool"
version...read the real thread Happy New Year.
