1995 Toyota MR2 T-Bar

[LukeSi]

I've been looking at these for a while, well I was browsing ebay last night and saw this one, thought hang on that image location looks familiar, photos were taken just outside my house. Went to look at it, a bit of surface rust but nothing major, everything works and I appear to have left a £75 deposit with £875 to pay.

I have either made a good decision or have made the biggest fk up of my life so far. I'm picking it up on monday, quite excited.


Good points: Everything seems to work,
engine seems healthy,
massive amount of history.
not too much money,
Bad points: some surface rust nothing too major though everything feels solid,
needs 2 new tyres soon
no spare wheel or front boot liner.

Hopefully it is a decent one, seemed ok from my look round it.

Edited by LukeSi on Friday 11th January 13:57

[Robatr0n]

Looks good!

[Max M4X WW]

Looks nice.

I don't know who you are but saw a 'when are you buying a car' comment yesterday so from my end you are doing well!

Next step, Confused.com!

[seismic22]

Looking at these for a sub 1k weekend/track car to abuse. Looks tidy.

[LukeSi]

I will get some better pictures when I pick it up. These are the ones from the advert.

[james_gt3rs]

Lovely, can't think of a better car for less than £1000!

[y2blade]

Great reg "OMG"

Good on you Luke buddy, I will be following with interest....how does it compare to your mum's Panda?

[LukeSi]

y2blade said:

Great reg "OMG"

Good on you Luke buddy, I will be following with interest....how does it compare to your mum's Panda?

Its fast...


On and interestingly it isn't stupidly hard suspension wise. It doesn't really compare, far superior car, even though it is 15 years older.
Should be picking it up on monday, seller is just getting a couple of niggles sorted on it.

[y2blade]

I like it, Go steady mate.

[psychoR1]

Looks good - just check the sills arent rusty before final payment. Sills are a problem to replace and there are a few around under a grand!

Mines below - just dropped a turbo motor in it.

[LukeSi]

Nice looking one you have there. The sills have a bit of surface rust but they are solid.

[melvster]

Nice one Luke it is good to see something different college car park

Hope she treats you well and you have bags of fun.

[LukeSi]

Is it bad I keep hearing Initial D music in my head?

And yes I hope it likes me

[NateWM]

Nice! How much is the insurance?

[CypherP]

Looks nothing like a TVR Luke. I'm disappointed.

Only kidding mate, I like these, a friend had a T Bar Turbo when we were in our teens and it was brilliant.

[omgus]

You'll have a great time with that.
I miss mine.

[rowey200]

Good work Look forward to some more pics

[LukeSi]

One more sleep to go!
Insurance until may is £549.

[NFox]

I cant believe how cheap these are now, looks like a good buy

[Ug_lee]

LukeSi said:

Nice looking one you have there. The sills have a bit of surface rust but they are solid.

Sills usually rust from the inside out on these so if you see surface rust it will probably not be long until there is a hole there.
The good news is it's easy enough to sort from £100 for a quick patch up job to £600 to do it properly. But it's far from terminal problem.