RE: SOTW: Mk1 Toyota MR2

[spudgun GB]

hora said:

I could never own one of these. Ever.

Growing up the hairdressers round the corner had one of these.

CRX yes. MR2 no.

What an original and refreshing point of view. Thanks for posting.

[OlberJ]

hora said:

I could never own one of these. Ever.

Growing up the hairdressers round the corner had one of these.

CRX yes. MR2 no.

Without drawing this into a cat fight that you may be angling for :



Mmmm, manly.

[OlberJ]

[Munter]

OlberJ said:

Crisis

[spudgun GB]

OlberJ said:

That is an epic looking mk1, make no mistake.

[Gary C]

hora said:

I could never own one of these. Ever.

Growing up the hairdressers round the corner had one of these.

CRX yes. MR2 no.

CRX !!!, and you call the MR2 a hairdressers car !

CRX=Naff front drive pseudo sports car for posers

At least the MR2 drove like a sports car.

[TazR6]

Loved it. Pretty well rot free, but had to go to make way for a bigger car.
I would have another in a heartbeat.
Best SOTW yet I think.

Edited by TazR6 on Monday 2nd August 12:18

[ImpossibleDream]

Perfect SOTW, but im biased... :-D

All Ill say is..."poor mans Ferrari"

[Greensleeves]

I like mine too.
Have one for the road as well and a couple in bits for spares.

Check out Red Dragon Racing Series at www.mr2racing.com

Next meeting is Cadwell on 22 August

[Greensleeves]

spdpug98 said:

Munter said:

spdpug98 said:

Obviously the white ones are the best:

I don't think thats really a white car! Thats a red one in a white frock! Cheating that is. You know the red ones are faster.

You caught me out she was red but had it painted white before the start of the season

Mr Belamy I presume.

[spdpug98]

Greensleeves said:

spdpug98 said:

Munter said:

spdpug98 said:

Obviously the white ones are the best:

I don't think thats really a white car! Thats a red one in a white frock! Cheating that is. You know the red ones are faster.

You caught me out she was red but had it painted white before the start of the season

Mr Belamy I presume.

Oh no, I've been found

[Nimbus]

ImpossibleDream said:

Perfect SOTW, but im biased... :-D

All Ill say is..."poor mans Ferrari"

now that is a lovely example and very tasteful mods

[Nimbus]

while I am at it, some photo pimpage of my current Mk1..

[theturbs]

Best shed in a long time.

[Wedgepilot]

Great little cars, fantastic handling and a fabulous engine too. All hail the 4A-GE! Here's a shot of my 'early' one:



MR2 nerds will know the differences

[OlberJ]

Wedgepilot said:

All hail the 4A-GE!

Get with the times grandad

[chris7676]

OlberJ said:

Wedgepilot said:

All hail the 4A-GE!

Get with the times grandad

Should he? It's quite an amazing engine even today in my opinion. Just shows that 25 years hasn't been such a massive progress in this respect.

[Greensleeves]

Wedgepilot said:

Great little cars, fantastic handling and a fabulous engine too. All hail the 4A-GE! Here's a shot of my 'early' one:



MR2 nerds will know the differences

Mk 1 A with a 1b spoiler on. Where's me black rimmed glasses?

[Twincam16]

chris7676 said:

OlberJ said:

Wedgepilot said:

All hail the 4A-GE!

Get with the times grandad

Should he? It's quite an amazing engine even today in my opinion. Just shows that 25 years hasn't been such a massive progress in this respect.

I'd echo that. Name me one modern equivalent engine that revs that high (reliably) and sounds that good.

[OlberJ]

Twincam16 said:

chris7676 said:

OlberJ said:

Wedgepilot said:

All hail the 4A-GE!

Get with the times grandad

Should he? It's quite an amazing engine even today in my opinion. Just shows that 25 years hasn't been such a massive progress in this respect.

I'd echo that. Name me one modern equivalent engine that revs that high (reliably) and sounds that good.

2ZZ-FE (Revs even higher and makes 190bhp off the bat)
K20/24

You don't need to have all those revs if they aint producing anything.

My dig at the 4age was tongue in cheek but there are definitely other engine options out there which make this thing into a modern sports car (pace wise) and keeps the Mk1 on the map.