Mr2 g limited auto opinions

Mr2 g limited auto opinions

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kuro

Original Poster:

1,621 posts

118 months

Wednesday 17th May 2017
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Broadened my search for a car recently and have always liked the mk2. One turned up yesterday which seemed outstanding. A few messages were swapped and more photos were sent only to reveal it was an automatic. The car itself ticks a lot of boxes but the auto is an issue and I would take some convincing. Anyone have any experience of these?

RedAndy

1,207 posts

153 months

Friday 19th May 2017
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like all autos it is ok 90% of the time. but when you're in that 10% zone it is awful.

specifically, if you're "pressing on" round a bend or off a roundabout, the car will grip cos it is well set up, but then the box will change gear on you and that moment of loss of drive will upset the car and possibly cause a spin. which it did to me.

so if you're the kind who presses on... get a MR2 Mk3!

seriously, the manual is better

gavsdavs

1,203 posts

125 months

Friday 19th May 2017
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Check you get a 3s-ge car, there are some 3s-fe rev1 cars out there which must be hateful on an auto box. (tl;dr, don't buy a rev1 if you can help it)

Angpozzuto

958 posts

108 months

Saturday 20th May 2017
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There's still plenty of mk2s available so if you want a manual there's no point settling for something you don't want, besides it's much more fun shifting gears when you're out on a B road blast

kuro

Original Poster:

1,621 posts

118 months

Sunday 21st May 2017
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Angpozzuto said:
There's still plenty of mk2s available so if you want a manual there's no point settling for something you don't want, besides it's much more fun shifting gears when you're out on a B road blast
I'm looking for an unmolested one in the top end price bracket and at the moment there doesn't look to be to much about. There is one I hope to view when I go on holiday at the end of next week provided it doesn't sell in the meantime.

RedAndy

1,207 posts

153 months

Tuesday 23rd May 2017
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kuro said:
I'm looking for an unmolested one in the top end price bracket and at the moment there doesn't look to be to much about. There is one I hope to view when I go on holiday at the end of next week provided it doesn't sell in the meantime.
...then wait. dont jump in on a bad one just cos it comes a month or two quicker. get the one you want.

Angpozzuto

958 posts

108 months

Thursday 1st June 2017
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The problem I have is when I go to see a car I always end up getting excited and buying it without looking around at others. If you're like this don't even go to see the auto mr2 😂