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fractoid Regular Location: Perth Registered: September 2004	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please Thu, 09 September 2004 12:31 Actually, as someone who came to the Supra somewhat late in life (I bought mine when I was 19 ) I can second the sentiment of 'get a slow car for a year or two first'. For my first two and a bit years of driving I had an '82 Sigma wagon with 2L astron engine in it. Poor old Bessie wouldn't have beaten a Daihatsu Charade off the line if the Charade had four of the Wallabies sitting in it, and had a top speed flat out of about 130km/h. Great car for learning in, though - gave me a machine that I could push to its limits without taking me too close to my own, and with a big margin for error. It took me more than two years in the Supra before I was confident that it was the car, not me, that was the main thing slowing us down. That said, though, an NA MA70 Supra is not too bad a choice to start off in. It certainly handles very well, and is quick enough to give you a feel for sports cars without putting you in too much danger. Also it's a very benign chassis - even when things do go pear-shaped, they do so slowly enough that you can usually fix them. (Compare and contrast the AW11 MR2 Sc - I swear that thing is evil. Very low polar moment of inertia plus crap rear tyres plus some bozo pumping the rears up to 34lb equals more sideways than you can poke a stick at, even when not planning it.) [edit: (to the OP) I don't think that insurance companies care whether you have 3rd party or comprehensive insurance, it's the duration that you were insured vs. the number of claims that they look at. I got credit for the time I had 3rd party when I stepped up to comprehensive. ] [Updated on: Thu, 09 September 2004 12:33] [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Sol_Supra	Mon, 06 September 2004 13:34
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	justcallmefrank	Mon, 06 September 2004 13:40
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	fractoid	Mon, 06 September 2004 13:55
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Sol_Supra	Mon, 06 September 2004 14:02
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	V8_MA61	Mon, 06 September 2004 14:01
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	V8_MA61	Mon, 06 September 2004 14:47
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Jag7799	Tue, 07 September 2004 00:01
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	V8_MA61	Tue, 07 September 2004 01:24
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	RobST162	Tue, 07 September 2004 01:43
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Jag7799	Tue, 07 September 2004 02:07
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Sol_Supra	Tue, 07 September 2004 02:56
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	V8_MA61	Tue, 07 September 2004 02:58
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Jag7799	Tue, 07 September 2004 03:19
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Sol_Supra	Tue, 07 September 2004 03:51
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Jag7799	Tue, 07 September 2004 04:01
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	MR 1JZ	Tue, 07 September 2004 05:48
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	lumpy	Tue, 07 September 2004 04:04
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Jag7799	Tue, 07 September 2004 04:06
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	rob_RA40	Tue, 07 September 2004 04:25
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	V8_MA61	Tue, 07 September 2004 13:55
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Norbie	Tue, 07 September 2004 05:36
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	rob_RA40	Tue, 07 September 2004 09:14
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Sol_Supra	Tue, 07 September 2004 10:17
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Jag7799	Tue, 07 September 2004 10:22
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Sol_Supra	Tue, 07 September 2004 10:41
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	STR8 2.8	Tue, 07 September 2004 10:46
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Jag7799	Tue, 07 September 2004 11:19
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Sol_Supra	Tue, 07 September 2004 12:28
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	STR8 2.8	Tue, 07 September 2004 12:37
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Jag7799	Tue, 07 September 2004 13:48
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	V8_MA61	Tue, 07 September 2004 14:14
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Sol_Supra	Tue, 07 September 2004 17:36
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Jag7799	Tue, 07 September 2004 22:50
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	wilbo666	Wed, 08 September 2004 03:20
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	V8_MA61	Wed, 08 September 2004 03:45
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	STR8 2.8	Wed, 08 September 2004 04:10
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	wilbo666	Wed, 08 September 2004 08:00
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Jag7799	Wed, 08 September 2004 08:56
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Sol_Supra	Wed, 08 September 2004 11:04
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	V8_MA61	Wed, 08 September 2004 11:10
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	wilbo666	Thu, 09 September 2004 01:30
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	fractoid	Thu, 09 September 2004 04:54
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	V8_MA61	Wed, 08 September 2004 00:40
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	rob_RA40	Tue, 07 September 2004 22:37
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	V8_MA61	Wed, 08 September 2004 00:39
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	MR 1JZ	Wed, 08 September 2004 00:45
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Sol_Supra	Wed, 08 September 2004 02:14
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	V8_MA61	Wed, 08 September 2004 04:18
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Jag7799	Wed, 08 September 2004 04:46
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	V8_MA61	Wed, 08 September 2004 04:58
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Sol_Supra	Wed, 08 September 2004 11:42
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	V8_MA61	Wed, 08 September 2004 11:48
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Jag7799	Wed, 08 September 2004 11:57
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Sol_Supra	Wed, 08 September 2004 12:02
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Alchemist	Wed, 08 September 2004 12:52
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Jag7799	Wed, 08 September 2004 13:12
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	rob_RA40	Thu, 09 September 2004 06:10
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Sol_Supra	Thu, 09 September 2004 06:51
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	THE WITZL	Thu, 09 September 2004 07:27
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Norminator	Thu, 09 September 2004 09:29
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Norbie	Thu, 09 September 2004 11:03
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	thug_immortal	Thu, 09 September 2004 11:05
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	Sol_Supra	Thu, 09 September 2004 11:22
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	thug_immortal	Thu, 09 September 2004 11:39
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	V8_MA61	Thu, 09 September 2004 10:58
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	THE WITZL	Thu, 09 September 2004 12:15
	Re: 1986 Toyota Supra - Opinions Please	fractoid	Thu, 09 September 2004 12:31

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