Erm...firstly, I don't actually own or drive a Subaru....in fact I am not altogether that keen on them, however I do enjoy reading other peoples opinions of cars, Subaru or not, as it can be quite enlightening when it comes to buying a car that you have little or no experience of.

I drive a not quite standard Japanese car myself, have had more Nova/Saxo aimers than my fair share try and take me on at traffic lights etc....all of whom fail abysmally and who look at me slightly miffed that a woman driver actually owns/drives something bigger than a Metro.

I admit that I am very biased towards the car I own because I happen to like them, having owned 2 of them, I find them to be extremely easy to handle, cheap to run if driven properly etc

There are those who slag my car off, calling it names etc but it serves my purposes well and I am happy with it.

A Fiesta driver found out the hard way about taking on my car a couple of months ago, she ran her car down the offside of mine at 50mph terminal speed...she lost her engine, my car needed a wing and a door...all is fair in love and war lol

And my car...well its a very humble Toyota 7M-GTE

Is that a supra single turbo ?

Its a 1990 single turbo Supra, that the previous owner changed the psi of...along with completely neglecting it mechanically...cost over £1300 to put right

Pics? BTW lots of us on here don't own Scoobie:D

You're just a supercharged saxo away from a red face ;):p




....got any pics of your car?

My car is looking a bit iffy at the mo...white car with black/grey front wing and dark red metallic drivers door...once sorted properly, pix will be taken and posted here for everyone to giggle at

It may be a humble Supra, but at least it survived a smack from a Festering Fiesta

The driver of said festering wreck was done for:

no licence (driving while banned)
no tax
no MOT
no insurance
driving without due care
speeding (doing 50 in a 30)

no licence (driving while banned) - :rolleyes:
no tax - :D
no MOT - ;)
no insurance - :eek:
driving without due care - :rolleyes:
speeding (doing 50 in a 30) - [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

Sounds like an ok chap..........:rolleyes:

chap(ess)

it was a female cud chewing twit

:cool: a ned-bird :D

Those Supras were surprisingly good, even inacceptable good at their time. Japanese cars had to prove themselves still. Fast and solid but rather low MPG I remember. 0-60 around 6,5 sec and 1,6 t IIRC? A bit of a medallion man image too.

Neglect after raising it a few Psi? It's probably the infamous stock head gasket failure, and yes, raising the boost will make a full blown head gasket happen sooner or later.

Other than that 7M-GTE's were developed for high performance and if I were you, spend a few hundred on exhaust, down pipe and boost controller. (If you had your head gasket (Toyota standard or HKS/Greddy) changed and torqued down properly of course). :)

Can I ask why you bought that particular car?

Not me! :eek:

the engine of my car has had a complete rebuild since i bought it 2 yrs ago. when tested at toyota dealership it was, and is running at 13.6 psi

later this year it will be having a mongoose fitted, but first due to stupid cow in festering fiesta, a paintjob is required

I had one of these, a good few years ago - though I sold it shortly after the head gasket went for the second time.

Great fun cars - in their day - but the head gasket let it down...

The climate control had one feature that the Scoob could do with - an air vent directly beneath the steering column. Ideal ;)

Shades

Aren't you the ned bird that used to have a button to disconnect their brakes lights for racing........sounds pretty neddy to me :D:p

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"I had one of these, a good few years ago - though I sold it shortly after the head gasket went for the second time.

Great fun cars - in their day - but the head gasket let it down..."
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Toyota made a huge **** up at the factory back in the 80's and were slow to do anything about it. Head bolts were not torqued to the required 72 ft/lbs, factory bolts were torqued to a mere 58 lbs.

The Totoya head gasket itself holds well with 14-15 PSI, "if bolted on tight".

Sure did Saxo! :D

I used to get up to loads of different wee tricks to beat the guys :D