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Its been an amazing journey goodbye my love.

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Old 04-05-19, 06:28 AM
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Default Its been an amazing journey goodbye my love.

You may have noticed my build thread so you know what my F has meant to me over the past 6 years. Like I said on IG the cars been to five tracks in three states driven over 1000 laps and never let me down once. I bought the car in 2012 with 64,201 miles on the clock and just sold it with 126,201. The car went from a weekend cruiser, to a daily driver for a year and then finally a full on track toy, No matter what I asked of it she came through again and again. The best testament to the reliability and engineering on these cars is when in 2017 I drove 7 1/13 hours over 448 miles one way to VIR ran the track for two days and then drove back to Pittsburgh no problem.

Ill be checking in from time to time.




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I'm glad you put her to good use and got to part ways saying it was a good ride!!I may have missed this, but is she going to a new home?
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Yes thats the pic posted of the new owner car will be in Connecticut.
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One of the greatest builds of all time. GL on your next.
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I very much enjoyed your build. There was a time when I was thinking of parting with mine but I love her too much...LOL
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A BMW.










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I’m curious to see how the new supras work out. They are definitely bmws... but if they have Toyota electronics they will probably be good cars. Bmws have good mechanical parts, it’s their electronics that fail. If governed by Toyota, they may be good cars.
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The good thing about a new car . . .the warranty. Funny thing the guy who but my car just passed emissions in Connecticut. No cats on car anywhere and it cleared the OBD II scan, lol
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Originally Posted by Gearbangin
No cats on car anywhere and it cleared the OBD II scan, lol
WOW....no rotten egg smells?
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No sniffer test just OBD plug in.
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I'm friends with the new owner. I'll do my best to make sure he takes good care of it.
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Good luck Gearbangin. You had one of my favorite builds, and we’re not afraid to utilize it.
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Sad to see the car go and I was starting to think you'd move to the Supra. You kept posting pics of them over on IG lol. Good luck with the new car!
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Is that twin turbo supra even faster than a stock ISF? lol
IMO a downgrade. But its your money so have fun with it!


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