Eric
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Why you DON'T sell your mr2
Thankfully, this isnt a story about my own experiences, but a friends He sold his mr2 about 5-6 months ago. He put alot of work into it, rebuilt the engine etc, but decided to sell it in the pursuit of somthing else. He still loved the car Today while browsing boostcruising for mr2 parts, I found his old car. A mangled Mess. I dont know exactly what happened (yet) but the ad said he hit a tree http://www.boostcruising.com.au/car-sales/2418436-1990-Toyota-MR2-for-Sale.html
Very unfortunate.
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Re: Why you DON'T sell your mr2
2014/02/06 17:24:44
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Another case of the fully hektic drifter?
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Re: Why you DON'T sell your mr2
2014/02/06 17:33:44
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Just another one to add to this.... Jaemus' 3VZ V6 powered SW20 when he sold it to "MR2V6"  Couple of months later... 
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Eric
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Re: Why you DON'T sell your mr2
2014/02/06 17:49:45
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Apparently he was battling a gtr down nebo and hit some gravel and lost it
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Re: Why you DON'T sell your mr2
2014/02/06 17:59:58
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Eric
Apparently he was battling a gtr down nebo and hit some gravel and lost it
Excuse my ignorance, but... LMFAO
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Re: Why you DON'T sell your mr2
2014/02/06 18:00:56
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this isn't a bad thing for people with MR2's......more parts and the rarer they get the better the value will be.
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Re: Why you DON'T sell your mr2
2014/02/06 18:13:52
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Knightrous
Eric
Apparently he was battling a gtr down nebo and hit some gravel and lost it
Excuse my ignorance, but...
LMFAO
+1 !!!!! LOL
1990 SW20 MR2 N/A with 1994 Gen 3 GTS 3S-GTE swap.
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Re: Why you DON'T sell your mr2
2014/02/11 22:17:48
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Good advice, as the next owner probably wouldn't realize that real life is not like cartoons..... until its too late.
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Re: Why you DON'T sell your mr2
2014/02/11 23:35:26
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Sad to see these great cars written off like this. Like Dirty Harry said "a man's got to know his limitations", but its a terrible way to find out. It also proves that a few people are a lot more limited than they want to believe.
Someone I met late last year had a pristine 1997 Bathurst with only 86k on the speedo and was a one-owner car. Trying to go around the huge roundabout near Eumundi in the wet he lost it and slide sideways into the long grass. Didn't notice anything really wrong until he went to drive off.
Big noise coming from the back of the car so he thought he'd probably dropped a tyre and had busted a mag wheel. What he didn't know was that hidden in the grass there remained the bottom meter or so of a steel and concrete street light stanchion which had cut a channel right across the underside of the car at the firewall behind the driver. The car suddenly started going in two directions, the front at about 30 degrees to the back. End of story - the car was written off and he has not been able to find such a good stock one again.
The moral is that these are damn tough cars but there are limitations, usually on the part of the driver.
Tralfaz 1989 AW11 SC G-Limited; all original and staying that way. PLUS SW20 G-Limited BEAMS So much choice, so little time.
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Re: Why you DON'T sell your mr2
2014/04/11 09:18:13
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Some people just don't realise that you need to be cautious of changes in road surface, hazards, in the wet, etc. Motorcyclists tend to be acutely aware of this, but in a car you feel safer to push limits. To be fair though, even the best race and rally drivers in the world still have accidents, random stuff happens. Learning limits and training instinctive emergency reactions on a skid-pan or mud-flat helps. Then again, some people just don't have functional brains. These cars deserve some respect, they are quite capable, but Mid-Rear cars are less forgiving than all other drive configurations except Rear-Engine (hence why some Porsche's have the moniker "widow maker").
post edited by FuzzNugget - 2014/04/11 11:18:07
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Re: Why you DON'T sell your mr2
2014/04/11 10:09:29
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all i can say from experience is TRY NOT to drive this car in the wet, like you would when its on a dry road, if you have to then be very carefull. i loose traction even crawling around roundabouts. [ i may have some suspension related things i need to sort out, and poor tyre choices (federal super streets) thats also part to blame]
some people may go up in arms about this comment from me, but this is my own personal observation, not to mention many a MR2 has been written off in wet weather.
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Re: Why you DON'T sell your mr2
2014/04/11 12:26:09
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Then again, you get someone like me buy one & some say I am too cautious, lol. At least I always opt to got at the back on cruises. purple5ive
all i can say from experience is TRY NOT to drive this car in the wet, like you would when its on a dry road, if you have to then be very carefull. i loose traction even crawling around roundabouts. [ i may have some suspension related things i need to sort out, and poor tyre choices (federal super streets) thats also part to blame]
some people may go up in arms about this comment from me, but this is my own personal observation, not to mention many a MR2 has been written off in wet weather.
Thanks for that purple5, now I don't feel so bad about crawling around roundabouts in the wet. Yes, I also know it has quite a bit to do with wheel & tyre set up, but they are on the list of things to fix. Just gets putting back due to mechanical things needing to be fixed.
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Re: Why you DON'T sell your mr2
2014/04/11 18:53:09
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Basically people cannot drive :)
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Re: Why you DON'T sell your mr2
2014/04/12 16:07:59
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I guess this is a good time to raise the argument of advanced driver training and trackdays. May have reduced the chance of incidents like the few mentioned.
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Re: Why you DON'T sell your mr2
2014/04/12 16:08:52
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Also the importance of car set up over powering up the car.
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