Right folks...looking at getting one

Any pro's or Con's?


Anyone had one and what insurance group are they (turbo model)

 

Do a search mate, this has been asked a couple of times recently.

Matt

 

try

mr2oc.co.uk
imoc.co.uk

 

I was in a crash in one recently. After it we heard from previous MR2 owners that the weight doesn't shift forward during braking and that the back end is nervous when playing around. Best of luck if you get it. I'd never sit in one again!

Murfs

 

I have been in 2 MR2's during crashes, both times the car stood up fantastically. The Mk3 flipped end over end on an M-Way when a tyre failed, not a scratch.
Never had a Mk 2 though

 

Used to hammer mine, never crashed it

Great cars

 

Mk1, they rot quite badly around the rear arches and the centre pistons overheat, due to lack of cooling, if it's pinking it's probably fooked...MK2, gearchange cables snap, anti roll bar drop links on both models ( and all Toyotas generally ) tend to knock loudly when they're on the way out, both models a pain in the **** on the brakes, especially in the wet, due to lack of weight over front end. Generally mega-reliable apart from the above.

 

if your a girl that can't drive don't bother else they are fantastic, group 20 for tubby tho, i have modded mine and stupidly declared it so am lookin at £1339 a year fully comp at 27, many companies said i'd have to be 28 before they would cover me. 265bhp was £120 worth of mods.

 

Have ran mine for just over a year, not had any problems with reliability at all My advice is get a REV3 or over due to extensive improvements at the REV3 stage.

Pictures of my rev5 turbo here http://www.bgbi.co.uk/gallery/mr2

 

I have had a gt tbar for the three years, bent the wing in the first couple of weeks. But that was my own fault. Easy to drive and IMHO safe as houses, in fact my lass drives it and she has never even came clsoe to loosing it.

 

Rev 2 (dec 92) Or later model GTS, The T-Bar is a must, so good in the summer.

There's a lot of things could be iproved on but a very good car.

Dave

 

Personally would go for a rev 3 or after, revised handling and nicer looking imho.