What do you reckon, Been thinking about it for a while now. It would still be a Turbo Version. Think it would be cheaper and give me smile or too??

Or maybe a GT4??

Mr2 no....gt4,yer maybe...

why's that??

i have had several mr2's of all guise..

 

i am not a fan of the mk2 turbo they are fun and quick.. but for me and mr2 should be a mk1.... but they are putting the mk2 turbo in the back of the mk1.. in fact there is one for sale on 2brutal at the mo

they are serious fun and go like stink

do a search on you tube for mk1.5 and you will find a load of vids

 

i did also have a st205 GT4 with a blitx turbo.. standard form they are a bit boring.. but start plaing with them turbo's etc and they are great cars.. better than the mk2 personally

i see the mk2 they tried to make it a back road car.. but it is much more just a motorway cruiser compared to things like the mk1

MR2 GTi is more than enough buddy, in the wet the turbos are lethal. Every person i've known has either crashed or written there's off in less than a month of buying it.

 

I had a GTi for a year, it had 144k on the clock, hit 60 in 6 second dead every time, sounded fantastic, was comfy on the motorway and handled like a dream. Plus the bonus was i used to get about 34-40mpg on the motorway :D I'm planning on buying another one next year for my day to day commute to put a smile on my face

 

I had a GTi for a year, it had 144k on the clock, hit 60 in 6 second dead every time,

 

:shock:

 

Was that while being towed by a ferrari???? My MR2 and any one I've been in (Except turbos) would maybe do it in 8, always thought them to be far too underpowered in N/A form. Like a boxster, quite boring for a "sports" car

Nope seriously we got the stopwatch on it because i couldn't believe it myself. Completely stock as well :D

 

You had to rev them to get the power but when it hit the power band and the engine note changed it sounded great. Lovely car :D

You sure your not confusing it with an S2000? lol

i know that the Mk2 Old revisions (Rev1and2) were deadly and the suspension was all sorted out on the Rev 3onwards! So if you want some real slidey fun get the older REv but seeing as its a Mid-engined little car it will have great Weight Distribution so may not be so much fun.

Get an old Jap car and shove a CA18DET (s13) engine into it and youll laugh your arse off

I've owned a Mk1 MK2 and Mk2 MR2 Rev2 (thats a confusing sentence to read lol). The Mk1 was sooo much more fun than the Mk2, but both were slow and the handling is ermm..Interesting.

 

I used to own a ST185 GT-Four as well, a better car than the Mr2.

 

None are comparable or in the same league as a Z though.

I have been thinking similar, though the Zed has already gone. I bought a 57 plate Mazda 3 Sport 2.0 thinking it would be a compromise and although I really like it, I miss having something to tinker with. I am now looking at MR2s and MX-5s in order to build a track/fast road car. Can't decide which one to go for at the moment though.

You sure your not confusing it with an S2000? lol

 

lol, nope definatly an MR2 :tongue: Best car i ever owned and i was gutted to sell it when i went back to uni for my final year :( As much as i love my zed's (on to number 4 now) i do miss my MR2 and i wish i had it back

Something very unique about your Mr2 Nick, thats nearly Turbo version pace. The NA's are far from quick in standard form. 0-60 is closer 8 secs.

what about a decent 200sx (s14) going for little cash and some good motors to be had

Something very unique about your Mr2 Nick, thats nearly Turbo version pace. The NA's are far from quick in standard form. 0-60 is closer 8 secs.

 

It looked very stock and i never messed around with it but it was incredibly quick for a non-turbo. It's not a case of thinking "this is a quick for an mr2" we actually timed it just to see how quick it was and it was always about 6 seconds dead using the gps as a source for the speedo as well. It was a 91 plate, the 168bhp one before they choked it to death with all the emission regs on the exhaust.

 

Sounds like i'd be very disappointed if i owned another one then? :rofl:

imo keep the zed

you know my mate had a mk2 astra 16v years ago, it was a shitty burgundy color, but it was the fastest vavler about, nothing at the time could keep up with it, it was bog standard aswell, a local guy who tuned these things had one running about 190bhp and he spent a fortune on it but my mates was quicker and the guy who had the tuned one even said it was, i think every now and then you get an engine that is put together just perfect and it turns out to be a quick car

 

alas the mk2 handling got the better of my mate and 2 360 spins and a crash barrier later and the car was no more lol

there you go

 

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1207315.htm

Could always get this?

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/1176519.htm

I've got an mr2 turbo, had it for 4yrs, never missed a beat. Can thouroughly

recommend one, not sure about the gt4, never been in one, same engine as

the mr2 turbo though.

The reason they are so deadly in the wet is too many people carry too much

speed into a corner, then shut off thinking it will slow down, it won't, it

just unweightens the rear wheels, then they just spin & lose traction.

'Apparantly' the only reason they were not introduced over here was toyota

didn't want the flagship model supra being upstaged by a cheaper car.

both cars lack looks and passion. The Zed is in a completely different class.

i had an mr2 turbo before my zed still miss it iv often thought about getting another