welcome! I saw those supras Roseville had up on their site and yea they seemed ridiculous. I’m in the Bay Area as well. I ended up getting mine from Walnut Creek Toyota. No haggle there.Hey there!
I just picked up my 2020 certified pre-owned Supra Launch Edition last Saturday and I've been in love with the car. I purchased what I thought was my dream car back in October, which was a new 2024 C8 Corvette Z51. Unfortunately, that Vette had a bad DCT right off the lot so GM bought it back under California Lemon Law. I decided to roll the dice and get into another C8 Z51 which ran fine for about 3 months before it too shat a transmission on New Years and almost stranded my Partner and I 300 + miles from home.
Well, I started looking around for a Supra about 2 months ago, and kept running into a wall with availability especially in the Bay Area. I found a new 2025 that was coming in but Roseville Toyota refused to negotiate and lied to me about not marking up the only Supra they had coming in. They wanted 10k over MSRP. I walked out and never looked back. Fast forward to last week. GM approved the buyback on my second C8 Corvette which freed me up to shopping again for a Supra. A dealership who I'd kept in contact with started blowing up my phone last Friday with a CPO'd 2020 Supra with 6000 miles on it. I jumped on it and drove 3 hours to Fresno and purchased her right there.
I got lucky, because other people had applied for financing on the car but couldn't qualify so she was mine. So far, we found out that an oil change was never done on the car since 2020 (she was a garage queen), so a Toyota dealership here in the Bay Area performed all the service on it and so far she's in tip top shape. Car threw a CEL for a small EVAP code, but we think it was because I didn't tighten the gas cap enough. Drove her for hours last night, let the car sit overnight and so far it's been flawless. One thing I will say is I am so excited to mod the car.
I'm thinking a wing, Cold Air Intake, catback exhaust either HKS or Tomei, an ECU tune, and possibly some stickier tires. For those who have had your Supra's for awhile/daily your car how is it reliability wise? I've gotten PTSD from Corvette check engine lights, so forgive me if I'm a little nervous. But the car is SUCH a drivers car. The C8 is a great platform, but it certainly deadens the feedback and almost insulates you from what the road is telling you. Lots of power, lots of nannies, but more of a quick GT car as opposed to the Supra.
Also, this car attracts a whole other crowd and I love it. So far, it's been nothing but car people and enthusiasts. Lots of thumbs up, lots of "convoy" driving randomly finding friends on the road and cruising. The car just has such an amazing feel and joy to it I can't explain. It scratches a different itch I never knew I had when I had a C8. Power goals right now are around 500 HP at the crank with a ECU tune and Mod 2 on 91 with the mods listed. Anywhere close to that I'd be happy with, and a little meatier tire.
Hope to see you all around the forums and on the road. What a car!
From what I've read in my short time on this forum the track goers say that adding an intake is kind of pointless and most cause higher IATs after multiple pulls so unless you're pushing some big numbers might be worth skipping it. The stock box should get you to your goals just fine. That being said the Armaspeed intake adds some gnarly induction and flutter noises, so I went ahead and threw one on mine and I love it. For catted downpipes I've seen a lot of praise for the Active Autowerkes Catted DP and there's a handful of Sponsors on the forum that can get you one for a good deal. MERAKI AUTOWORKS comes to mind.
The cat is in the downpipe so you would want to get a downpipe with a GESI cat so you can pass OBD2 smog check.
Inline 6! Not v6. Welcome to the Supra gang, its such a great car and WAY more rare than a C8. AA catted downpipe, and tune and honestly it's perfect like that. Enjoy brother!
Thanks!
And learning is half the battle. GI JOE!!!
Only the former Corvette owners who have not yet realized that stereotypical Vette owner mindsets & behavior must cease the moment the car leaves your possession. That chapter of your life is closed, so act like it.
