Shame you're selling it. Replacing it with anything of note?

It's "replacement" I posted a pic of last page about halfway down. BRZ special edition.
 
It all came down to the decision of which car did I want to spend money on making it more fun, and the 86/BRZ is very hard to beat in that regard, plus being a new car in a particular spec I ordered makes it feel special to me.

Fair enough. Was thinking you wanted more than 1 beast in the stable.

BRZ is nice.

Good luck with the replacement tranny. I reckon you'll install it, start driving it and just keep it :)

Mrskylighter
Good luck with the replacement tranny. I reckon you'll install it, start driving it and just keep it :)

This is my theory :)

I have a co worker with a new 86 and I took him out in my '87 SC. Afterwards the only thing he could say was 'I knew your car was good but I didn't expect it to be in a completely different league to my 86!'. 

I don't doubt I'd wanna keep it, but I know it's rarely going to see much road apart from the occasional weekend trip or cruise that would be used as an excuse to drive it. Fact of the matter is I'd rather see it enjoyed and free up carport space; I have a two space carport currently holding the adub, BRZ and wife's Honda Jazz.
 
Plenty of options for the future but it has to wait until I buy another house with a big enough garage. I'll eventually compliment the BRZ with something more family practical like a wagon or SUV, but very undecided at this point what I want, whether an imported Toyota wagon or skyline crossover, 5th gen Subaru liberty wagon with 3.6L swap and supercharger, or post 2017 euro model price drop, such as a Porsche Macan or G45 AMG. At any rate I have about 4-5 years to decide. Won't be slow but needs to be comfy and relatively wife friendly.
 
mikel1966: they're definitely different cars, and each deserves their own direction when it comes to tuning them. I've picked a pretty good base with the BRZ where I took it to the furthest you can from factory with its handling setup; it's noticeably different to the 86 factory spec even with stiffer springs and additional bracing. I wanted the MR2 because of its pure unadultered driving experience and mid engine layout to learn on, but I'm instead focusing on the 86/BRZ as a modern base that will be around for a while to evolve on.
 
Still waiting on this transmission to arrive :(

maj
Still waiting on this transmission to arrive :(

I did ask over the page but I think it might have been missed. How much is the new transmission going to cost?

Surgeon: It's a used transmission, so all depends on how much the seller wants for it, and where it's located. In this case I'm importing it from Japan and all up it's looking to be below the $500 mark. The transmission was pretty cheap and arrived by container; it was guaranteed working before it was removed from the car (even had videos to show it), but of course no return policy on used goods.
 
To rebuild a transmission it's in the region of $1900, I'd be keen do to this if I was keeping the car for a long time, but it's harder to swallow now that my plans have changed. I'm still slowly aiming at rebuilding the original engine if the car doesn't sell in a hurry.
The car will be cheaper and better value if sold sooner of course, with the new owner inheriting all the rebuild parts for cheap.

Transmission has arrived at the local depot for pickup, will take the hatch over tomorrow to pick it up. Was almost double the price to get it delivered to my door and the depot is only 15mins away from me.
 
Install will be happening this weekend. Spouse has been notified I will need beer and pizza and no house duties will be getting done until next week.