Discussion
Court_S said:
Craikeybaby said:
I can't remember the last time I drove it with the roof up...
Good lad.Just need to get my other half to adopt the same approach. She’s a bugger for leaving it up even in nice days!
MR2 at the seaside by Lewis Craik, on Flickr
I have actually been driving the MR2 - over 400 miles at the weekend, for a weekend away in Devon. Via the Cotswolds, as we had to drop kids (and wife's car) off with grandparents. It was good to be able to put some miles on it, especially over Exmoor!
Then, after being stuck indoors working from home all day, I needed to run some errands and was reminded just how good the combination of MR2 and sunny evening is!
After an expensive month for the MR2, I took it for a drive to North Wales, I was photographing a mountain bike race, but it would have been rude not to also take in the Horseshoe Pass and have breakfast at the Ponderosa cafe.
Horseshoe Pass by Lewis Craik, on Flickr
The MR2 drove great all-day, the only problem was the rain on the M54, both ways, pretty much the only part of the journey where I could not easily stop to put the roof up...
Horseshoe Pass by Lewis Craik, on Flickr
The MR2 drove great all-day, the only problem was the rain on the M54, both ways, pretty much the only part of the journey where I could not easily stop to put the roof up...
At Resorts World by Lewis Craik, on Flickr
A quick photo in the cinema car park, of course, there was someone parked next to it when I got out
Really enjoyed taking the long way home - it really does not get better than roof down hoons on a warm summer evening.
shandyboy said:
Mine is still going strong 
Had the usual issues (o2 sensor - easy to change with a cheap tool), new radiator (age related I guess) and rear sub-frame, but over the years it's been very reliable (and fun)...
Yours is the best colour too Had the usual issues (o2 sensor - easy to change with a cheap tool), new radiator (age related I guess) and rear sub-frame, but over the years it's been very reliable (and fun)...
I've had all of those - probably need to check the radiator again, as it was done when the car was 9 years old. 9 years ago...
I had a double MR2 fail today. I drove it to work in the centre of Birmingham as all the trains were cancelled today.
I got back to my car after work and it wouldn’t unlock with the remote. Which was when I realised that the key has disintegrated in my pocket. Not to worry, I could unlock the car the old-fashioned way, with the lock on the door.
The lack of alarm was the first sign that something more serious was wrong, but I only realised the seriousness of the problem when I tried to start the engine and there was nothing. Sitting in my dead car I realised that I’d left my lights on all day - I remember getting out of the car with arms full off stuff, so I had left the key in the ignition, which sounds an alarm. I think I must have heard the buzzing and thought it was the "you have left your keys in the ignition" alarm, rather than the "you have left your lights on" alarm. Before I walked to the office I grabbed the key out of the ignition and shut the door.
Of course, my battery booster pack was in my van, at home, because that had a flat battery a few months back, so I couldn't rescue myself. There was already an AA man changing a wheel for another car park customer but he couldn’t help me because he “isn’t insured to” (it was worth an ask), so I had to try my cheap AutoAid breakdown cover. I have heard a few nightmare stories about long waits for the RAC recently, so I was expecting a long evening, but they had someone out to me within 30 minutes, and it took him about 30 seconds to get my car started.
It is now tucked up in the garage, connected to the battery conditioner. And I need to sort out a spare key - which seems fairly cheap, as I can just swap the innards into a new key, and I have passed the first hurdle, which was locating the spare key, which has the serial number tag still attached to it.
I got back to my car after work and it wouldn’t unlock with the remote. Which was when I realised that the key has disintegrated in my pocket. Not to worry, I could unlock the car the old-fashioned way, with the lock on the door.
The lack of alarm was the first sign that something more serious was wrong, but I only realised the seriousness of the problem when I tried to start the engine and there was nothing. Sitting in my dead car I realised that I’d left my lights on all day - I remember getting out of the car with arms full off stuff, so I had left the key in the ignition, which sounds an alarm. I think I must have heard the buzzing and thought it was the "you have left your keys in the ignition" alarm, rather than the "you have left your lights on" alarm. Before I walked to the office I grabbed the key out of the ignition and shut the door.
Of course, my battery booster pack was in my van, at home, because that had a flat battery a few months back, so I couldn't rescue myself. There was already an AA man changing a wheel for another car park customer but he couldn’t help me because he “isn’t insured to” (it was worth an ask), so I had to try my cheap AutoAid breakdown cover. I have heard a few nightmare stories about long waits for the RAC recently, so I was expecting a long evening, but they had someone out to me within 30 minutes, and it took him about 30 seconds to get my car started.
It is now tucked up in the garage, connected to the battery conditioner. And I need to sort out a spare key - which seems fairly cheap, as I can just swap the innards into a new key, and I have passed the first hurdle, which was locating the spare key, which has the serial number tag still attached to it.
Craikeybaby said:
I had a double MR2 fail today. I drove it to work in the centre of Birmingham as all the trains were cancelled today.
I got back to my car after work and it wouldn’t unlock with the remote. Which was when I realised that the key has disintegrated in my pocket. Not to worry, I could unlock the car the old-fashioned way, with the lock on the door.
The lack of alarm was the first sign that something more serious was wrong, but I only realised the seriousness of the problem when I tried to start the engine and there was nothing. Sitting in my dead car I realised that I’d left my lights on all day - I remember getting out of the car with arms full off stuff, so I had left the key in the ignition, which sounds an alarm. I think I must have heard the buzzing and thought it was the "you have left your keys in the ignition" alarm, rather than the "you have left your lights on" alarm. Before I walked to the office I grabbed the key out of the ignition and shut the door.
Of course, my battery booster pack was in my van, at home, because that had a flat battery a few months back, so I couldn't rescue myself. There was already an AA man changing a wheel for another car park customer but he couldn’t help me because he “isn’t insured to” (it was worth an ask), so I had to try my cheap AutoAid breakdown cover. I have heard a few nightmare stories about long waits for the RAC recently, so I was expecting a long evening, but they had someone out to me within 30 minutes, and it took him about 30 seconds to get my car started.
It is now tucked up in the garage, connected to the battery conditioner. And I need to sort out a spare key - which seems fairly cheap, as I can just swap the innards into a new key, and I have passed the first hurdle, which was locating the spare key, which has the serial number tag still attached to it.
Good to hear you got going and the breakdown cover came through for you. I see a lot of disintegrated keys on the Roadster forums online, I think there are a couple of (eBay?) places usually recommended for a new key which you transfer the innards of the failed one into.I got back to my car after work and it wouldn’t unlock with the remote. Which was when I realised that the key has disintegrated in my pocket. Not to worry, I could unlock the car the old-fashioned way, with the lock on the door.
The lack of alarm was the first sign that something more serious was wrong, but I only realised the seriousness of the problem when I tried to start the engine and there was nothing. Sitting in my dead car I realised that I’d left my lights on all day - I remember getting out of the car with arms full off stuff, so I had left the key in the ignition, which sounds an alarm. I think I must have heard the buzzing and thought it was the "you have left your keys in the ignition" alarm, rather than the "you have left your lights on" alarm. Before I walked to the office I grabbed the key out of the ignition and shut the door.
Of course, my battery booster pack was in my van, at home, because that had a flat battery a few months back, so I couldn't rescue myself. There was already an AA man changing a wheel for another car park customer but he couldn’t help me because he “isn’t insured to” (it was worth an ask), so I had to try my cheap AutoAid breakdown cover. I have heard a few nightmare stories about long waits for the RAC recently, so I was expecting a long evening, but they had someone out to me within 30 minutes, and it took him about 30 seconds to get my car started.
It is now tucked up in the garage, connected to the battery conditioner. And I need to sort out a spare key - which seems fairly cheap, as I can just swap the innards into a new key, and I have passed the first hurdle, which was locating the spare key, which has the serial number tag still attached to it.
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