So...Soarer's. Talk to me....

[Switch`]

Quick look in the 'fides tells me that you can have a V8 Soarer for LITERALLY shed money.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/list.asp?s=415

Now a bit of research tells me average mpg, Expensive to repair.
But V8... not slow in a straight line.
Coupe

What's not good? Insurance seems steep, but can't find a group listing for it.


edit:

As a plan, if it breaks or something happens to it.
Whip out the massive v8 and plonk it in a widened Locost.

Edited by Switch` on Thursday 20th January 22:17

EDIT EDIT: Le mans WAFT machine....

Edited by Switch` on Thursday 20th January 22:20

[kambites]

I don't know where you buy your sheds, but mine only cost about a hundred quid.

[TotalControl]

Love them. I have, however, only driven one for about 25 minutes.

Is there a better v8 for that money?

Reliable too.

[Blue Meanie]

The older ones are FAR better than the newer ones. Good cars. Not sports cars by any means, but very nice big power wafters, especially the V8 one, (I think it was the V8).

[Steameh]

I have always liked them, although I lusted after the 1JZ-GTE powered versions.

[Switch`]

Pistonsheds money is £1k.

They seem very waftable. But at 4.8m long they're a big SOB.
Sounds like it'd be ideal to waft to Le Mans and back this year...

[kambites]

I know, but that's a metaphor. They don't literally go out every week and try to buy a small wooden house to keep the lawnmower in.

[carreauchompeur]

They are massively cheap, I am surprised at the money! I did very much like the look of one I saw a while back. What's the worst that could happen?

[Switch`]

carreauchompeur said:

They are massively cheap, I am surprised at the money! I did very much like the look of one I saw a while back. What's the worst that could happen?

Exactly!

[mybrainhurts]

Switch said:

Talk to me....

Say that again, and I'll kill you slowly...



PS...The ' in your name cocks up the formatting...

[carreauchompeur]

Having said that, this phrase in an advert doesn't inspire confidence

Seller said:

WOULD SWAP FOR 125CC MOTOR BIKE

[attym3]

A friends mother had one, everything inside was in Japanese, so all the toys were useless. The steering rack broke, I think it's been in a shed ever since, this was prob 5 years ago.

Mark

[Nash_wrx]

had the V8 version, absolutely loved it, by no means a cheap motor to run or maintain

[Switch`]

mybrainhurts said:

Switch said:

Talk to me....

Say that again, and I'll kill you slowly...



PS...The ' in your name cocks up the formatting...

Yeh it does. I've just not come with another ending for it which doesn't mean changing my name.
And Sorry about the talk to me. seemed like the thing todo at the time...

[mybrainhurts]

[dudleybloke]

lovely cars but when things go wrong they can be expensive.

[Google [bot]]

If you're lucky you might find a 2.5 twin turbo manual. Not exactly a sportscar, but a lot more so. That said I can't imagine it being as bulletproof as that V8.

[gareth_r]

I'm biased , but I think a Soarer is a proper GT car for virtually no money (just don't expect to be wowed by the interior). The trick, as with all used cars that cost a lot when new, is not to buy one that needs expensive OEM parts.


There's a lot of information out there:

Soarer World (UK)
Lexus Soarer Owners' Club (UK)

Australian Lexus Soarer Club (er.. Australia)
Soarer Central (Australia)
Planet Soarer (Australia)

attym3 said:

A friend's mother had one, everything inside was in Japanese, so all the toys were useless. The steering rack broke, I think it's been in a shed ever since, this was prob 5 years ago.

Translations are available for the touch screen (the switches are all in English), and plenty of used spares to fix the rack problem.

Google [bot] said:

If you're lucky you might find a 2.5 twin turbo manual. Not exactly a sportscar, but a lot more so. That said I can't imagine it being as bulletproof as that V8.

I was, and I did, but it cost a lot more than an equivalent auto. Still, at least there's a considerable demand for the manual bits.

Edited by gareth_r on Tuesday 25th January 14:34

[yoof full chav]

mybrainhurts said:

So talk to me, about why you dont like that phrase

[RedWhiteMonkey]

gareth_r said:

attym3 said:

A friend's mother had one, everything inside was in Japanese, so all the toys were useless. The steering rack broke, I think it's been in a shed ever since, this was prob 5 years ago.

There are translations for the touch screen (the switches are all in English)[quote]


How does that work then? You're driving along and something unusual pops up on the display so you grab your Japanese-English dictionary to work out whether engine death is imminent.