My First Car: 1996 Toyota Supra

Salanax · February 14th, 2008, 2:20 PM

So I got my first car on January 11th. Was on my way to a holiday, couldn't go past this thing when we came upon it in Newcastle. So on the way back from the holiday dropped back into the dealer and bought it. Did the entire Newcastle --> Brisbane trip in a day, and the only thing to go wrong was the aerial stopped going down without a tap. It's now stuck up and won't go down at all, but that's pretty much the only thing to go wrong and needs fixing.

It's a silver 1996.1 Mk IV Toyota Supra SZR.

$13000 on the road, cheap as chips for what it is, especially the condition it's in, beautiful. They even threw in a radio for free so I didn't have to listen to silence all the way, and nicked some mats out of one of the other Supras as a bonus. Pretty much stock as they come, no bodykit or anything. Only found out it was an SZR last night, I've spent the last month thinking it was a standard SZ, but now I know I have the Torsen LSD and bigger brakes.
Getting about 10L per 100km with a good combination of city and highway driving. I expect it to get better as the city driving gets less, namely when uni starts.
So the piccies:

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/9398/supracroppedlhsfrontne3.th.jpg

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/5310/supracroppedrearkr6.th.jpg

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/6337/supracroppedsidesb3.th.jpg

Only outer pics at the moment, gotta dust the inside, dust is oh so obvious when everything is black. I'm loving it though. And don't think that's because I go out and act like a crazy 17 year old, I've only spun the wheels a little bit in the wet. The pressure from mates is fairly big, but as I keep telling them: "I'm at uni. I can't afford tyres, these have to last as long as possible." Plus I had to earn a lot of trust from my parents to get this, and I don't want to wreck that by doing something stupid.

sam-l · February 14th, 2008, 2:23 PM

Not a bad car considering your 18. It's pretty hard to find standard supra's nowadays.

avanti · February 14th, 2008, 2:24 PM

Wow, congratulations!! It looks amazing! How many ponies?

starfox07 · February 14th, 2008, 4:02 PM

Whats the exchange rate on Aus to US dollars? Clean supra man, those always look good.

epp_b · February 14th, 2008, 4:16 PM

S-s-supra...f-f-first...c-c-car? images/smilies/jawdrop.gif

Blayde · February 14th, 2008, 4:26 PM

Nice car, stocks are so rare. That's the one with the 6 speed tranny? or am i mistaken?

BorHor · February 14th, 2008, 4:26 PM

Nice. Keep that thing clean and take care of it.

Redliner · February 14th, 2008, 6:25 PM

Nice one! Don't do anything stupid images/smilies/tongue.gif

JCE · February 14th, 2008, 6:41 PM

I wish I had a Supra for my first car.

scathing · February 14th, 2008, 6:42 PM

Nice car.

For some reason I prefer the SZ over the RZ. Not sure why - it might be the fact that it doesn't have the whole F&F thing hanging over it, and the drivers don't have 2JZ zealotry.

Not sure what the QLD laws are like when it comes to P platers and modifications, but I have a mate who had an SZ for a while and that cast iron inline 6 sounds really tough with a good exhaust on it.

Prost264 · February 14th, 2008, 6:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by starfox07

Whats the exchange rate on Aus to US dollars? Clean supra man, those always look good.

$13,000 Aus = $11729.21 American

GM_IV · February 14th, 2008, 7:48 PM

A stock Mk IV, considering the AUD price to CAD thats actually quite cheap considering the cheapest Mk IV saw was a wrecked parts car only barely cheaper. Great find especially considering you got a car that is to others a dream car as your first. Keep in mind that taking good care of a car like this will not be cheap, Toyota doesn't exactly make this easy for its more expensive/unique cars. All thing said and done, drive safely and have fun.

No Boss · February 14th, 2008, 7:58 PM

Between the kid that has the Karman Ghia as his first car and now this guy, I'm beginning to realise how shitty my high school years were.

Awesome, AWESOME car mate.

MattD1zzl3 · February 14th, 2008, 9:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JCE

I wish I had a Supra for my first car.

i wish i had a supra now!

bartboy9891 · February 14th, 2008, 9:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MattD1zzl3

i wish i had a supra now!

You've got another '90's Toyota, what's the difference? images/smilies/tongue.gif

sam-l · February 14th, 2008, 11:00 PM

Oh forgot to ask, is this the 3L Turbo or the non-turbo and what's the 0-60 time around on one of these?

devil500 · February 15th, 2008, 12:49 AM

Nice mate !

JCE · February 15th, 2008, 2:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MattD1zzl3

i wish i had a supra now!

+1

Quote:

Originally Posted by bartboy9891

You've got another '90's Toyota, what's the difference? images/smilies/tongue.gif

Supra = sleek and sexy

Everything else isn't.

Salanax · February 15th, 2008, 3:46 AM

Cheers all, don't worry I'll take care of her.
avanti, specs say 225 ponies, no doubt a couple have been lost over the years.
Blayde, the six speed came mid 1996, this is only January so it's the last of the 5 speeds.
sam-l, the SZs are the non-turbo models, 0-60 comes about in around 6.9 seconds according to tests, I haven't tested that for myself yet images/smilies/smile.gif

Qld laws on modifications for P platers only applies to those under the new laws, which I am unfortunately and is basically anything requiring an "approved person" so any relatively major modifications are not allowed. Not that I have the money to do anything anyway, it's more the annoyance I can't have more than one passenger after 11pm and before 5am because I'm normally the one who doesn't drink at parties... but that' another topic altogether. Sounds pretty good already though, I mean for my age and considering it's up against my mate's 626, Mirage, Commodore etc. heck, I'm not complaining.
Again, thanks for all the kind comments all.

scathing · February 15th, 2008, 1:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JCE

Supra = sleek and sexy

Everything else isn't.

The SW20 MR2 begs to differ.

February 14th, 2008, 2:20 PM	#1
Salanax Joined: Jul 6th, 2007 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Australia Posts: 46 Car: 1996 Toyota Supra LFS Status: Rep Power: 10	My First Car: 1996 Toyota Supra So I got my first car on January 11th. Was on my way to a holiday, couldn't go past this thing when we came upon it in Newcastle. So on the way back from the holiday dropped back into the dealer and bought it. Did the entire Newcastle --> Brisbane trip in a day, and the only thing to go wrong was the aerial stopped going down without a tap. It's now stuck up and won't go down at all, but that's pretty much the only thing to go wrong and needs fixing. It's a silver 1996.1 Mk IV Toyota Supra SZR. $13000 on the road, cheap as chips for what it is, especially the condition it's in, beautiful. They even threw in a radio for free so I didn't have to listen to silence all the way, and nicked some mats out of one of the other Supras as a bonus. Pretty much stock as they come, no bodykit or anything. Only found out it was an SZR last night, I've spent the last month thinking it was a standard SZ, but now I know I have the Torsen LSD and bigger brakes. Getting about 10L per 100km with a good combination of city and highway driving. I expect it to get better as the city driving gets less, namely when uni starts. So the piccies: Only outer pics at the moment, gotta dust the inside, dust is oh so obvious when everything is black. I'm loving it though. And don't think that's because I go out and act like a crazy 17 year old, I've only spun the wheels a little bit in the wet. The pressure from mates is fairly big, but as I keep telling them: "I'm at uni. I can't afford tyres, these have to last as long as possible." Plus I had to earn a lot of trust from my parents to get this, and I don't want to wreck that by doing something stupid. __________________ Mark Webber: Finally. Hell. Yes. x2

February 14th, 2008, 2:24 PM	#3
avanti Joined: Jul 22nd, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Milano, Italia Posts: 3,120 Car: 2 cars + 4 bikes Rep Power: 90	Wow, congratulations!! It looks amazing! How many ponies? __________________ \|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\| Ride, Eat, Sleep, Repeat.

February 14th, 2008, 4:02 PM	#4
starfox07 Joined: Oct 7th, 2007 Last Online: 4:27 AM Location: Ennis, Tx, USA Age: 20 Posts: 3,377 Car: 1984 Mazda RX7 GSL-SE Rep Power: 81	Whats the exchange rate on Aus to US dollars? Clean supra man, those always look good. __________________ -Environmentally Hostile-

February 14th, 2008, 4:26 PM	#6
Blayde Joined: Dec 20th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Bahrain Posts: 2,377 Car: '02 Nissan X-Trail, '06 Honda Civic EXi Rep Power: 85	Nice car, stocks are so rare. That's the one with the 6 speed tranny? or am i mistaken? __________________ Crayon'd in MS Paint Some say he migrated when fuel hit 4 pounds per gallon and that he can make 'special price' for you. All we know is, he's the Stig's Arab cousin; Al-Stig!

February 14th, 2008, 4:26 PM	#7
BorHor Joined: Jul 10th, 2006 Last Online: September 7th, 2009 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 100 Car: Toyota Supra Rep Power: 15	Nice. Keep that thing clean and take care of it. __________________ Blog

February 14th, 2008, 2:23 PM	#2
sam-l Banned Joined: Aug 7th, 2006 Last Online: February 24th, 2009 Location: England Posts: 244 Car: Vokswagen Corrado VR6 Rep Power: 0	Not a bad car considering your 18. It's pretty hard to find standard supra's nowadays.

February 14th, 2008, 4:16 PM	#5
epp_b Unexperienced lover. Joined: Jun 23rd, 2006 Last Online: 6:43 AM Location: Canadaland :) Posts: 7,426 Car: 1995 Nissan 240SX Rep Power: 144	S-s-supra...f-f-first...c-c-car?

February 14th, 2008, 6:25 PM	#8
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February 14th, 2008, 6:41 PM	#9
JCE Previously Known As JCE3000GT Joined: Apr 12th, 2005 Last Online: November 19th, 2009 Location: Plano, TX Age: 30 Posts: 696 Car: '90 Chevy Camaro RS V8 / '97 Chrysler T&C LXi V6 Rep Power: 25	I wish I had a Supra for my first car. __________________ My eBay Game Auctions

February 14th, 2008, 6:42 PM	#10
scathing Joined: Nov 24th, 2007 Last Online: March 13th, 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 304 Car: Datsun Rep Power: 12	Nice car. For some reason I prefer the SZ over the RZ. Not sure why - it might be the fact that it doesn't have the whole F&F thing hanging over it, and the drivers don't have 2JZ zealotry. Not sure what the QLD laws are like when it comes to P platers and modifications, but I have a mate who had an SZ for a while and that cast iron inline 6 sounds really tough with a good exhaust on it.

February 14th, 2008, 7:48 PM	#12
GM_IV Joined: Apr 5th, 2006 Last Online: 5:56 AM Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 561 Car: 1986 Toyota Cressida Rep Power: 20	A stock Mk IV, considering the AUD price to CAD thats actually quite cheap considering the cheapest Mk IV saw was a wrecked parts car only barely cheaper. Great find especially considering you got a car that is to others a dream car as your first. Keep in mind that taking good care of a car like this will not be cheap, Toyota doesn't exactly make this easy for its more expensive/unique cars. All thing said and done, drive safely and have fun. __________________

February 14th, 2008, 7:58 PM	#13
No Boss Neener, neener, I banned your title! Joined: Oct 8th, 2005 Last Online: November 8th, 2009 Location: 'mericuh, someday the UK. Age: 24 Posts: 6,859 Car: 2005 Volvo S60 R Rep Power: 86	Between the kid that has the Karman Ghia as his first car and now this guy, I'm beginning to realise how shitty my high school years were. Awesome, AWESOME car mate. __________________

February 14th, 2008, 11:00 PM	#16
sam-l Banned Joined: Aug 7th, 2006 Last Online: February 24th, 2009 Location: England Posts: 244 Car: Vokswagen Corrado VR6 Rep Power: 0	Oh forgot to ask, is this the 3L Turbo or the non-turbo and what's the 0-60 time around on one of these?

February 15th, 2008, 12:49 AM	#17
devil500 Joined: Aug 8th, 2007 Last Online: 4:26 AM Location: NYC for now, Penn State in 2010 Age: 17 Posts: 1,270 Car: I hate my w202.. Rep Power: 21	Nice mate ! __________________ iRacing

February 15th, 2008, 3:46 AM	#19
Salanax Joined: Jul 6th, 2007 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Australia Posts: 46 Car: 1996 Toyota Supra LFS Status: Rep Power: 10	Cheers all, don't worry I'll take care of her. avanti, specs say 225 ponies, no doubt a couple have been lost over the years. Blayde, the six speed came mid 1996, this is only January so it's the last of the 5 speeds. sam-l, the SZs are the non-turbo models, 0-60 comes about in around 6.9 seconds according to tests, I haven't tested that for myself yet Qld laws on modifications for P platers only applies to those under the new laws, which I am unfortunately and is basically anything requiring an "approved person" so any relatively major modifications are not allowed. Not that I have the money to do anything anyway, it's more the annoyance I can't have more than one passenger after 11pm and before 5am because I'm normally the one who doesn't drink at parties... but that' another topic altogether. Sounds pretty good already though, I mean for my age and considering it's up against my mate's 626, Mirage, Commodore etc. heck, I'm not complaining. Again, thanks for all the kind comments all. __________________ Mark Webber: Finally. Hell. Yes. x2

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