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Old 19 September 2004, 08:56 PM
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Hi all.

Need a sanity check.

I saw a Supra today and it was perfect...exactly what I am looking for.

Need your advice though. The Engine TAG no suggests that the car is a 4-sp AUTO AEROTOP while the car most definetely is a 6-sp Man and NOT an aerotop.

So the Engine TAG does not correspond to the what the car is.

I really like the car...but I need to make a decision with my head rather than my heart.

Why oh why should a car have a different tag????? How can it have gone undetected??

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Old 19 September 2004, 09:06 PM
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sounds a bit suspect to me matey, would suggest getting it checked with interpol and/or hpi check just to be safe
Old 19 September 2004, 09:20 PM
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any strangeness on tags/vin plates and you walk away
Old 20 September 2004, 10:12 AM
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Imi, tell him to fax u over the V5 registration document too. I think it tells u on there if the car is 6sp manual or 4sp Auto....
Different Tag means it could well be a ringer.... i.e a very dodgy car!
Old 20 September 2004, 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by what would scooby do
any strangeness on tags/vin plates and you walk away


Agreed. Forget purchase before you even begin.
Old 20 September 2004, 11:23 AM
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Echo everything said above, there are plenty of other nice Supras out there that do match up.

Cheers

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Old 20 September 2004, 12:08 PM
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Not a chance, walk away.

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Old 20 September 2004, 12:48 PM
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Whats even worse is that someone stoled the boot space out of all of them!

All you get is a large glovebox sized space!
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Originally Posted by Lust4Life
Not a chance, walk away.

Phil
Thx a lot guys...I will put this question to the owner and see what he says. Might visit him again and put it to him in person and examine all the documents while I am there.
Old 21 September 2004, 09:43 PM
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if you have detailed questions you may want to head over to www.mkivsupra.net/bbs, but can I ask how you checked the VIN plate for the cars details? You may want to check it against www.mkiv.co.nz as they have some good info on there.

If it says its an auto aerotop and its not then I would walk away from it, cut and shut and identification changes are too easy on imported cars.

JB
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