jono300

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Toyota-mr2-tur...item3a5970c934

Words fail me !!

why the price ??

why the dummy engine ??
why the dummy brakes ??

from looking around it would seem this sort off price is not a one off either, am I missing something ???

joey_turbo

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Blimey!

I know the kits can cost 13k, but it seems a little excessive, especially when it states the car is not finished.

But to answer at least one of your questions:
why the dummy engine ??
I believe a real v8 or 12, whatver its supposed to be, would have some trouble fitting in an MR2.

LG John

The price is lol-tastic. I mean, you can pick up a 355 for that kind of money. Why the hell would you want a POS kitted up MR2 for £30k when you can have a real McCoy Ferrari (and a good one at that) for the same outlay?

All that said, as replica's go....it's not too bad an effort. Still pointless IMHO.

JonMc

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I'd rather fork out an extra £10k and get a F360

jono300

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Yep appreciatte it would not fit but the question is who are you trying to kid - your neighbours or yourself ??!!

to me this sort off thing is a big step up from just shoving a set off alloys on a mk3 escort and calling it an xr3i !!

infact could be slightly embarassing explaining its just an old toyota if you were sussed !!!

appreciatte a lot off work could go into a good replica and by that I mean hundreds off hours worth off labour but cmon 29k for an old mr2 with bodykit ??

surely the lack off v8 / v12 rumble would be one way off giving the game away would it not ??!! probably got a plug in sound track hooked up to an underbonnet speaker for that as well !!!

paulwrxboro

Them brakes make me feel ill

jono300

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bet he will get some amount off stupid ebay questions submitted to him !!


p.s you would think for 30k they would have put a fully years road tax on it as well !!

Will

The bloke is in cookoo land!!! £29k for a mr2

dpb

I guess he wants his money back for al that expenditure - maybe someone will give im it , its prolly a lot cheaper to insure than the real thing

jono300

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Cheaper than the real thing to insure no doubt, dont think the ins company would be too happy to here if it was just being insured as an mr2 with a bodykit thou !!!! best off it is I bet it is being insured as just that, its not a kit car as such its an mr2 with bodykit just happens to look like something that its not !!

slightly dissapointing for any car thief when he tries to pull away from the following traffic car as well I would imagine !!

LG John

Insurance surely isn't a factor if you have anywhere near 30k to spend. The other day I was bored and got a quote to insure a 360 spider worth £55k on the drive with both me and my 27yo wife on the policy. It was under £700!!!

cookstar

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Looks good though.

Reminds me of a mates car many years ago, Series 1 RS turbo, engine had gone, so it had a 1.3 chucked in it just to make it move about etc, it was stolen from outside his house. The Police found it dumped about 1/2 a mile down the road.

beef-on-the-bone

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suppose it is the same as modifying any car, without realising you can spend silly amounts on a car that had it been a lump sum you could have spent on something a bit more exotic............

5k for my car and then over 10k in the last four years, would be nice to have in one go now!!!

but yeah, that mr2 is a bit ott!!! wtf?!?!!?

jonc

Here's another one except this one looks more realistic
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/6v-Ferrari-F43...item3efd9b1f27

cookstar

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"Do not use on the public highway"

Jaybird-UK

or £30k on



http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...1009353692349/

or


http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...01005351679085

jono300

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Now thats iis slightly hard to see why so cheap ?? without being cheeky you are either a pensioner with a young 27 year old wife !!!! or the online quote was slightly out and when it came to confirm the ins quote it would be advise you to " phone them " !!!


saying that never had the need to get a quote for a 55k car !! but just seems strange that a car off this value , un garaged and with a driver under 30 which I would have thought was a major no no would gain such a relativly low ins quote !!


folk are spending £400 upwards on a 10k scooby so again surely £700 for a 55k car seems a bit wrong ??

p.s and another :

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Toyota-MR2-rep...item45f1cd4b96


Like the engine cover, is it a picture glued onto the underside off the window ??!!!

dpb

So your going for the MR2 then Jono ?

jono300

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Well funny you should say that !!! posted a thread on here the other week asking about the mr2, was browsing ebay and noticed the price off the mr2 roadsters seemed a bit off a bargain !!

ALi-B

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or £10K on a Mondial

Although I wouldn't wish a Mondial on my worst enemy


There are some very good MR2 based replicas out there, the above isn't one of them. The 355 replicas are the best derivative IMO, but these days a real 355 is worth tuppence anyway (barring the running cost)

Leslie

I really would not have any kind of a replica car. I see no point in a car which is an imitation of something else, there would be no satisfaction in not having the real thing and rather than trying to project the image to impress, I would prefer to have something cheaper and the real thing. When it comes to having a dummy engine under the rear window-words fail me!

I was very happy and much more proud of my original STi, one of the first 200.

Les

LG John

I expected the quote to be well over £1k as well, I couldn't believe when it came back at £680 odd. I was more amazed that it didn't have an issue with such a high profile car not being tucked away in a garage!

RRH

Interestingly the mirrors are missing. Maybe they haven't got the 430 moulds right yet (didn't bother reading it). 456's are plentiful under £30k now but the running costs of the V12 are horrific. Early 360s can be bought for not much more.

LG John

I read in a recent Autocar article that the 355 is consider superior to the 360. Many regard the 355 as a better looking car, but that's subjective. I struggle to accept that the more modern 360 is dynamically inferior. All that said, the relative prices of 355/360's would suggest the article was correct. Regardless, £40-50k for a 360M strikes me as money well spent. You'd surely be erect every time you drive it

jonny_693

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I would honestly rather get the bus than drive that pos.

stevebt

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Just imagine putting your foot down in that when a hot hatch has a go, it won't be pretty

StickyMicky

It looks gash, although i have seen some perfectly good looking reps based on a Pug 406 Coupe.

paulwrxboro

The mr2 dosent have the size to carry it off the 406 is a lot bigger, i would never buy a rep, people would always ask is that real and im a **** liar