Rajunz said:
I turned 16 in 1998, during the height of the japanese muscle car era. I always hated the MKIV, even back then. I was a huge gen3 RX7 fan til FATF came out, and made my dream go frok 8k to 16k and made that dissapear.
Why the MKIII?
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I turned 16 in 1998, during the height of the japanese muscle car era. I always hated the MKIV, even back then. I was a huge gen3 RX7 fan til FATF came out, and made my dream go frok 8k to 16k and made that dissapear.
For me it was just love at first sight!!:love: :aigo: The car looks great!! It is rear wheel drive!! Plus it is a Toyota!! I was hooked!! I started doing research and saw alot of potential then the search began to find my very own. I found one for $1150 and the rest is history. Here I am $$$$ later and if I could go back in time I would not have bought anything else!!
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Rajunz said:
I'm like you, I fell in love with a new 1992 Blue Turbo that I test drove. I was 22. I swore I would own one one day. And everything else you said, I agree with as well.
The lines, and the cockpit, I've sat and driven alot of other cars, they just dont hold you in like the MKIII, even the MKIV doesn't do it for me.
D34DC311 said:
Yeah, i hate the drivers seat of a mk4. Im 6'1 and i cant even rest my arm on the door when its a nice day out with the windows down.
Ric said:
Doesn't it just grab you and make you feel like it was made just for your body.
Im 6'4"ish and I fit and feel so comfortable in it, I possibly could say I could do a cross country drive with no ache problems.
D34DC311 said:
i know what your saying. i dive in my camry for like an hour and i feel like parking and standing up, but in the supra i can drive it all day long.
MKIII wins the cake for interior comfort. Out of the MKIII, MKIV, and SC.. SC being the most uncomfortable and just plain weird. In order for me to be able to touch my radio buttons without leaning foward every time, I have to put the seat so far foward I eat the steering wheel. the MKIV is more suited for a jet fighter where seeing out the windows is not very important, other then that, its ok.
In 1999 I did 75,000 kms/46500 miles in the Mk3 and LOVED every minute of it!
It is the best GT car I've driven bar none.
It's dynamics as a car hold up even today as it was very sophisticated for it's day and I'm struggling to think of a replacement for it.
It is the best GT car I've driven bar none.
It's dynamics as a car hold up even today as it was very sophisticated for it's day and I'm struggling to think of a replacement for it.
Transformers of the Mid 80's got me hooked. Their designs were way ahead of their time. Never, will their ever be a car like the MKIII. Ever
everybody mention's that the money spent on are mkIII's could have went towards a mkIV.this might be true,but i wouldn't be able to leave the mkIV stock anyway's.then i'll really be broke,trying to mod the fuck out of a $20k+ car.now i'm just modding the fuck out of a car that costed me $4000.
one of my freind's brought me to a dealership and we looked at a brand new 89 turbo targa.i was 19 at the time and thought the car was awesome,but at $29,000 back then:nono:
to be honest it took along time for the styling of the mkIV to grow on me.i thought the big ass headlight's and skinny looking tail light's to close together ass end made it look weird.the mkIII styling,i loved right off the bat.i just love the way the corner of the front end flow's into the ass end.sharp as a knife and stealthy
one of my freind's brought me to a dealership and we looked at a brand new 89 turbo targa.i was 19 at the time and thought the car was awesome,but at $29,000 back then:nono:
to be honest it took along time for the styling of the mkIV to grow on me.i thought the big ass headlight's and skinny looking tail light's to close together ass end made it look weird.the mkIII styling,i loved right off the bat.i just love the way the corner of the front end flow's into the ass end.sharp as a knife and stealthy
Always had a thing for supra's and it stems from the Love of old Celicas. We used to luv the old late seventies celicas. Then toyo came out with the Celica supra MKI and I thought wow finally a celica w/some balls. Well back then anyway. Then they came out with the MKII when I was in H.S. and i luved the wedge shape. Convinced my girl at the time to get an MKII back in 88' luved it. I was actually saving money for an 1988 MKIII in college got side tracked and bought a 5.0 Mustang......luved it. I actually remember racing a guy in my 5.0 and he had a new MKIII and was killing me. Thats Karma should have got the MKIII to begin with. I then purchased my own MKIII in 2000 sold it to my sister and it was stolen from her. Now i have a Turbo Targa and I still luv my project MKIII soon to b 300 horse:evil2: DD MKIIIRic said:
IJ. said:Pre 89 = classic styling understated, post 89 = Transformers
Post 89 FTW :love: :love:
K: Nah they're a mess
(they look like the designers 13 year old kid was doodleing on the blueprints)
(they look like the designers 13 year old kid was doodleing on the blueprints)
IJ. said:K: Nah they're a mess
(they look like the designers 13 year old kid was doodleing on the blueprints)
Pfft!!!! You better not say that about mine when we meet up later this year!!!!