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Old 12-04-2012, 04:55 PM   #15
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If I owned an MR-2 it would either be an AW11 or ZZW.....maybe just cause the SW20 is so common amongst enthusiasts....nah, I just have an abnormal love affair with the 4A-GE....and the ZZW was fun as hell to drive.
i feel like you and i are the only people in the world who think that the sw20 is the least cool mr2.

hey arent you on club4ag?
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Old 12-04-2012, 05:24 PM   #16
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I have custody of a 2002 MR2 for a couple of years. It's my "trainer" until I get the BRZ.
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Old 12-04-2012, 06:05 PM   #17
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I have custody of a 2002 MR2 for a couple of years. It's my "trainer" until I get the BRZ.
haha as long as youre sporting that racer 5 you might want to install a rollbar
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Old 12-04-2012, 06:23 PM   #18
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I had a crimson red '91 MR2 that didnt' pass smog this last May. With over 280,000 miles and a number of cosmetic things wrong the MR2 was retired. I loved her but she had to be put down.

The FR-S came out just in time. I walked into the Toyota dealership on May 5th and put a deposit down on the FRS. My car was the first of their allotment to arrive and I picked it up on May 29th.

The MR2 was such an awesome car (I don't care for the newer MR2 spyder model). One can only hope the FRS will establish itself in my heart like the MR2 did - so far so good but we'll see after 280,000 miles. ;p
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Old 12-04-2012, 06:40 PM   #19
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I had a 92' steel blue turbo. Died at 173k when the timing chain broke.
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Old 12-04-2012, 09:24 PM   #20
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Still driving my '94 mr2 SW21.. it's my weekend car now that the BRZ is my DD.. 230K miles and still going strong!
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Old 12-04-2012, 10:14 PM   #21
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I had a 88 MR2 Supercharged (was my first car) with t-tops. Even after driving a 04 WRX and the 13 FRS I still consider the MR2 a personal favorite.. such an amazing machine.

However! I love my FRS<3
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Old 12-04-2012, 10:39 PM   #22
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I have a 92 SW20 NA TTop in Black. It's done 290,000kms and still drives great.
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Old 12-05-2012, 10:20 AM   #24
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I had a red 91 MR-2 Turbo which was my first car here in the US way back in 1995. It had a t-top. I traded it in when the engine was 'destroyed' after a timing belt/chain was replaced by an incompetent shop. I loved that car!
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Old 12-05-2012, 02:41 PM   #25
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91 mr2 turbo here . They are great cars and still drive mine in between my fr-s
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We have been through this before......you are not allowed to sell it. It is an awesome looking car!!!!

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haha as long as youre sporting that racer 5 you might want to install a rollbar
I put one in my 05 - AutoPower, about $300. It was bolt on for the most part, only had to spend a little time on it with the die grinder...

The roll bar significantly stiffened the chassis. I heard that in doing so, it sort of unbalanced the car front/back and made it even more squirrely. I was going to buy a front sway bar for it but ended up buying the BRZ. Problem solved!

Get a roll bar though - it could save your life!
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