adisco
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Ok! Is it just me and my luck or..?
Bought the car, good deal, good looking car, enjoy driving it, but now this is ridicules.
Problem after problem.
Ive owned 10-15 cars, never have i loved the car as much yet the car continues to fail.
Since ive had it, 4 months or so, the car has problems with:
2 alernators
Abs sensor
Stop switch for brake lights
Hub bearing
Clutch
Gearbox
Afm fail
Alternator belt
Dash lights
...and now sway bar bracket ripped off??!?
Have i got the worst fricken luck or...?
All i hear from mates is "sell sell sell"
Car is not going anywhere but this is bad.
Thoughts on my lengthy whinge..?
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adisco
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Re:Ok! Is it just me and my luck or..?
2012/11/17 14:48:44
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Also, gear linkages came off, left me on side of the road, forgot to list that one.
Probably more but that will do.
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elshaug22
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Re:Ok! Is it just me and my luck or..?
2012/11/17 14:49:49
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sounds like a classic mr2... lol. have to expect it with a 20ish year old car, just tough it out man, once you have it all perfect you wont look back.
or you can use that as an excuse to upgrade your sway bar :P
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Re:Ok! Is it just me and my luck or..?
2012/11/17 15:45:16
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I take it your car is quite a bit modified, Adisco? I can understand issues with older and modified cars, but what would be more worrying is that the MR2 (at any age) is a little less reliable as most other Toyota's in unmodified form. To me this reputation becomes questionable going by a lot of people's issues on here, though I hope others can prove me wrong.
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TIPSIDUECE
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Re:Ok! Is it just me and my luck or..?
2012/11/17 15:48:48
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u still have it better than me man, i spent 3 years getting my deuce up to scratch, just when i got to a stage where im very happy(reliable,fast, stunning looking) and it gets stolen yes my car got stolen this morning so u can understand how furious i am ryt now im out for blood brotha!
Why do people say "grow some balls"? Balls are weak and sensitive if you really wanna get tough, grow a vagina! Those things take a pounding!
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adisco
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Re:Ok! Is it just me and my luck or..?
2012/11/17 16:13:11
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Car is old, but so was r33 skyline. So thats not an excuse for the sway bar to rip off the chaise.
Had few mods, so when turbo, gearbox and clutch fail, that is to my own doing.
But when simple parts thats are original fail, one by one, you start wondering.
TIPSIDEUCE- thats bad man. Ouch! I dont know what to tell ya, spread the word, find the ****ers. :/
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MR2QIK
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Re:Ok! Is it just me and my luck or..?
2012/11/17 17:33:26
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Aftermarket sway bars? If so, common/expected problem. I can write a whole list of what else can go wrong (basically what has for me....lol). MR2 ownership :)
MR2QIK - "The Little Car That Could"  320rwkw @ 19psi (pump fuel, no giggle gas) 11.96 @ 116mph (with 228rwkw)
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Engineering_guy
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Re:Ok! Is it just me and my luck or..?
2012/11/17 19:54:45
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This post might encourage me to take to the sway bar mounts with the tig lol
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Re:Ok! Is it just me and my luck or..?
2012/11/17 20:16:38
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This just reads like old car that has not had maintanence to me. I have fixed MR2's that have had even longer more expensive lists too.
If it makes you feel any better E46 M3's rip the whole rear floor section out and the repair bill is alot more than your sway bar mounting.
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adisco
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Re:Ok! Is it just me and my luck or..?
2012/11/18 04:17:16
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kameleon
This just reads like old car that has not had maintanence to me. I have fixed MR2's that have had even longer more expensive lists too.
If it makes you feel any better E46 M3's rip the whole rear floor section out and the repair bill is alot more than your sway bar mounting.
Doesnt make me feel any better as that what has happened to me...Stock standard sway bar by the way, and wasnt doing anything too aggressive when this thing tore off... ill upload a picture tomorrow.
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Re:Ok! Is it just me and my luck or..?
2012/11/18 09:52:52
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sounds like a regular mr2 ownership story. enjoy!
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Re:Ok! Is it just me and my luck or..?
2012/11/18 11:19:04
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as what kam said earlier, sounds like lack of maintenance over years to me and probably was murdered by some previous owner(s) too.
if it makes u feel any better.....my car had rust in the roof and behind the rear bumper, that I didn't know about till later :P
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Re:Ok! Is it just me and my luck or..?
2012/11/19 17:43:05
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Is it the front sway bar mounts? There was a thread not too long ago about it ripping off due to aftermarket upgrades but even with stock. I'm about to install them soon as well. I found that researching a lot about this car (or any car you own I guess) has really paid off to avoid stuff like this but maybe no one else is as nerdy as me :/
Within the first few months I had alternator problems (common and inevitable), window reg fail, door won't open inside or outside so I had to crawl out from passenger side lol, dash lights as well, handbrake spring - others likely had worse problems. Selling would be the smart thing to do but just like the cars we own, we're probably too stubborn hehe
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Re:Ok! Is it just me and my luck or..?
2012/11/19 17:49:03
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1990 SW20 MR2 N/A with 1994 Gen 3 GTS 3S-GTE swap.
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adisco
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Re:Ok! Is it just me and my luck or..?
2012/11/19 21:36:53
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Hehe ill definitely stick with it.
As far as i can tell its standard sway bar and it has ripped straight out of chassie, the bracket still there.
I still need to for RWC on the car so the repair on the chassie have to be spot on. Hopefully Barry from Edge motorwors is up for the task. :)
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