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Originally Posted by reni
Yeah I didn't mean I expect them to make a car with the drivetrain and everything exactly the same as the racecar, just that a fixed headlight design didn't necessarily have to be fugly like the MR-S
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If you lower it, in certain colors the look grows on you a bit, especially the earlier ones. The 03+ ones made the front bumper uglier.
The MR2 is a car that needs a lot of love (read: modification) to unlock its potential, but even stock it's just so much fun. My FR-S, Porsche Cayman, they just don't compare.
The issue is that all over the car there are these little things that you as an owner will itch to fix/upgrade, because they suck and there are generally relatively cheap fixes. Stock suspension rides so high it's a joke. The chassis groans from flex. The soft top sucks and should have been a hard top. The power steering should not be there. The frunk is horribly designed. The gearbox needs another gear. The exhaust system is horribly restrictive and heavy. The engine is wimpy.
The replacement parts are generally cheap, but putting them on is generally frustrating. For example, unless you have elf hands, you're going to have to take off the whole front bumper to get the headlamps off to change the bulbs. You get used to leaning over the car awkwardly to do anything in the engine bay, and coming up with creative ways to get to the stuff under the firewall. Yes, under. Thanks for making the car a ragtop Toyota.