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Yep! 200 miles so work on a Monday morning. Drive about all week there and then 200 miles home on a Thursday night.
Comfortable and economical so far. Think I've averaged 35.3mpg (UK) over the first 1800 miles (thanks to being stuck at 60mph for parts of the journey.)
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I've been driving mine daily since early August, about 2500 miles so far. It's been great, no complaints.

Was at Palmer speedway on Sunday. Car is nice on the track, a bit lose but very fun stock.
nice man! I love Palmer! so sketchy but so gooood!
I'm headed to Palmer with the car next Tuesday. It'll be my first time on that(or any) track in a car(as opposed to a motorcycle) so I'm pretty excited about it.
 

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Are those of you that are in New England planning on adding snow tires and daily driving yours through the Winter too?
 

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mine is sleeping inside the garage. and soon to be quarantined from dreadful winter storms....WINTER IS COMING....na..na...nana..nana..na...nanaaaaaaaa...na nana...aaaaaaaaaaa (GOT) lol.

jokes aside, i am still due to clearbra my car and was pissed off to see rock chips alredy on the paint!.
 

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Are those of you that are in New England planning on adding snow tires and daily driving yours through the Winter too?
I picked up a set of 18" wheels and snows right after I got the car.

Honestly, it's unlikely I'd drive it in any actual snow accumulation, because it doesn't have much ground clearance, and I have a truck.

But...driving in a little bit of snow is fun. :D

Plus, I expect that the OEM tires won't be great once temps start dropping, so the snows will go on as soon as highs drop into the 50's.
 

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I plan to drive mine to occasionally to work on Fridays, but it will mainly be a weekend car. I want to daily the Supra, but my Honda Fit was hit 3 times in the past two years :(
 

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Are those of you that are in New England planning on adding snow tires and daily driving yours through the Winter too?
Short wheelbase cars are amazing in snow so provided you can get enough traction it should be decent.
 

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Are those of you that are in New England planning on adding snow tires and daily driving yours through the Winter too?
I'll be driving mine year round. We don't normally see too much snow accumulation but if we do I have my wife's RX350 I can drive. I have driven my RWD RC350 the last three winters on an 18X8" square set up with Michelin X-Ice and have had no problems at all. I don't care for the handling of the X-Ice's but my summer tires can't handle the cold temps.
 

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I picked up a set of 18" wheels and snows right after I got the car.

Honestly, it's unlikely I'd drive it in any actual snow accumulation, because it doesn't have much ground clearance, and I have a truck.

But...driving in a little bit of snow is fun. :D

Plus, I expect that the OEM tires won't be great once temps start dropping, so the snows will go on as soon as highs drop into the 50's.
I've been looking around for 18" wheels also. I'd like to do an 18" x 8" square setup so I can use my existing winter tires. What type of wheels did you get?
 

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I've been looking around for 18" wheels also. I'd like to do an 18" x 8" square setup so I can use my existing winter tires. What type of wheels did you get?
I bought a used set that matched the bolt pattern, hub center and rough sizing. I don't recall what brand they are, but I'll take a look.
 

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Dailied my fr-s all year round with a tire swap. Planning on doing the same with the supra. Admittedly, Portland winters aren't bad, but leaving Portland in any direction takes you up in altitude, down in temperature, and into snow. Except maybe north to Seattle.
 

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Daily. To the VA and back. Round trip: 60 miles.

Iā€™ve only had about 25 trucks challenge me...
 

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Great daily...good front splitter clearance, tires are good in rain and cold, dual mode exhaust for when you just want to cruise, good stereo, good gas mileage, plenty of interior room, seats are not a pain to get in/out of, miles don't kill resale, etc, etc. Very lucky I can dive it nearly every day. Last 3 cars were much harder to daily so its all about perspective (GT350, GT3, NSX). Only gripes are nowhere to put sunglasses and it still gets a little more attention than I like.
Huge unexpected benefit is how the heat exchangers/cooling system design allow it to get up to coolant and oil temps very quickly. Gets 200F oil temps by 3 miles down the road (yes it summer in South Carolina still) which allows more of my commute to be WOT!!!
 

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I will daily it in the Summer but it still will only see about 1,500 miles per year due to my short commute and the fact that I really like driving my FJ.
 

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Dailied my fr-s all year round with a tire swap. Planning on doing the same with the supra. Admittedly, Portland winters aren't bad, but leaving Portland in any direction takes you up in altitude, down in temperature, and into snow. Except maybe north to Seattle.
Same! I grabbed snows on wheels right after I got my 86, and drove it through three New England winters. No reason the Supra canā€™t be just as capable.
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