PS those are "Wilwood" brakes, not "Wildwood".

It's only fitting he provide sound advice. After all, Tavarish means "friend" in Russian.

$6300 for a bulletproof commuter is a deal to me. That Cressie will run for another 200,000 for less that half that in maintenance costs. Solid buy, IMO.

My pops cross-shopped a handful of cars before settling on the Cressida in '85. I rode along with him when he test drove an Audi 5000 and a BMW 535i. He didn't even look at American cars. But there was really no comparison - for the Toyota sticker price of $14,000 you couldn't get either of the German cars, and…

I thought it weird that the wagons got the narrower wheels compared to the sedan. They might have been 195-70R-15s compared to the 205s of the four-door. Maybe taller sidewalls were supposed to give a plusher ride, but it just looked a little "tippy" to me. Regardless - nice car!

I never understood the levers near the e-brake - were they supposed to stop the motion of the mouse belts? Anyone here seen those? They had red stickers on them that said "emergency" on them.

Agreed. The lower cowl of the newer car is neat, and more peak hp, but I too prefer the older car.

Never seen a sedan with a luggage rack, nor Celica GTS wheels. Very nice!

As a person who did just this in a Cressida, I can confirm. Going sideways in a Supra sedan far surpasses the experience of a Civic at speed.

Our '85 sedan that those buttoned seats, but they were quite a bit more supportive than the velour seats in the Buick Regal or Caprice that my grandfathers had. Indeed the Cressida seats look really dated now, but they were decent at the time. I suppose the leather seats would have held up better over time, but my dad…

Ahem...*156* hp. ;)

I'll upvote the heck out of some pics, too!

Sweet! A four liter from the Mk I LS?

My '85 got mileage in the upper teens. Wonder why yours was so bad. My sister had an '84 that got a little better mileage. I chalked it up to the lighter weight of the older car.

Yup. Pretty unusual. Who knows what the take rate was. There is an '85 or '86 here in Seattle that a guy turn into a drift car. It's got three pedals. The suspension job looks like rubbish, but I have to say, it's still a pretty cool car.

That deep, velvety exhaust note - Damn!

Just off the top of my head...

I have a long-running idea for a blog post on this very issue. My idea is about rear glass area, not so much overhang (though they are two sides of the same coin.) The ratio of length to height of rear glass, in a proper wagon, should be more that 1:1.

I never want to be a cool guy, if it means I'll wind up with an X6.

Legal how exactly?