Had an old bloke (65+) race me in a Kia Stinger GT (I didn't even know we were racing)
He pulled up and started abusing me - "Fucking half the price and still faster"
... "Mate, I didn't even know you were there, dipshit"
From there it just derailed into abuse.
Was probably one of the...
Hey mate, it went really well. I sold the 8AT privately (encouraged by the dealer to do so) and am now just waiting for the 6MT.
That said, I'm in Australia, where price mark-ups above RRP on brand new cars is illegal, and my dealer has been awesome to deal with so far.
If you blur your eyes or ignore a lot of the vents and shit - the A90 truly has a stunning curvy shape with excellent proportions, and is a real hoot to drive. It does still feel analogue, as you said, the last hurrah before a change in the scene...
Yeah, when I was first into Supras, it was the A70 owners that were the problem - couldn't afford an A80, so they had a huge chip on their shoulder. A60 and A80 guys were pretty cool.
Since prices started going bonkers (around 2014 here) the attitudes have declined accordingly...
Why can't we...
(White A90 sold, being replaced with white 6MT A90)
Not pictured (Lives at Dad's 50% of the time, we went halves in the purchase):
But after 20 years of just rotating Supras for my daily (I live rural, so no big distances or traffic) I finally bought myself a daily (525i auto - A bigger...
I think it's the former. The Australian market is just so small, and the order system being slightly different for cars that come from Austria, they just don't know what the go is.
What month manufacture 2020? It may be the 6-port head and have the full-fat 382kW.
I loved the 8AT in sport mode (but transmission in normal).
When I wanted to have some fun, I went manual paddles only, with ESC/VSC completely off - the car is completely different! ... but it can be a bit of...