My cars white not black. I'm on to my 3rd mr2 and from what I've found is if you get one less then $10k expect to have a few issues to fix up or fork out the dollars and have something that won't need attention bar the normal maintenance.

Having been down both roads I hated having my gen 2 always at wtf like on a bimonthly schedule. Pissed me off so I got rid of it bought the gen 3 and used it as a daily with no problems.

Another option is to look at an aw11. They are cheaper and as much fun in the corners as the sw20 just not a rockership in a straight line.

Except for kens adub ahahah

And mine with a gen 3 3sgte in it :)

Hi django,
I bought a 1996 SW20 from Sydney, had a mate view it.
Transported it over, about $1300, & a couple of weeks.
As others have said a few bits & pieces required attention.
I am enjoying it as a daily driver.
Also have standard wheels. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I have a targa leak or two & intend to have a close look & something of a play over Easter.
I reckon that you need a mechanical inclination & the time to do some of the work your self, if you are going to own & enjoy an MR2.
If you wanted to talk I am sure that something could be arranged.
I have only been to one MR2 Club run, but found the people approachable & knowledgeable.
All the best.
 

Mr sky

SELL ME YOUR CAR!

Pretty please

AAAAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!, The MR2 I really wanted as it was mechanically sound has just been sold!.
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/ellenbrook/cars-vans-utes/1993-toyota-mr2-coupe/1014382959
 
I kept trying to organise a test drive etc but the car was stored a long,long way from me,messaged the seller again today to again try to get to see it and its gone, over the last few weeks I have reasearched MANY, MANY cars and what I should by and ive come back to wanting an MR2 but they are hard to find for sale here in W.A!.
 
Over the last 4 weeks I have read up on these=
WRX.
 90's RODEO Utes( spacecab 2.6 lt, turns out they chew 15lt per 100km!!!!?)
MR2.
90's HILUX UTES.
mid 2000 Holden Utes.
CELICA GT4's ( Im told are unreliable?,though I love the look)
TOYOTA CALDINA ( I'm concidering one of these)
 
I just want a reasonably  reliable,economical car that has at least some amount of power, hence I keep coming back to a Turbo 4 cylinder of some sort...

no way, the paint is stuffed and bad dent on it, so theres 4-5 grand there alone

Otherwise try sourcing over east, Adelaide might be better bet. I picked my 1997 sw20 bathurst from Sydney.
Heaps of cars on gum tree and car point. You would be lucky to find anything at 5 grand, most are mid range 8, and the better models are 10 plus.
Cheers, good luck

As I said $10,000 is my budget! , not $5,000?
 
If I buy MR2 it has to be Turbo or I wont bother, N/A just would'nt be the same...

I had considered buying an NA to eventually swap in a 1MZ after I'd saved a little more cash. If its your daily though, probably not an option.
Good ones come up at decent prices now and then. Mine wa $7k, with a freshly rebuilt engine and nothing more than a few finishing touches needed. It was from Vic though, and I drove it back to SA. So much more to choose from, and cheaper from the Eastern states. Its harder to WA, but definitely worth considering.