Been thinking about selling mine a few times, and even more so now I have a gorgeous optioned up BRZ to drive around.
 
Two things that have stopped me thus far is I feel the car owes me more fun than what I've currently had in it, especially with the amount of hours I've poured into it fixing it up. I'm so close yet so far since there's a few more grand needing to be invested getting the transmission rebuilt, and eventually the original engine too. For now the replacement engine it has is fine though.
 
The other one is my daughter loves it and even before I bought the BRZ she would tell me she likes my little blue car, which is about as far as her vocabulary goes in saying she wants me to take her for a drive in it.
 
Aim is once shes 4 years old and can wear a lap sash belt with a booster seat, I'll fulfill that wish. Still have over a year to get there luckily.
 
At that point it'll be very close to historic rego time, so it'll only be a case of making sure I have space for it.

But was it a gumtape battle?
 

And not changing your end goal midway, although this happens before you realise most times (well for me anyway).

Mr2gtracer
MAJ - it's always the way isn't it though? "Just a few more grand and it will be perfect", (after a few more grand), "just a few more grand and it will be perfect".  I'm finding that as well.  There is so much i want to do with my car and there is only so much that can be done.  I have another 2 years to wait until i can (hopefully) take my daughter for a drive in the car (she'll then be 4).  
I don't think i'll ever sell my car........scream and swear at yes   

Yeah it can be the case. In my instance though the car isn't driveable so not spending the money isn't an option. You can stress as much that the car isn't perfect, but I think as long as the amount you've spent gives you the amount of fun you were hoping for, then you're moving forwards and not backwards.

Late 94. Privately imported. I'm the first registered AU owner & 3rd outright owner. Although the 2nd owner bought it to bring to AU for his wife only to sell it straight away (she didn't drive manual).

I thought having a modded FD S8 would change my love for 2, but it only reinforced it.



Hey MR2QIK I'm curious in which ways having a modded FD S8 reinforced your love for your MR2? My partner loves the FD and I'm sure she may some day be tempted sell the STi for an FD but at the same time she is weary of their reputation of being a money pit for reliability where as the STi never misses a beat.

Actually, I could use your opinions, guys and gals, as I do feel I'm in a bit of a pickle - and it involves to sell or not to sell.
 
My A-Dub is running quite nicely, with a newly refurbished cylinder head, head gasket, etc; it's pulling nicely, always starts, and doesn't blow smoke. BUT.... there may be something going wrong with the cooling system - I'll have to wait until tomorrow to see what's what (their may have just been a bit of an airlock), but it appears to be slowly losing coolant. I drove around for an hour and half yesterday, giving it a spirited bit of welly, and it was fine and didn't overheat, but the level was back down when I checked it this morning, having used about.... 750 ml of coolant maybe? Fingers crossed that it's something very simple, like a little hose somewhere, but if it isn't, I've already spent quite a bit of money on this car and the more money I spend the more it's starting to somewhat lose its 'friend status'.
 
The other thing is that I'm a disability pensioner, so trying to recover from my savings when things do go wrong takes forever, and I just don't feel that I have the money and energy to do this classic car justice. I bought it hail damaged, and was going to replace the panels for instance, but getting the blokes with possible replacement panels to sell is almost impossible sometimes - either that or I can't afford their prices. And the other thing is that I'm rubbish at working on cars, and feel guilty whenever I do a bodge job on something like weather leaks, which are things I've tried to find people who'll do the job for money, but just can't find anyone. So when bodge job stacks on top of other bodge job, and I'm looking at this gorgeous classic car that's not getting the care it really deserves, I'm starting to feel quite bad.
 
So what do think, folks? I love it to bits, and hopefully it's something small and easy, but if it isn't, should I hold onto it - particularly as they may go up in value - or should I sell it relatively cheaply to someone else who wants a go? (Only to someone who'll genuinely care for it though!!!)

If you are holding on to your SW20 or AW11 hoping it may become a valuable classic down the track you may be disappointed.
 
A 1987 n/a AW11 sold for around $31,400 new here in Oz but you would probably only pay about $5,000 to $7,000 for a good standard one these days. The same applies to SW20's as far as depreciation goes. Neither has turned the corner yet and started to increase in value.
 
Usually a car becomes a valuable classic because it is rare and not many were made or not many are left but there are still a lot of AW11's, SW20's and Spiders around because most owners respect them and normally care for them.
 
In my view you buy these cars and retain them because you love them and don't worry about monetary gain as they are always a classic in your eyes

To sell it, or to hang on to it?
The solution:
MR2's are a very individual car, so what what other car could you get to replace it?
If you can't answer that question honestly, then maybe don't sell.
 
Yes, it might be a very long time before MR2's become a valuable classic, so not much use keeping them for that. Much better to drive it and enjoy it.
But another factor is that as time passes it will also be harder and harder to find a good one, so well maintained cars in original condition should be worth more anyway.