- I have been watching this car
since about a hundred pounds ago
and everyone was referring to it as the FT-1.
This was an attainable dream car for me,
and something way different
than the other pile of cars that I've owned.
Since I've owned the car, which has been just a few months,
I've loved every second of it,
but the community has given some mixed results.
Whether it's on my Instagram or TikTok @ITSKOTA.FI
I cannot escape the BMW jab paired with the ongoing question
of why I would go all the way to Texas for a Mark 5 supra
when I live in Wisconsin. (cheering)
Well I'm here to resolve a little bit
of that, all right?
Calm down.
Before we get into that, we're giving away
a (bleep) car, which is just insane.
We partnered with Rotiform, BC Racing, Continental Tires,
and Reach Out Worldwide to do our biggest giveaway yet.
I personally want to keep the car.
I don't even want to give it away, but anyways,
pick up some dope merch,
get a bunch of entries and hopefully win an S 2000.
That rounds out to nine grand.
I love it.
With every purchase,
a portion of the proceeds will go to Reach Out Worldwide
to help their teams of medical experts
and disaster relief professionals
immediately respond when disaster strikes.
All right, have you taken a look at the market lately?
I know you have.
People like me and people like you,
car enthusiasts, look at cars to buy
even when we don't have a penny to our name.
Hell, buy a new car and start looking to buy another one
the same day.
I admit it.
Anyway, the car market is insane right now.
Prices have inflated so much that you literally
will be paying over MSRP for used cars.
It doesn't make any sense.
I ain't about that, all right?
Daddy, don't like that.
That's where this story begins.
I completely understand that A90 Supra are common
and not hard to find, but when I began my search,
I had a few rules I was going to follow,
especially if I was buying the most expensive car
I've ever purchased in my entire life.
I came from a Focus ST, okay?
Here are the rules.
It had to be under $50,000.
This car was already at the top of my budget.
This had to be a strict one.
I'm penny pinching the way it is.
I didn't want to base model, I didn't even realize,
but I found one that was beautiful and perfect.
And then I went to the interior photos
and saw it had the saddest excuse
of a screen for the radio I have ever seen.
It literally screams base model.
For some people that's perfectly fine.
They don't care, but if I was spending this kind of money,
I at least wanted to have the nice amenities.
Can you blame me?
This car had to be nitro yellow or nocturnal black.
The first one I found in one of those two colors
and meeting the other wants was going to be it.
I love both of those colors.
I'm not a big silver guy.
Red is literally everywhere.
It's just where I see every car around is red.
A fan of matte gray and turbulent gray are nice,
but not for me.
And the downshift blue was well,
that one was alright too.
And our guy Dale that works over
at the warehouse already has an absolute zero white.
So that was off the dock.
It does look beautiful, however.
So call me a picky (bleep) because I was,
maybe you can start to see where this is going,
but plot twists.
There pops up a beautiful nitro yellow,
brand new, a little over 50K,
but completely optioned out and get this?
22 miles from my house.
So I scheduled a meeting with the dealership,
go take a peak at this B58 banana.
Showed up, guy looked at me and said,
"Ah, here's the car, I'm really busy.
"I got to go."
And then I didn't see him for the rest of my time there.
That was it.
Then he continued to ignore my three follow-up emails
asking about the car and if I could purchase,
I don't know if he didn't think that I was serious
about buying the car or what?
I didn't slap the wheels.
I didn't this fist test it.
Maybe that was, I was being a straight up gentlemen.
So back on the hunt I went through.
- I cannot edit anymore.
I'm going to work for customer service.
(upbeat music)
(phone ringing)
(upbeat music)
Hello? - Yo.
I'm looking to order her set of wheels and tires
for my car.
- Yeah, bro.
We got free wheels,
free tires and free suspension.
Yeah, free stuff, right?
- No, no, no, no wheel and tire packages.
- Oh no, stupid.
Sorry.
I mean, actually you can save money on wheel
and tire packages and be 10% off ceramic coating
and we'll even mount balance
and ship those to you for free.
That's right, right?
- Yeah. - Hell yeah, dude.
- After days of searching on the internet,
I was coming up empty handed.
I was increasing the distance.
I was willing to travel every single day, but still no luck.
I finally said (bleep it),
I'll go anywhere in the lower 48
where we also offer free shipping (ding).
There's a plug, anyways, to find this car.
After finding some and contacting dealerships,
they were either selling as soon as I called or they would
not budge a penny.
Finally I found a 2020 nocturnal black premium
Toyota Supra GR used with 9,000 miles.
They were asking 50 grand.
I called them up, explained my situation.
And I talked them down to 49,000.
Not only that, but negotiated them
to pay for my Uber from the airport to the dealership,
which ended up being over $100.
This, this is why it's so important,
you guys don't settle on the first car you see,
or fall in love with it immediately off the bat.
Deals are out there,
but you have to do some digging and some hunting.
I was ecstatic to show up and see this car was with old PPF,
paint protection film, and tinted windows already.
I didn't even know that when I first looked at it,
the car was immaculate, perfect condition.
I drove the car from Texas to Arkansas
to stay at my parents. before we made the long trek
back to the cheese land of Wisconsin.
I drove this BMW Toyota over 1,200 miles
and I loved every (bleep) second of it.
The Supra GR got a lot of flack for coming out
using BMW goods and only an auto tragic, I'm sorry,
but let me tell you how much I love this car.
The handling, the power, the stock crackles in sport mode.
That was surprisingly loud.
How I hit my head every single time I get in and out
of the car.
That was a con, nevermind.
Okay, so there's a couple of cons
like rolling down the window.
I was immediately met with the worst buffeting
I have ever experienced in any car, hands down.
I don't know how they got past the design phase.
Luckily there's an easy fix for that, but overall,
I truly enjoy the hell out of this thing.
And it was insanely comfortable for both me
and my fiance on that 19 hour drive back home.
I'm one of the few people that are happy
Toyota partnered with BMW.
Not only do I have the beautiful interior of a BMW
with the nice functional touchscreen and nice carbon trim,
but the fact this car has the B58
is the reason I could even afford it.
If Toyota developed a brand new 2JZ,
not only would this car probably still not be out yet,
but it would be way out of my price range
and probably near our 35 GTR territory,
which is close to 100 k.
The B58 is tried and true.
It sounds amazing.
There's modifications ready for this engine.
People have been beating the (bleep) out of them for years.
And although I wish they offered it in a manual,
the automatic shifts so damn smooth and fast,
I tend to forget I even care that it's an automatic.
But now here we are a blank slate.
So much opportunity.
Stay tuned for the build series.
I have so many good parts for this car
and they're going on ASAP, I promise.
Episode two of us digging into this car
will be up in two weeks.
I'm so excited.
Anyways, let me know what mods you guys
want to see and what you think of the new Supra.
I'm going to read every single one.
As always wheels, tires, and suspension
at FitmentIndustries.com
and make sure check out the giveaway.
You can win yourself an S2K,
which if I wouldn't have bought that,
I promise it was a contender.
I was also looking at FD R7s
and just a million other things,
but I truly loved the Supra, it's insane.
It gives me goosebumps to think that I literally
get to drive this every day.
It is an attainable dream car.
Thank you guys for watching.