im actually just surprised that no one had taken the name "Toyota Supra" yet
im actually just surprised that no one had taken the name "Toyota Supra" yet
Judging by your sig, You're talking about a MK4 - and an NA MK4 is a lot less likely to suffer from the serious mechanical problems than a MK3, NA or turbo, because the MK3's suffering from both advanced age and engineering flaws that the MK4's generally don't have.
At least half of the still-living MK3's are old, tired, abused buckets of shit that will need a LOT of work to make it reliable, and a LOT of work to KEEP it reliable. A novice driver should be worried about learning to drive well in a car that's much more reliable so they can focus on driving, instead of focusing on whether or not their car is trying to kill itself.
Yes, a MK3 is slow, but it's also expensive to work on and expensive to keep reliable. A newbie driver would be much better served by a cheaper, more fuel efficient, and more reliable platform from the beginning - such as a Celica, Honda, etc.
Jeff
"I spent a lot of money on booze, chicks and fast cars. The rest I just squandered." -- George Best
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Get the car you want, drive safely, remain responsible. The end.
I'm gonna agree with everybody else and say get something reliable and slow as your first car. My first car was an ugly, riced out 99 V6 mustang. It was plenty fast for an 18 year old and very reliable up until the last year I had it. When you start going for speed and looks, you're going to notice a big difference in how much money you have to spend then compared to when you were going for slower and reliable and you're still not going to be satisfied. I've got an 02 Firebird, put about 3,000 into the motor and i'm still not happy with it. It's a piece of junk to me eventhough other people around here seem to like it.
The problem is that he is 16, so he will get the car he wants, won't drive safely, and definitely won't remain responsible. My advice would be to buy a beater that you can "Accidentally" wreck and not care about and learn from there. Buy a Supra when you can afford both cars, because you know the MK3 is going to break.