This discussion is valid and relevant. I've bought pristine used cars with barely any miles and also high mileage abused ones and learned to tool around with them along the way. Used cars in general can be a smart purchase. But if you're specifically going to get a used
sports car with a
manual transmission that
most working class people can afford, you WILLLL find more abused ones than not (from my experience). I'm so over "discovering" issues with used cars... I want a fresh start with the FR-S which will be the first new car I've ever purchased.
But due to the long, grueling wait, my mind has been wandering towards 350Zs, Evos, MR2s, etc. lately. I even test drove a couple C5 Corvettes (both had signs of body repair despite being sold by Chevy dealers w/ clean titles).
I swear, any delays on the FR-S launch will just increase my chances of finding that one clean example of an unmolested, low mileage used sports car!
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Originally Posted by Dimman
I've said on here before, if Toyota misses with this, I will be buying an MR-S, a hard top for it, and putting in a 2ZZGE/6M combo. Do lightweight, quick, great handling, good economy the way Toyota should have back then.
Can anyone imagine what the MR-S would have been if it were a coupe from the factory, and shared the more aggressive Celica styling cues (instead of the squared baby Boxster), with the 180 hp 6 speed combo? Would've been damn epic...
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It would have been a more affordable Lotus Elise. I also wish Toyota merged the Celica/MR-S into one car, having owned both.
I thought about swapping in a 2ZZ/C60 when I had my MR-S. I imported a hardtop from Japan, too. Things that held me back were the body panels were bolted on (not truly monocoque like the FR-S will be) and the hardtop added virtually no rigidity. For my daily purposes it felt a bit flimsy weighing ~2200 lbs and I decided to sell it. But for the track, it's a perfect weapon (if you can manage the twitchy handling of an MR layout).