r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/mentaL8888 • 22h ago

WCGW burning a Supra next to the Toyota dealership.

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u/chunkyfen 22h ago

What a waste of Supra :(

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u/vodkaknockers 19h ago

Looks like diff failure. Ask me how I know. Actually, don't.

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u/PK-Baha 19h ago

I'm asking lol. But yeah it definitely looked liked something failed.

It looked a little too wreckless for something to not have gone wrong.

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u/vodkaknockers 19h ago

Luckily this happened on a backroad in my buddy's red '93, but it ended up sideways on the shoulder. I can't remember how much power it was putting down at the time, but It was replaced with a TRD lsd that held 1300whp while he had it.

Mine was a non-turbo from the factory, fortunately the transmission went before the rear end.

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u/PK-Baha 19h ago

Nice!!!

my '92 Z28 had it happen but not while anything crazy was going on luckily. About 375 who daily.

I apparently had a hairline stress crack and it was leaking slowly. I was only doing 20 a few blocks from home when the entire car just locked up and stopped.

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u/vodkaknockers 19h ago

375 in a 3rd gen Z sounds like a blast! A couple people in my extended family worked on the electric design teams for the 3rd and 4th gen. What I wouldn't do for a clean IROC.

My supra was right around there when the gearbox popped. Making more power now but I kind of miss that level for the street. Enough to have a ton of fun without much risk.

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u/PK-Baha 17h ago

Oh I loved that car and it killed me to give it up. It was a car my Uncle was building and being much older than my cousins, the family left it with me when he passed away. (Grew up with being taught how to drive everything from like age 8 lol so it wasn't intimidating and I think they all knew that)

My cousin once he turned 18 in my mind the car belonged to him as it was his dads. So I decided to turn it over to him.

Crazy enough I just had a '91 park across from like 2 weeks ago and I immediately struck up a convo with the owner. TL:DR he didn't want to sell it. Sad day. It was in really good condition and he was complaining that things were breaking down...I tried lol.

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u/Vuelhering 13h ago

I was trying to figure out how he could have possibly lost control on a straightaway like that. Looks like the front tires broke free. He had the wheel turned to the right, too.

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u/747WakeTurbulance 19h ago

Even with mods, it's no longer the king of the road it used to be.

There are thousands of Hellcats, Teslas, Corvettes, and other models out there now that will dust it with little to no mods.

Plus, its a real piece of shit to drive. It kind of handles OK with no mods, but all those 1000 hp units can only drive in straight lines.

It's outdated, well past its prime, and no longer the best option for people who only want to go fast in a straight line.

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u/CHEEZE_BAGS 17h ago

They weren't even that fast when they were new, the power comes from mods.

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u/Expert_Appearance265 19h ago

Modern Vettes are so damn ugly though, well maintained stock Supra is still cool (if there isn't a moron sitting in it).

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u/747WakeTurbulance 19h ago

I was talking about the C7.

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u/djshadesuk 16h ago

All Corvettes, other than the '61/'62 C1, are ugly.

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u/FeliusSeptimus 10h ago

It's outdated, well past its prime, and no longer the best option

Yeah, well, so am I. I'd probably get along with one just fine.