Toyota MR2 Roadster ?

kai · 24 Apr 2008 at 08:50

I am looking to part x my MGF VVC mainly due to the fact i need a more reliable car and not wondering if this is my last drive before i have HGF.

Anyone got one of these? what they like?

Muffin` · 24 Apr 2008 at 08:59

I'd suggest an MX-5 over the MR2 or are you dead set on the MR2?

kai · 24 Apr 2008 at 09:00

I dont like the look of the MX-5

Muffin` · 24 Apr 2008 at 09:06

That's fair enough

kai · 24 Apr 2008 at 09:07

so any thing i need to know about these cars?

Dale V · 24 Apr 2008 at 09:08

put it this way, the roadster will be far far better than the mg

kai · 24 Apr 2008 at 09:29

Ye thats my thinking, i need something more reliable i have been told the toyota 1.8 vvti engine is solid and will go forever hopefully this is true.....

kaiowas · 24 Apr 2008 at 09:35

Not driven a mk3 but the drive is supposed to be very good and much closer to the fun of a mk1 rather than the big cruiser of a mk2. Be warned that there is absolutley no storage space for anything though. You've got no boot of any kind and only a small amount of stowage behind the seats. I'd have thought it's livable if you're usually on your own but if you normally have a GF in the passenger seat then you could find it restrictive.

kai · 24 Apr 2008 at 09:50

Ye i have a GF but she tiny

only thing is my golf clubs looks like they have to be upright in passenger seat but i only for few miles to travel to get my local course.

Solari · 24 Apr 2008 at 09:59

A fella around the corner from me has got one of these. Looks very nice indeed and I would be tempted myself if a 2 seater wasn't so impractical

mr tommo · 24 Apr 2008 at 10:03

Got nothing useful to add to this thread tbh but ive always really like these cars. Its just the one thing that put me off was that I thought they looked a little girly. Although with he right mods they can look quite good...

kai · 24 Apr 2008 at 10:21

mmm thats loooks sweet, well we see how much garage will give me for part x on mine

NathanE · 24 Apr 2008 at 10:35

Very girly (although no more than a MG F)... get an MX5.

kai · 24 Apr 2008 at 10:41

kai said:
I dont like the look of the MX-5

Ummm....

paradigm · 24 Apr 2008 at 10:47

I looked at these last year, found the actual drive to be great (although not as good as the MX5), and prefer the looks to the MX5 (although I don't dislike the MX5).

The only real put-off for me was the dash, but then I find that with most japanese cars

Sanchez · 24 Apr 2008 at 12:21

NathanE said:
Very girly (although no more than a MG F)... get an MX5.

Personally I find them less girly than an MX5.

Richard_16v · 24 Apr 2008 at 12:57

Drove one once as my girlfriend was looking at one. Really nice to drive, but having barely enough space for a spare pair of shoes would put me off.

As a 2nd car in the household it would be ok but if you relied on it to do the shopping etc in then it would be a nightmare.

ZG002 · 24 Apr 2008 at 15:35

One of my mates had one before he sold it for the "beast".. But then his was heavily modded looked like this

It went as well as it looked with the turbo added

Last i saw him he had a mk2 MR2 shipped over from the land of the rising sun with a TRD kit running 600bhp+ it was abit scary.