hahahahaha slight upgrade.

.......what's needed to get the mr2 back on the road? thought it was just a timing belt?

nice daily by the way. just saw a ke30 ripping it up at a motorkhana today. man he abused that thing.

holy poo poo you got an evo!! hows the drive compared to an mr2?

Possibly.

Evo is quite substantially heavier, so needs more herbs to accelerate as quickly. The drivetrain is also alot more fragile then the MR2 drivetrain, and I suspect will need more looking at/money thrown at it then the MR2 gear.

I personally think the MR2 looks better. It certainly doesn't handle as well out of the box, however, is alot more fun to drive. Evo is also much more expensive to buy in the first place. An mr2 with that difference in price spent on it would likely, accelerate, handle and break better then a stock evo.

Evo for me is a daily, not a play car. I spent quite an amount on my mr2, and wish I bought a much cheaper example now that I've molested it so much. The evo has an exhaust, I've also got new rims coming as we speak as one was damaged. That will be about it however, maybe an upgraded panel filter.

I don't want any issues from the boys in blue and want something that is nice and comfortable to drive every day, whilst still having more poke then most other standard road going cars.

Other things on the book for the evo are a full fluids change, new plugs and leads and a replacement ancillary belt (current one is damn near rooted).

Now, give me your evo IX rear bar ;) its even the right colour for my car.

Nice daily driver! Better choice than the Caldina for a daily IMO. Easier to get parts/repair etc.

Evo + lip + bronze CE28N's = EPIC WIN (common but for good reason)

Daniel is biased I think ;)

Should look good though, I believe they are the wheels that come on the FQ400 evo? Why did I choose this over the caldina.

Better bang or buck. All australian sellers of caldinas (ST246's) wanted >$20000 for their cars, some, much more. I test drove a ST246 caldina, and the tiptronic auto is just like every other tiptronic auto I have driven, quite sluggish. Gear changes happen with quite a delay. I just wasn't a fan. Only ST215's I liked were the really late model ones, with the updated interior, the previous ones just looked pov back. Finding one of these in manual was proving challenging and any decent examples were still up there near 20k.

For the extra money the evo cost, I felt they were much better bang for buck. Brembo brakes, recaro seats, arguably the best 2L engine produced. There are alot of sevens for sale between 20 and 25k, which was approximately what most people were asking for a 246 caldina of the same vintage.

And yes, I've had numerous people ask me "what happens if you have an accident" In the caldina. Panels cannot be sourced locally. The Evo 8 (albeit my car being an import) was locally delivered. Simple bolt ons are in abundance, which will be the most lovin this car will ever get.

That makes sense, just don't get sidetracked with it we all know how much you hate your mr2 at the mo.