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On another note; this little lady has been getting some road time. It averages 31mpg doing 70 at just under 2k; pretty bad ass. I don't doubt this thing can do 450 to 500 mi on a fuel tank @teh CL
Well that's not bad at all. Maybe I need start looking into the gas models as well. Unfortunately I missed out of the one I was eyeing & nothing else has caught my eye since WITH air suspension..
I can't remember if you posted any of the post-purchase work you had done. I want a coupe again and I don't think I can convince the Mrs. to let me spend $50K on a Supra so the V8 S5 has been a long time favorite.
You must be over 100k miles at this point. You haven't had to do control arms or anything like that?
Last edited by charliemike; May 19, 2020 at 07:48 AM.
I can chime in cause we keep in touch but I'll let him.
He's super happy and has had no issues in the 45K he's put on it.
His commute is cut short and less scenic now and he's done a few
little upgrades but I don't want to steal his thunder so I'll let him chime
in when he wakes up.
I can't remember if you posted any of the post-purchase work you had done. I want a coupe again and I don't think I can convince the Mrs. to let me spend $50K on a Supra so the V8 S5 has been a long time favorite.
You must be over 100k miles at this point. You haven't had to do control arms or anything like that?
As this is a very clean example of an unmodded, one owner, low mileage car prior to purchase; the B8/8.5 platform itself is probably the most reliable of all the lines.
I thoroughly enjoy driving it... puts a smile on my face every time I fire her up.
If you're strongly considering it, I stand behind the recommendation.
I still can't believe he found it at a Carmax. That car is a unicorn at that place. They loathe manual transmission cars, let alone a V8 coupe.
Yup! At the time, it was a trade-in at the phase of being processed... pics weren't even posted on their portal yet. Reached out to the branch manager to send me pics. Unicorn indeed!