Mk V Supra - My Evo's Replacement?
Honestly, I don't have enough time behind the wheel to really give a good opinion. I already have the Evo and an S2000, and just got out of an RS3, so I was looking for something that would contrast with those. This definitely does that. It's a really comfortable cruiser (mine has the optional heated/cooled seats and tech package with the B&O stereo) and the vibration and sound of the engine are very satisfying, even in regular driving. The power level is really good for a front engine, RWD car. I used to have a 2018 Camaro ZL1, and that thing had so much torque and power everywhere that it was almost frustrating to drive because it had such long gears and so much power that you always felt like you were barely dipping into it. The GT350 is "slow" enough that you can actually drive it on the street but fast enough to be interesting. The Mustang is also a lot more livable than a Camaro from a comfort and visibility standpoint. The GT350 splitter is a pain though, moreso than the ZL1 splitter (ZLE is lower). From a handling standpoint, the GT350 definitely sticks and is more composed than you would think, especially for riding so smoothly, but it is kind of big. My other fun car, which is my autocross car of choice this year, is a modded fourth-gen f-body and it makes that car feel compact by comparison. I'm not sure if I'm going to keep it, especially with gas prices where they are.
To compare, my evo on the same route got -
14-16mpg while on 91 octane. My cobalt (2.0 turbo) gets 20-22mpg on the same route.
when I auto-x, it doesn't downshift to 2nd when I want it to while in auto. If I could change that, I would love it. One less thing to think about while dodging cones if it does exactly what I want by itself. But like you said, I'll let other people be the test victims first.
very surprisingly, Supras get great gas mileage (for what it is). Besides race days, I haven't got less than 20mpg. I average between 22-24mpg with my non stop traffic drive. People are claiming mid 30s on the Freeway.
To compare, my evo on the same route got -
14-16mpg while on 91 octane. My cobalt (2.0 turbo) gets 20-22mpg on the same route.
To compare, my evo on the same route got -
14-16mpg while on 91 octane. My cobalt (2.0 turbo) gets 20-22mpg on the same route.
Track days are a different story. These things eat gas! Like you said, probably single digits.
One of the reasons I haven't driven the GT350 much is because I still haven't returned to the office. Today, I did a test drive into DC with the GT350 and back home -- 40 miles round trip, about 50% highway. There was definitely back-up on the highway near DC, but not forever and ever. I averaged 20 mpg according to the trip computer. That's about the same as my old 135i, V6 Camaro and Cayman S. My ZL1 got 17 and my RS3 got high 20s. So, the GT350 wasn't too bad for being a big NA V8. Then again, I've done over 70 mpg in our Prius on that route!
Track lyfe.
Just drove from New Jersey Motorsports Park and back this weekend. 3.5 hrs each way, 220 miles or so each way. Car average 33mpg. The trip back kind of sucked because the tires had a bunch of track rubber on them so all the wheels where unbalanced and I had to crank the stereo to drown it out. Could still feel it in the steering wheel.
Track lyfe.
Track lyfe.
So I went to New Jersey Motorsports Park for the first time this last weekend. There are two tracks. We did Thunderbolt which actually reminded me a lot of Thunderhill (ha!) in California in how it flowed and the speed.
I kept traction control fully on since I had never been there and I am still learning the car. At this point I am hitting up against it the whole time with a lot of throttle closures and as I found out, steering intervention! That was a fun discovery. Even though it was slowing the car down and a little frustrating, I kept it on since I wanted to be able to make the 3.5 hr drive home from a track I had never driven in a car that I don't even have 2,000 miles of seat time in yet.
Enjoy the fastest of my slow laps
You might notice that it looks like I am coasting in a lot of the corners. Some of that is true but a lot of it is more because traction control was limiting my throttle. There are many points in this video I am WOT and the car is probably only giving me 50% throttle.
I kept traction control fully on since I had never been there and I am still learning the car. At this point I am hitting up against it the whole time with a lot of throttle closures and as I found out, steering intervention! That was a fun discovery. Even though it was slowing the car down and a little frustrating, I kept it on since I wanted to be able to make the 3.5 hr drive home from a track I had never driven in a car that I don't even have 2,000 miles of seat time in yet.
Enjoy the fastest of my slow laps
You might notice that it looks like I am coasting in a lot of the corners. Some of that is true but a lot of it is more because traction control was limiting my throttle. There are many points in this video I am WOT and the car is probably only giving me 50% throttle.
First session in my new car, kept TC on. My car is way, way, way too conservative. I hear you on the
coasting thing. It was horrible.
It cut in, I instinctively gave the car more gas pedal.... Nothing. Made it feel even worse.
Full throttle, Civic acceleration.
Turned it off, car only broke traction once. I was like
coasting thing. It was horrible.
It cut in, I instinctively gave the car more gas pedal.... Nothing. Made it feel even worse.
Full throttle, Civic acceleration.
Turned it off, car only broke traction once. I was like
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So I went to New Jersey Motorsports Park for the first time this last weekend. There are two tracks. We did Thunderbolt which actually reminded me a lot of Thunderhill (ha!) in California in how it flowed and the speed.
I kept traction control fully on since I had never been there and I am still learning the car. At this point I am hitting up against it the whole time with a lot of throttle closures and as I found out, steering intervention! That was a fun discovery. Even though it was slowing the car down and a little frustrating, I kept it on since I wanted to be able to make the 3.5 hr drive home from a track I had never driven in a car that I don't even have 2,000 miles of seat time in yet.
Enjoy the fastest of my slow laps You might notice that it looks like I am coasting in a lot of the corners. Some of that is true but a lot of it is more because traction control was limiting my throttle. There are many points in this video I am WOT and the car is probably only giving me 50% throttle.
I kept traction control fully on since I had never been there and I am still learning the car. At this point I am hitting up against it the whole time with a lot of throttle closures and as I found out, steering intervention! That was a fun discovery. Even though it was slowing the car down and a little frustrating, I kept it on since I wanted to be able to make the 3.5 hr drive home from a track I had never driven in a car that I don't even have 2,000 miles of seat time in yet.
Enjoy the fastest of my slow laps
You might notice that it looks like I am coasting in a lot of the corners. Some of that is true but a lot of it is more because traction control was limiting my throttle. There are many points in this video I am WOT and the car is probably only giving me 50% throttle.