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Holy cr*p. This won't last long. Amazing deal for 3.0 Premium with Driver Assist.

I had to turn my adjuster knobs quite a bit to reach a point that worked. So much, that the panel gaps were off significantly on both sides. And, the release was very, very tight with a huge "pop". In fact, on one occasion during adjustment, the latch didn't fully release the lid at all. I...

AFAIK, only your music is copied. I've not found a way to also copy playlists, unfortunately. I'm hoping someone has and can provide that detail. As for copying music: Format a USB drive as a FAT32 volume. Copy your itunes directory to that USB drive. Turn on your car but don't start the...

It's mainly psychology. Being exposed to marketing 24/7/365 has conditioned nearly everyone to think expensive=better. Lots of great research here. Among my favorites is perceptions of wine change depending on the price. You can put cheap wine in an expensive bottle, and most folks will rate it...

These cars don't have a single computer. They have many, distributed among dozens of systems that all communicate over a couple of different networks. Unfortunately, this requires coding each module separately, as you've discovered. Congrats on getting this done. While you still remember what...

Gas mileage is indeed the result of a complex system interaction. Many things contribute as others have pointed out. You can see this in various tests of regular vs. premium fuel. As just one example, Car & Driver did a regular vs. premium test . They found some cars got better on regular...

That's a common misconception. Premium fuel is neither more fuel efficient nor does it lead to reduced emissions. It's just slightly the opposite, actually. Science behind this follows. The heat of combusion of 2,2,4-trimethylpentane is less than that of n-heptane, as is its density. For...

I'm not sacrificing performance. I've done a measured evaluation and shown for my circumstances, that there's no difference between 87 octane and the "premium" available in my state. I don't see why this is such a risible finding. There's very good economic and environmental reasons to favor...

Premium is about $0.80/gallon more expensive here; that's about $10/tank. My OCD kicks in when paying for something I don't need. And, premium is actually slightly lower in energy content than regular; you'll get ever-so-slightly-better mileage with regular. It's also more of a habit. One...

Regular (non-premium) Gas in the Supra I've done a bit of testing the last few weeks to see how well the Supra tolerates regular fuel. My last 2 full tanks, I used 87 octane. Results and discussion are below. TL;DR: it works fine, but I'm running at high altitude. YMMV. As you're aware, the...

My Supra identifies as a functional-vent sports car. We have to respect that today, even if we were more dismissive of such identities in the past...

This won't help you, but my wife and I have had 10 or so BMWs over the years. Most of them have the problems you describe. In my experience, the "key memory" basically doesn't work at all on nearly all of them. My fix is I've setup iDrive to show the driver profile on startup, and we just...

I’ll bite. Name any other new car under $55k that bone-stock does 0-60mph in the Road & Track reported time of 3.6s. And while you’re at it, what ”features” are missing that you’ll find on comparable models? IMHO, the Supra is literally loaded compared to all its competitors. Easily the...

I agree with this, very much. The Supra MSRP is great value in this segment. My only quibble with the above is that you've underestimated the difference for some of these competitors. An equivalent BMW Z4 - with the same features as the 2021 Supra - would cost closer to $20k more, not $10k. To...

Your car has to be fully warmed up before the start/stop function enables. This can take up to 15 minutes. Even then, sometimes it just decides to not function. I've had this "feature" on BMWs for many years; it just has a mind of its own. Honestly, I'm not a fan of the whole concept. Puts...

Beautiful car!

That does look like an aftermarket downpipe. The stock unit has a wire mesh covering over the flexible section. Can't quite tell what brand; a number of them use the style of stainless mesh shown in your pics.

Damn. Watching all these videos, you gotta wonder, how did some of these folks ever get a license, much less manage to get ahold of an A90. Seriously, some grade-A Darwin award candidates here.

Post up some pics. This crowd here is great and highly knowledgeable. We'll figure out any mods on your car with some decent photos. And, congrats! You'll love it!

I'm fairly certain the Ali Express vendors will accommodate special orders, at least to change colors of stitching, center stripe, etc. as well as leather choice (Smooth, Perforated, Alcantara). The dirty secret is most of the wheels sold by the established vendors are all sourced from China...