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I would. I want to retire my 30 year old Camry a bit as a daily/beater and would rather rag on something a bit newer. That gives me enough slack too to get around restoring that old car to pristine forever-car-condition. It may not be worth money, but it's valuable to me as a reliable...

Nah, partly lucky and partly financially irresponsible. Also my wife doesn't mind most of my paychecks going for car parts, technically the GTR is hers anyways.

Oh dear, now I just passed by this forum to do my yearly rant about the lack of a manual (I don't post much, because I'm not buying otherwise) and the best informed person posts right after and says a miracle is happening. I was going to renovate the house in 2023, but this sounds like a change...

Since there's no news on a manual option still, I just bought an Mk4 plus T56 swap kit instead. Not before test driving the MkV though, but the car felt surprisingly numb on the street. The auto was a big negative and really made the car feel like a boring albeit fast appliance. Sad really, I...

That's getting somewhere. Gutting and stripping one, replacing ECU and going to the tracks with it is dropping in price. Still quite a bit for a wrecked car though.

Hi Everyone I'm contemplating if I should get an MkV for track use only (strip+cage, tune, etc). I've seen a few flood damage cars on copart and was wondering if there's already an approximate market price for a runner/non-runner salvage car. Any knowledge on this topic? Looking at this for...

Thanks Guff for all the initial research you did! As I'm not really interested in an auto car (bought an R33 GTR and an MkIV instead), this thread really piques my interest. I've been considering what car to get and butcher up for track use only and this would indeed be an option. I think one...

Looks like a Kia with a split grill. Or a Mercedes with a split grill and more stuff on the lip. Why do all new cars look something or other like this? At least the Supra will be a fresh wind in the generic-angry-car world. Unfortunately it's not as happy as the predecessor was, but it's...

No manual did it for me, I'm set on buying an Elise 250 next year. I will only consider the Supra if it comes with a manual, so waiting until then to see. This year I'm still bogged down financially by getting my AE86 road legal in Switzerland.

I'd just like to point out that the British still build a bunch of great sports cars that are manual only. Most Lotuses, Morgan, Ultima, ...

Still hoping for that proper AE86 heritage with a high-revving Toyota i4. The boxer was kind of off-putting - I wouldn't buy a Subaru without one, just as much as I wouldn't buy a Toyota with one.

Yeah, I know. There's even such things as Nismo Jukes and other automotive jokes.

What's bothering me more is that, why didn't they take the BMW engine and combine it with a Toyota ECU? Most hackjob tuners manage to wire up aftermarket ECUs to whatever, so why didn't Toyota? It's not like they didn't extensively tune and modify the BMW ECU...

Sad news, so no need to hope for anything - but at least I can sleep now at night. I'll be getting an Elise 220R or 250 Cup then. It's more Toyota than the Supra and comes with a manual. Thanks for the ride, was fun!

This. I'm pretty set on getting an Elise 220R if the Supra doesn't come with a manual... or nothing at all and just keep the change to save up for a house. Where I can build a proper garage with lift. And then put an Elise in it.

Don't get excited too early, it's probably a different beast with the BMW based electronics, like Jeff said.

I disagree. Optional is great, I like anything that's optional so that people can choose whatever they prefer ([ ] Air bags, [x] ABS, [switchable] ESP, [ ] lane assist, [ ] parking assist/rear view camera, [ ] AEB, ...) It's called the Caterham 620R. Maybe not 300mph, but fucking fast. If you...

Chances are minuscule, I guess. I might have bought one to build a track car.

Unless there's a manual, I'll just take my money and hand it over to Lotus instead as they build cars to my liking and even use Toyota engines in them.

I don't mind them being serious about safety, but let's look at it from this side: First they mess up by writing shoddy software, then they throw more software and new sensors at the problem and label it "safe". It's not really that convincing to me and I'd prefer the system to stay simple. Also...