2013 Supra SA 450 Review

[mmandley]

Mike, Great write up. Do you know how long Active is going to have it for? You made me want to test drive it now.

It was a one day deal man. You should have came up lol. The boat was on the highway back to Cali last night. AWS did just get there SA350 in stock. I'll try to get pics of it next week when I take mine down to the dealer for winterization.

[squeeg333]

Where's the key at? I didn't see a key. Does it sense who you are, and when you sit down fires up? Now that would be sweet. Though in some instances could be an issue...

[jester]

Dang I should have had them stop by last night on their way down. There is a lake not too far off I5 they could have stopped at. hahah It might have been for the best. If they have a 350 in then I might just stop by in a few weeks when I am back up that way.

[motosno963]

should have gotten a picture of that sweet motor

[mcdye]

Where's the key at? I didn't see a key. Does it sense who you are, and when you sit down fires up? Now that would be sweet. Though in some instances could be an issue...

The key is located on the right side. I had the opportunity to spend the day on a SA450, When it starts you hear it and it sounds throaty (is that a word)

[mmandley]

should have gotten a picture of that sweet motor

I was going to but honestly it didn't look to fancy.

Just a week or 2 before it had the big 550 in it for some R&D testing. When they put the 450 back in they didn't put all the panels back in it that mark it as a Corvette LS3. It was just the intake and wires laying around. I think a picture of that would have hurt the image more then helped

[tnbrooks01]

Good write up. That boat pull the younger divisions at Worlds in Wisconsin. While the boat was not in the water I had the opportunity to check out the entire boat and was very impressed. I don't know anything about the surf aspect of the boat but as for wakeboarding the wake looked awesome and my son had nothing but positive things to say about it.

[wolfeman131]

Where's the key at? I didn't see a key. Does it sense who you are, and when you sit down fires up? Now that would be sweet. Though in some instances could be an issue...

The 2011+ Malibu's have a touchpad that you enter a code into to start the engine. No key required.

[mmandley]

Id like to add the Supra really isnt even a Key start.

Brad Webb's boat has a key but all you do is turn it and let it go, 1 second later the engine starts on its own. If you hold it like a normal key then you will over start the engine, like holding a key in a car to long.

[jmvotto]

The 2011+ Malibu's have a touchpad that you enter a code into to start the engine. No key required.

Didn't older nautiques have this, like 2001 forward...

Btw mike great write up, sick looking boat... Glad they put a decent stereo in it as well...