Car & Driver test Supra 40,000 miles

[Half Vast]

Not sure if this has been posted yet. Found it interesting.

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[zrk]

Cons:
* Wind buffeting
* We couldn't get the exotic tires we needed
* Annoying fluid shit.
* Not a great road trip car

Not bad for a 40k mile review of a sports car, honestly.

 

[XtremeMaC]

Cons:
* Wind buffeting
* We couldn't get the exotic tires we
* Annoying fluid shit.
* Not a great road trip card

Not bad for a 40k mile review of a sports car, honestly.

Exactly my thoughts and 3 season car lol.
Honestly though there's plenty of room, you just need to get a bit of Marie Kondo in you

 

[puzzled]

40k miles will take me like 20years.. I'll be long dead by then... and reborn into a fruit fly.. (not this again).

 

[AustinGRSupra]

Cons:
* Wind buffeting
* We couldn't get the exotic tires we needed
* Annoying fluid shit.
* Not a great road trip car

Not bad for a 40k mile review of a sports car, honestly.

That wind buffeting is a deal breaker. I’m sellling mine pronto. I wish there was a fix for it! But I dream….

 

[ApexMissingApe]

That wind buffeting is a deal breaker. I’m sellling mine pronto. I wish there was a fix for it! But I dream….

Just scrap the whole car. Don't sell it to some poor sucker and ruin their life, too.

 

[FuzzyRev]

Forgetting the unforgivable notion that Toyota has sold this car for THREE YEARS without fixing the buffeting, I don't understand how anyone could own this vehicle for more than a couple weeks and not do something about the buffeting themselves.

I fixed mine with a cut-up rubber airfoil from a wiper blade I pilfered from the trash, and two strips of 3M adhesive. It was a temporary experiment that worked so well I'm leaving them on. They're certainly not fancy, but most people don't even notice them until I point them out, and it's buffet-free at 100+ MPH.

 

[MisoSup]

Cons:
* Wind buffeting
* We couldn't get the exotic tires we needed
* Annoying fluid shit.
* Not a great road trip car

Spot on. I got lucky on my first oil change. I'll be crossing my fingers on my next.
Not bad for a 40k mile review of a sports car, honestly.

 

[AustinGRSupra]

Just scrap the whole car. Don't sell it to some poor sucker and ruin their life, too.

Good call. I checked around and can get $200 for the metal if they crush it. I liked the car until I heard about this wind buffeting issue.

 

[Andrew4Supra]

Easy fix as most of us now know…

Oem look, gloss black, perfect fit, complete elimination of wind buffeting. $63

(Hello Toyota?!?)

Link:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Gloss-Blac...=p2349624.m2548.l6249&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

 

[SupraYYJ]

Good call. I checked around and can get $200 for the metal if they crush it. I liked the car until I heard about this wind buffeting issue.

Dude, drive it to Michigan! Your car is half aluminum, and they pay 10¢ per can there vs 0¢ in Texas! I saw it on an episode of Seinfeld, and I think everything worked out well for them.

 

[jchadwell]

Dude, drive it to Michigan! Your car is half aluminum, and they pay 10¢ per can there vs 0¢ in Texas! I saw it on an episode of Seinfeld, and I think everything worked out well for them.

Be sure to drain the oil once there and sell it separately first. Apparently that shit is liquid gold or something. Dumbest thing I've ever heard not having the "correct" oil. Just send a salesman down to Autozone for crying out loud. There is absolutely NOTHING special about this stupid Gazoo or BMW spec oil. Plenty of other options meeting the same specs.

 

[jbretthorton]

Not sure if this has been posted yet. Found it interesting.

Also, bitching about a sports car that will get stuck in the snow? Really? lol

 

[iEatCommunists]

Also, bitching about a sports car that will get stuck in the snow? Really? lol

I disagree. I think it's good they take this car outside of its natural comfort zone and see how it does. This review would be a lot less interesting if it was "its quick and actually a bmw. The end"

 

[REDL1NE]

This is pretty positive overall.

Three season car is not a huge deal to me. I cannot speak for all, but I don't know that many drive their sports cars in the snow.

Service is a challenge, but I think you just have to plan way ahead. The cars are limited so truly even if it were 100% Toyota, smaller dealers may not stock required parts just because, well...they just don't see them often.


Road trip, that is not a huge con. It is just a small car. 40k miles in a year is a lot. So their road trips were more than your typical 2 hour cruise session.

Winder buffering, seems like several here have fixed the issue!

Very pleased with this result. BTW super cool video also. I need to watch more of their review type videos.

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