quite possibly going to be my next car......some people say it is girly but w/e, its moderatly fast, and can handle like crazy.....i just recently test drove one and i cant say enough about it.....i have listed a bunch of pros and cons associated with my expirence

PROS:

great handleing
CHEAP on price
efficent on gas
great mod potential, the aftermarket for this car is unbelievable
decent in snow
same reliable engine as my corolla

CONS:

only a two seater
no trunk
convertable top
5 speed transmission

 

Con:

 

the last real mr2

 

heres a nice one......kind of looks like a porsche/noble



http://www.cardomain.com/ride/758816

 

i was concidering the older MR2 turbo, but it was too much money, for what it was. i read that those cars are really unreliable with higher mileage

again im looking for a reliable car, one with preferably 50k or less

 

A friend of mine has a 94 or so for sale. He's completely gone over the car and put on a whole JDM rear (engine, ECU, drivetrain, transmission...) I has a bunch of Greddy stuff on it along with new gun metal rims also. He told me the other day he wanted $8000 for it and I have see some beat up one for $15k+ for sale lately.

 

if you have pics of it i would like to take a look at them, but if its going to be too much trouble for you then dont worry about it

 

Hows that a con?

 

It's supposed to be a "sports car", how is 5spd a con? If that came in an auto, it would be pretty :ghey:

Oh, and S2k > *

 

 

s2k= too much

rather have a six speed

 

I agree, when one is properly done up then it takes on a new look. Just slap some 18s and a kit on it.

 

It looks just like this one, this is another friends and they both got their white MR2's around the same time. The on in the pic, he's asking $19,995. The other friend that has the $8k one I think has the same wheels, but a more powerful JDM engine and turbo setup.



If the pic doesn't come up or you want to see more pics go to http://www.citymotors.net/ then Inventory and on the 3rd page scroll down to it.

 

that kit is nice, people that didn't know anybetter would think that's a porsche.

 

6 speed > 5 speed





that thing is ugly as hell and extremely feminine

 

Ugly chick car. PERIOD.

 

Im afraid I have to agree...

 

It used to look amazing, now its just a chic ride...I don't care if it performs great or not, the look kills it.

 

MR2's are

 

weren't they going to discontinue these?

 

I always liked them for no good reason. Sat in a used one at the dealership and it seemed pretty nice, roomier than a Miata.

Only issue is that you'd have virtually no place to put things bigger than a pair of sunglasses. It would maybe make a fun weekend car, but if you want a weekend car, there are better options out there.

 

idk they probably already are, toyota is out to earn maximum revenues, so they are pretty much canceling out its enter performance fleet. moving more towards economy= better overall sales

celica discontinued
mr2 possible

uhh i guess thats it for its performance cars :lol:

 

hahah maybe they want to make way for hte new supra

 

i thought the new supra was going to be a lexus? all of toyotas performance cars are being brought over to lexus, which i guess makes sense

 

i've got no idea, i'm jus sayin'

 

A con that was missed:

Atrocious reliability, not just bad, atrocious. I had the first one off the ship back in April 2000, after following its development since 1997. No exaggeration to say it was always in the shop. I can’t think off a piece that was not defective in some way. Although I had the dealership change the oil monthly with synthetic, the engine only lasted 6 months. Toyota handled it like a bunch of crooks too. Since I was the first with it, there was no precedence, but now, if you look on the Spyder’s online forum (spyderchat?), you will see that most people have had major trouble and a good portion have been through several engines. The Toyota Spyder has a design flaw with the catalytic converters, which cause the insides to disintegrate, blocking the exhaust flow.

That thing blowing up was the best thing that could have ever happened to me though, cause my God, that thing turned out to pretty much be the quintessential chick car!

 

^^tell us how you really feel.

 

Yea they discontinued the MR Spyder so they're all used now. I went onto Ebay out of curiousity to see how much they are going for used. I figured $9K....how much do you think they're going for? Guess...










Got your guess?












$18-19,000!!!!!!! You could get a used S2K for that much! A matter of fact someone just posted they bought a used S2K for like $18K. I just can't beleive they cost so much!

 

damn!

 

very clean car. now if i can find one up here like that in that condition i would jump on that in a heartbeat. so ur freind still has his?? if it's clean like that and he only wants 8K i think me and my dad will maybe make a trip to see it, but i gotta see pictures first. those cars are very fast and lots of fun.

 

I will try to talk to him this weekend and see what's up with it. He hasn't advertised it and I'm not sure of the odometer miles, but the engine and turbo are from Japan with low miles and I think he has to original engine which has nothing wrong with it.

 

yeah that is an extremly nice MR2 turbo.....^^^^

as for the MR-S being over priced i have seen some with low mileage for around 13-15k on autotrader.com

i havent really heard anything as far as concerns with relability? this is news to me....
as far as an S2k its just not the same, im looking for an affordable MR car that is relitivly newer....i mean i was looking at some porsche boxster's, in my price range, but i got a quote from my INS company thus ruling that car out.

 

ive heard from my friend with a 94 turbo i believe thats the year
this one right here:


anyways he was saying that what some people do with the MR-S is take out the pos 138hp engine and swap in the celica GT-S engine with 180hp, he says that it makes the MR-S pretty quick and alot more fun than the 138hp engine. he was considering getting a new one until toyota canned the MR-S and Celica,

 

carrera gt wanna be-its gross imo

 

yeah i heard of this swap, its mind boggling if you ask me? i mean you taking an engine meant for an FF car and converting it to MR how would they bolt it up to the transmission, concidering the 2zz is a completly different motor than the 1zz-fe mr-2 engine....idk motor swaps to me are just way to messy especially when conciderinig drivetrane configuration.....i remember a guy on my old vvti.net forum took an old 98 1zz-fe corolla and swapped in a matrix 2zz-fe LEAVING IN 1zz transmission....the car ran but unfourtunatly the project was a failure because matching Lift(Vtec for those who dont know) with the 5 speed gearing proved ill-fated

 

http://autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?ca...ist=160#vdptop

what do you guys think, probably first and fore most is put a kit on it and some rims, i love that color, and the price is perfect

plus its been out there for awhile now and i could talk him down...

 

you forgot to make your font red

 

Better Deal


Some how...some way come up with 5 grand more and do yourself a favor.

 

 

Now we are talkin'

http://www.bryanf.com/MR2/body.htm