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I like the mk1 but wouldn't want to have it as a main/only car. Looking at this from a purely imaginary perspective i wonder if the mk2 could could work as my only car? A bit like a poor mans Porsche. Stick a rack and some polo mallets on it, and then retrim the interior with coffee bean sacks and i can join the influencers.
But then why bother when the GT86 exists for the same price and is one of the few new cars that have peaked my interest in the last decade.
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Yeah the mk1 and 3 had similar boot space, the ability to carry a set of golf clubs.
The idea behind the GT86 Is good imo. Low powerish engine skinny tyres by modern standards and did it have even have electric windows? So lightwieght to be more fun
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I inherited a few grand from a grandparent in 2010 and being young and stupid put it all into a Mk2 MR2. I knew nothing about cars and sold it two years later having run out of money and/or the capability to keep it on the road. I sold it to someone who’s dad ran one of the owners clubs for £400 after an MOT failure and it was still on the road until 2021, so evidently just needed someone with rather more capability to look after it than me…
I think there were five revisions of the SW20, mine being the third. The first was very prone to snap oversteer and then something on the suspension was changed from rev 2 from memory, I found it was perfectly comfortable to drive and visibility for things like parking was surprisingly good too.
I don’t know if it’s typical of them but I had endless problems with the brakes binding on mine, and I think went through replacing all four calipers in the 18 months I owned it. When they were found to be binding again alongside some emissions issues was when I got rid of it, something I have lived to regret when I see what they sell for now…
lynx
ASTTer
Seriously?
Having had the set, MK1 t bar is brilliant standard, have driven a supercharger and that was fun. But not sure it was the sound that I liked. Also drove one that had the 3l Camry engine and one that had an R8 engine.
Had a series 2 na and it was not as nice as the MK1 and wasn't around long. Drive a twin turbo that felt badly tuned to say the least.
MK3 was better and with the 190 bhp engine was really fun.