MR2 driving advice
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Hi all I have an mr2 mk2 .. good for me huh ..
Any way a friend of mine is thinking of getting one .. to cut a long story short , I have tried to advise him how they turn around with no warning what so ever. … any advice you would like to give ! he will be watching this too !
Regards Matt
P.S he is not as good at driving as me ! HA HA
Any way a friend of mine is thinking of getting one .. to cut a long story short , I have tried to advise him how they turn around with no warning what so ever. … any advice you would like to give ! he will be watching this too !
Regards Matt
P.S he is not as good at driving as me ! HA HA
f1fx said:
Any way a friend of mine is thinking of getting one .. to cut a long story short , I have tried to advise him how they turn around with no warning what so ever. … any advice you would like to give ! he will be watching this too !
Personally I think thats a misnomer. Mine only tried to kill me once (hehe) and my fists are made of ham.
Is he thinking of a turbo or NA?
The revision 1's are the ones with the dodgy reputation for spinning out with no warning, so if he is worried about this, go for a revision 2 or above(1992 +). I think there was a minor change to the suspension for the revision 3 (1994+) as well, but anything above a revision 2 will be prone to under steer, where as a revision 1 is prone to over steer at the limit.
Repeating what people have said before tyres are very important. I currently have jap spec tyres on mine which will be changed as soon as I can, after advice from people on here(thanks for that guys after the good weather I agree with your opinions). The jap spec tyres are brilliant in weather like we currently have but anything other than that the car feels really unstable.
If you are thinking of getting a turbo take it easy in the wet for the first couple of months until you are used to the car, if you don't have good wet tyres on the car it can bite quite quickly.
The revision 1's are the ones with the dodgy reputation for spinning out with no warning, so if he is worried about this, go for a revision 2 or above(1992 +). I think there was a minor change to the suspension for the revision 3 (1994+) as well, but anything above a revision 2 will be prone to under steer, where as a revision 1 is prone to over steer at the limit.
Repeating what people have said before tyres are very important. I currently have jap spec tyres on mine which will be changed as soon as I can, after advice from people on here(thanks for that guys after the good weather I agree with your opinions). The jap spec tyres are brilliant in weather like we currently have but anything other than that the car feels really unstable.
If you are thinking of getting a turbo take it easy in the wet for the first couple of months until you are used to the car, if you don't have good wet tyres on the car it can bite quite quickly.
I've often wondered whether the reputation these cars have on the limit is due its popularity with the boy racers who will spend a fortune on a new body kit but when it comes to new tyres go for the cheapest possible. I was talking to an accident recovery guy who was telling me about the number of scoobys he's pulled out of walls recently. All of them old turbos, most of them on bald or remoulded tyres. Good tyres and a bit of experience and an MR2 is a great handling car.
MrFlibbles said:
Rochester BMW said:
I have a '90 (G) Twin Turbo Import thats lives out in Spain that has around 290hp ish.. and it has caught me out a couple of times... a car that must be given respect!
Two Turbo's! Yowzers! How much did that conversion cost?
Or does he mean twin entry turbo? Lots of people make this mistake.
A pint for me if it's only one turbo
Diptus said:
MrFlibbles said:
Rochester BMW said:
I have a '90 (G) Twin Turbo Import thats lives out in Spain that has around 290hp ish.. and it has caught me out a couple of times... a car that must be given respect!
Two Turbo's! Yowzers! How much did that conversion cost?
Or does he mean twin entry turbo? Lots of people make this mistake.
A pint for me if it's only one turbo
Yes, I was being sarcastic, hence the
If it's got the 14" wheels, bin them. Put on good tyres.
Drive it like you stole it, never let off hard, mid corner.
I spun my rev1 NA about once a month in 14 months of ownership (rubbish tyres on 14" rims).
I spun my Turbo once, 720 degrees, at 60mph, at Nurburgring, in 5 years of ownership.
I'd had 15", 16", 17" & 18" rims on the car during ownership, but all had good tyres (Goodyears, Toyos etc).
Drive it like you stole it, never let off hard, mid corner.
I spun my rev1 NA about once a month in 14 months of ownership (rubbish tyres on 14" rims).
I spun my Turbo once, 720 degrees, at 60mph, at Nurburgring, in 5 years of ownership.
I'd had 15", 16", 17" & 18" rims on the car during ownership, but all had good tyres (Goodyears, Toyos etc).
iaint said:
_Al_ said:
iaint said:
_Al_ said:
Decent tyres on it and don't take the p**s.
Mine has yet to try and kill me and I do like to drive it fast on twisty roads.
Mine has yet to try and kill me and I do like to drive it fast on twisty roads.
You do? Must've missed that
Grr!!!
Now it's going to take me all day to think of a witty response!
...
*whisper*
Psssst _Al_... you could say something like "At least my Toyota has been reliable, not like those Rx7's always needing work!"
Oh hang on
MrFlibbles said:
iaint said:
_Al_ said:
iaint said:
_Al_ said:
Decent tyres on it and don't take the p**s.
Mine has yet to try and kill me and I do like to drive it fast on twisty roads.
Mine has yet to try and kill me and I do like to drive it fast on twisty roads.
You do? Must've missed that
Grr!!!
Now it's going to take me all day to think of a witty response!
...
*whisper*
Psssst _Al_... you could say something like "At least my Toyota has been reliable, not like those Rx7's always needing work!"
Oh hang on
f1fx said:
I have tried to advise him how they turn around with no warning what so ever.
Regards Matt
P.S he is not as good at driving as me ! HA HA
Regards Matt
P.S he is not as good at driving as me ! HA HA
is your car knackered? My couple never tried to turn themselves around with no warning, it once did when I provoked it by forcing to tight a line going at stupid speeds out of old paddock...
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