Supra TT- N/A UK spec?

[TJW]

Hey, Anybody have any help, infomation about telling if what Supra MK4 is a UK spec car, as I can get insured on the UK TT and N/a . However, When looking at the TT Jspec it won't qoute me.

Any help on this would be great.

[Wadeski]

they only sold turbos in the UK as far as I know. with regards an import, how old are you?

[TJW]

19/20.

[Marf]

UK Supras have a bonnet vent as standard:-

[TJW]

Right, thanks for that! What sort of price is a good uk TT supra? Insurance is surprising cheap, probably because im insuring a BMW 325 at the moment and its the same company.

[Marf]

TJW said:

What sort of price is a good uk TT supra?

No eyed deer.

Get yourself over to MKIVOC.

[cocopop]

Hi buddy,

I had a UK Spec Supra a while back, as my first car. Take it from me, don't even think about an import. I'm now 20, with 3 years NCD, all on a Supra, and I'm still paying stupid money for an RX7.

The main problem is finding a decent UK spec, Toyota only officially imported something like 630, and less than half were manual. No idea how many have been written off since then, and UK specs are popular in some parts of Europe due to strict import laws not allowing JDMs, but saying that, I managed to find a mint, low mileage example, for a little over 10k a few years ago. As has already been said, get over to Mkivsupra.net, very helpful and knowledgeable bunch over there, and you might get lucky and find someone looking to sell there UK car. Be careful about insurance as well, I found it was cheap on a stock UK car, but modify it at all, and it gets closer to import money very quickly.

In hindsight I should of had a crappy runabout, and waited, but hey ho. It taught me to respect powerful cars very quickly, plus forced me to get on a lot of advanced driving courses.

Edited by cocopop on Wednesday 28th January 15:19

[Wadeski]

if the insurance is scary, ask for a quote on an MR2 Turbo - i found it far more reasonable.

[Marf]

Make sure you get quotes from specialists too, not just your average confused.com/comparethe market types.

Companies like A-Plan, Kieth Michaels, Sky, Flux etc.

[TJW]

Its not an issue with insurance costs, the fact that most the insurers are saying 'no' lol. The UK spec TT is only £1200 to insure fully comp. 4 figure bills are not going to be an issue, I'm thinking of just a Jspec N/A one for now as the others are rare as rocking horse st! lol

[cocopop]

You may find a JDM NA actually more expensive to insure than a TT. Weird, but apparently the reasoning behind it is the UK cars were all TTs, so parts for a TT would be easier to find.

Give the specialists mentioned above a call. Adrian Flux have always been pretty good for me.

[RobCrezz]

Try adrian flux. They were far cheaper than all the mainstream ins companys and they cover all mods too.

[John Galt]

cocopop said:

Hi buddy,

I had a UK Spec Supra a while back, as my first car. Take it from me, don't even think about an import. I'm now 20, with 3 years NCD, all on a Supra, and I'm still paying stupid money for an RX7.

Just out of interest, how old are you? If you're 25+, you can insure an import FD (which I'm guessing is what you have) on a classic policy for absolute peanuts. I insured my old Type-R FD3S RX7 (a group 20 car) for £174, fully comp, through AON. I was 29 at the time, and it was limited to 4000 miles, but still....My 205 GTi now costs me more to insure .

It'd even be worth the OP trying for a classic policy, depending on age of course.

[AJI]

For a UKspec Supra I found elephant to be cheapest.

Those price comparison websites are a useful tool these days... they give you a list of insurers who do quote on that particular vehicle and also those that don't.